What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment This is creating many opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world. At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative, and successful. Moreover, this is your chance to be part of the success story. Position Summary The Product Engineering Lead will drive the end-to-end development and operation of multiple technology applications within a specific domain leading teams of 50-150 engineering professionals organized as cross functional Agile PODs. This leader will embody the principles of a modern product engineering organisation focusing on continuous delivery business engagement and end-to-end product technology ownership. Responsibilities Product-Centric Leadership: Champion a product-first mindset where teams are empowered to build run and continuously improve applications that meet customer and business needs. This means that teams are not just delivering a project but are fully responsible for the success and evolution of the product. They continuously seek to understand business needs work with the product manager and adapt the product accordingly treating it as a living entity that grows and improves over time. What It Is Not: This is not traditional project management where success is measured by delivering a set of requirements within a timeline. Instead it’s about creating lasting value and maintaining ownership of the product throughout its lifecycle. Engineering Guidance and Direction: Lead multiple cross functional Agile POD engineering teams providing technical guidance coaching and support to ensure best practices in software engineering scalability and reliability. This involves setting high standards for engineering quality coaching teams on modern practices and supporting them in overcoming technical challenges. The focus is on creating an environment where engineers can thrive and deliver resilient scalable solutions. This is not simply managing engineering resources or allocating tasks. It requires a deep understanding of engineering principles and a commitment to empowering teams to solve complex problems and drive innovation. Drive End-to-End Ownership: Manage Agile PODs that own their respective product from development through production. Ensure engineering teams have clear accountability for build deployment and run responsibilities. This involves a commitment to owning the product lifecycle with engineering teams responsible for both building and maintaining the applications ensuring accountability for quality and reliability throughout. What It Is Not: This is not limited to just building a product and handing it off. It requires ongoing ownership and support where teams are responsible for the product’s performance in production. High-Performing Team Creation: Foster a culture of high performance and continuous improvement with teams striving for elite performance metrics in line with DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) standards. This is about creating a culture where teams pursue excellence measuring their performance through meaningful metrics like deployment frequency and change failure rates. It’s about building motivated high-performing teams focused on constant improvement. What It Is Not: This is not about setting arbitrary productivity targets or managing to outdated metrics. It’s a strategic approach to performance improvement based on metrics that drive real value for the product and the business. Modern Practices: Promote a culture of Experience Led Modern Applications (Microservices APIs Cloud Native Headless) and Modern Engineering (Full Stack Engg DevSecOps Infra as Code SRE SDET). This means implementing and advocating for delivering features that reach customers faster with a high level of quality and stability with baked in ability to respond to failures in a timely manner What It Is Not: This is not just about building new features. Being able to continuously delivering new as well as updated features with nimbleness and agility is a mindset and practice that involves consistently refining and improving the process to maximise efficiency and quality. Strategic Prioritisation: Work closely with business leaders to prioritise features and improvements balancing immediate needs with long-term capability growth and strategic objectives. This means assessing and balancing priorities to ensure that short-term wins don’t sacrifice long-term goals supporting both current business needs and future growth. Next Steps: If you feel this opportunity suits you, or Cognizant is the type of organization you would like to join, we want to have a conversation with you Please apply directly with us. For a complete list of open opportunities with Cognizant, visit http://www.cognizant.com/careers. Cognizant is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a background check. The Cognizant community: We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Cognizant is a global community with more than 300,000 associates around the world. We don’t just dream of a better way – we make it happen. We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what’s right. We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that’s right for you. 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 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com Our commitment to diversity and inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws. Disclaimer: 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. Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.