Sr. Project Manager (IAM​/CIAM

Sr. Project Manager (IAM/CIAM)

Cognizant’s Digital Engineering practice is seeking a highly qualified Sr. Project Manager with at least 10+ years’ experience leading complex software programs with a background in developing and building high‑performing, scalable, enterprise applications. You will be part of a digital software team that works on high‑demand applications, collaborating with product managers, designers, and clients to deliver valuable working software quickly. Our engineers are agile, retrospective, and committed to continuous improvement, judging success by team success and customer happiness.

Arizona City – AZ, USA (Onsite – 5 days/week)

• Own and maintain the end‑to‑end project implementation plan, including scope, milestones, schedules, dependencies, resource allocations, risk mitigation plans, and delivery timelines.
• Lead the delivery of the IAM/customer authentication platform replacement initiative, ensuring alignment with business objectives, security requirements, and customer experience goals.
• Coordinate project execution across product management, architecture, development, QA/testing, security, infrastructure, operations, release management, and business stakeholder teams.
• Establish and manage project governance processes, including status reporting, milestone reviews, risk and issue management, decision tracking, and executive communications.
• Facilitate project planning sessions, steering committee meetings, working sessions, readiness reviews, sprint reviews, and leadership updates.
• Monitor and manage dependencies across Ping Identity implementation, React‑based sign‑on user interface development, Java backend/API services, integrations, testing activities, migration efforts, and production deployments.
• Partner closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Architects, and Delivery Leads to ensure Agile sprint execution remains aligned with overall program objectives and timelines.
• Identify, assess, and proactively mitigate project risks, issues, blockers, and resource constraints to ensure successful project delivery.
• Develop and execute stakeholder communication plans, ensuring impacted business groups, operational teams, support organizations, and leadership teams remain informed throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate migration planning and execution activities associated with transitioning from the existing IAM platform to the new authentication solution, including cutover planning, rollback strategies, and contingency management.
• Track and ensure completion of environment readiness, integration readiness, testing readiness, release readiness, operational readiness, and production support readiness activities.
• Oversee testing milestones, defect management processes, and release planning activities to meet quality standards and delivery commitments.
• Collaborate with security, compliance, and architecture teams to ensure all project deliverables adhere to enterprise standards, governance requirements, and security controls.
• Manage launch execution activities, including deployment coordination, command center support, issue triage management, stakeholder communications, and post‑launch stabilization.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through lessons learned sessions, retrospective reviews, and implementation of best practices across project delivery processes.
• Prepare and present project status reports, dashboards, executive summaries, and key metrics to senior leadership and governance boards.
• Support knowledge transfer activities, operational handoffs, and documentation efforts to ensure long‑term sustainability of the delivered solution.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• Active PMP certification required.
• Minimum 10+ years of project management experience leading large‑scale application development, digital transformation, or enterprise technology initiatives.
• Strong experience delivering projects using Agile, Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Proven experience managing Identity and Access Management (IAM) or Customer Identity…