Senior Consulting Manager, BA Healthcare

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Consulting Manager, BA Healthcare to lead discovery, requirements analysis, and development-ready user story creation for healthcare transformation initiatives. You will be a valued member of the Healthcare Consulting team and work collaboratively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops with business stakeholders to identify business, system integration, configuration, and testing requirements.
• Facilitate scope discovery sessions, document business needs, and drive alignment to establish a clearly defined and approved implementation scope before development begins.
• Review approved Business Requirements Documents and translate requirements into development-ready user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Partner with business, system integration, configuration, quality assurance, and delivery teams to review, refine, validate, and align requirements.
• Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability, manage requirement changes, and support delivery through clear documentation, stakeholder communication, and requirements governance.

Requirements

• 12+ years of business analysis or Product management experience, preferably within healthcare payer/provider, healthcare technology, or consulting environments.
• Product Owner for payer domain responsible for translating healthcare business needs into prioritized product requirements and delivery outcomes.
• Own and prioritize payer product backlog epics and user stories.
• Experience leading discovery workshops, requirements elicitation, scope definition, and stakeholder alignment activities.
• Strong ability to translate business requirements into development-ready user stories with detailed acceptance criteria.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including business, development, testing, configuration, implementation, and system integration partners.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, documentation, and requirements governance skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Healthcare Payer/Provider experience, including exposure to claims, membership, provider, benefits, care management, or related payer business functions.
• Experience supporting large-scale healthcare platform implementations, modernization programs, or system integration initiatives.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, drive clarity, and influence stakeholders across business and technology teams.
• Strong consulting mindset with the ability to connect business needs to practical delivery outcomes.

We Offer

• Compensation: $134,500-$158,500 per year.
• Benefits:
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • 401(k) plan and contributions
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Employee assistance program
  • 10 paid holidays plus PTO
  • Paid parental leave and fertility assistance
  • Learning and development certifications and programs

About the Company

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process, and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes, and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or follow us on Twitter.

Work Model

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

Application Process

1. Apply to the right opportunity: Find an open role that matches your skills and career goals and show us why you’re the person for the job. Don’t see the right opportunity? Consider joining our Talent Community.
2. Connect with your recruiter: If one of our recruiters sees a fit, they’ll set up a short intro call to learn more about you and how your experiences and skills match the role.
3. Show off your skills: If you and our team would like to continue the process, you’ll interview with our hiring team. Some roles may also require technical assessments and/or client interviews.
4. Decision time: Our team will then review each candidate’s potential to succeed in the role. This step may take some time because we want to find the right fit for both you and us-but you can count on us to keep you updated.

Additional Information

• Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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