Senior Director Grid Modernization (Utilities Consulting)

The Role

Our Consulting Practice is looking for a Senior Director, Consulting to join us and lead our Grid Modernization Consulting efforts as we continue our journey to become the preeminent technology services partner to the Global 2000.

We engineer modern businesses to improve everyday life. Cognizant Consulting is the Cognizant business analytical and advisory group that drives Cognizant's digital innovation and transformation strategy. Our Energies & Utilities practice is expanding, and we're looking for an industry leader to help grow our offering on the urgent need toward grid modernization. We have extensive experience helping clients enhance grid responsiveness and resilience, as well as lowering operating costs with advanced automation technologies, and we're investing in our Consulting practice through building out a leadership role within MLEU. Reporting to the AVP of EU, this position will be a leader on our Grid Modernization efforts. The key requirements are below.

To be future-ready, utilities companies need to adopt distributed generation and renewable energy even in times of economic uncertainty. We help show them how.

In this role, we'll look for you to exemplify Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. At the Senior Director Level, this means driving cost effective end-to-end execution of consultant engagements, cultivating practice innovations, achieving financial targets (utilization, expenditures, revenue, margin), promoting Cognizant Consulting's vision & mission, and building high performing teams across the organization. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.

Our solutions are in demand and we're passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with designing future-ready solutions, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Consulting Leader, bringing domain expertise in Grid Modernization and Utilities to Cognizant's clients, as we engineer modern businesses to improve everyday life

• Own and develop a book of business and actively engage in business development efforts, often owning quota for accounts, and ensuring profitable growth for the practice and for Cognizant

• Exercise quality assurance for engagements within your remit

• Engage in key account expansion, sales leadership, and internal executive stakeholder partnering based upon an expert understanding of such things as emerging market trends, client business direction, client requirements, evolving regulatory contexts and the feasibility of transformation goals

• Maintain expertise in your industry; be a source of viable strategic direction for the practice and a voice in the community and to clients

• Establish and nurture relationships with cross-functional client executives and strive to serve as their trusted advisor

• Leverage industry expertise and market sensibilities to propose forward-leaning refinement or extension of Cognizant's Advisory Capabilities (offerings)

• Support and develop a long-term vision for the practice

• Work with others to standardize consulting tools, methods, curricula, and career development requirements

• Partner with recruitment to attract high caliber consulting talent and the creation of a strong talent pipeline

• Mentor and coach consulting associates; lead people development and community-building activities

• Author thought leadership insights on behalf of the practice and advocates within Cognizant for the recognition of Consulting's contribution to Cognizant's profitability and market brand

• Participate in industry panels and forums to promote Cognizant's capabilities; gather insights on emerging business needs, requirements, technology, and competitive challenges

• Lead in the creation of robust IP repositories and knowledge-sharing strategies to enhance practice effectiveness and cross-practice community building and act as a visible and respected spokesperson for Cognizant's' Advisory Practice

Qualifications

• 15-20 + years of experience in deep domain or extensive cross-sector business management, including the creation and go-to-market execution of practice offers (pricing, resourcing, marketing) in Utilities with dept in Grid Modernization and Technology

• A background of extensive management consulting leadership as a practice leader, or business or solution developer

• A successful track record of setting and achieving engagement targets, controlling budgets, managing forecasts, and driving an organization of professional consultants in winning business and achieving financial targets; this position has a sales target

• Possessing a robust network of contacts and presence in professional organizations and industry forums

• International experience supporting or driving global initiatives is a plus

• Experience in building results-oriented, high-performing consulting teams or organizations recognized for excellence

• Personal leadership and a desire to create a culture that enables exceptional outcomes; the embodiment of Cognizant's Core Values of: Start with a point of view; Seek data, build knowledge; Always strive, never settle; Work as one; Create conditions for everyone to thrive; Do the right thing, the right way.

Work Authorization

• Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)