Senior Director, Large Deals(Strategic Engagement Executive)

Strategic Engagement Executive - Senior Director, Large Deals

ABOUT US

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at Intuition engineered-human insight, superhuman speed | Cognizant.

LEADING AT COGNIZANT

This is a Leadership role at Cognizant. We believe how you lead is as important as what you deliver. Cognizant leaders at every level: Drive our business strategy and inspire teams around our future. Live the leadership behaviors, leading themselves, others and the business. Uphold our Values, role modeling them in every action and decision. Nurture our people and culture, creating a workplace where all can thrive. At Cognizant, leadership transcends titles and is embodied in actions and behaviors. We empower our leaders at every level to drive business strategy, inspire teams, uphold our values, and foster an inclusive culture. We invite you to see how you can contribute to our story.

Role:

Strategic Engagement Executive will be responsible to "quarterback" 100M+ dollar deals involving complex multiple tower solutions.

Job Description:

The person who is ultimately selected for this role will have responsibility to drive Mega Deals within our Strategic Sales practice. This person should be very comfortable in articulating win themes and value propositions that position Cognizant favorably with its customers. Ideally, we would like to have a person in this role that would be able to work as a specialist in the area of deal making, schedule effectively to work on multiple deals and adept in working with different teams. Finally, we would like this person to add value to our robust knowledge by capturing best practices and challenges from their previous deals.

Knowledge and Experience Required:

Must have deep knowledge of complexities of mega deals and have "quarterbacked" multiple deals involving multiple solution towers in excess of 50M dollars. Must also possess demonstrable ability to handle intricacies of mega deals from pricing models to solutioning to closing the deal.

Top Reasons to Join Our Team:

* Excellent compensation/benefits. A strong financial incentive package that includes a solid base salary with a highly attractive commissions plan. Further incentives include award programs, club trips, and excellent benefits package.

* Wide exposure to industry, product and functional best practices as well as excellent teams supporting your sales pursuits.

* Supportive management team that rewards initiative & success.

* Exciting, industry leading practice where you can truly build a long-term career.

* Congenial, collaborative, and success-oriented culture; the opportunity to work with and learn from a diverse, highly experienced team of business professionals.

* Tremendous opportunities for growth with a real career path promoting career advancement.

A good fit for the Cognizant culture:

A person who possesses a true passion for changing organizations for the better, and desires to do so within a success-oriented, yet professional atmosphere filled with business professionals who all manifest a belief in partnership, innovation, and excellence. Our "Cultural Value Drivers" are well-known and clearly communicated within the organization: Open, Transparent, Driven, Empowered, Opportunity-Filled, Flexible & Collaborative.