Functional Client Partner - Life Science

Leading at Cognizant

This is a Leadership role  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.

This includes leading with strategic ability, architecting client value, driving AI-led innovation, executing with discipline, building a collaborative ecosystem, and amplifying human potential.
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.

As a Functional Client Partner – Life Sciences, you will make an impact by driving profitable growth and owning senior client relationships across our Life Sciences accounts in Switzerland
, expanding our global portfolio of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services for large pharmaceutical clients. You will be a valued member of the Life Sciences Sales Leadership team and work collaboratively with our SBU Head, senior management, delivery, operations and finance teams, and clients.

• Own the end-to-end Account & Portfolio relationship, including overall portfolio P&L, backlog growth
  , and the health and prospects of your assigned accounts, driving profitable growth by identifying and leading the closure of new, renewal, and expansion opportunities in the Life Sciences market.
• Develop client engagement strategies
  , formulate and implement account business plans, and lead accountability against measurable revenue and profit growth within set timelines.
• Build and nurture trusted relationships with client decision makers and influencers up to the CxO level, serving as the day-to-day point of contact and ensuring execution and customer satisfaction across all revenue portfolios.
• Collaborate across service lines, innovation teams and business teams, and forge and leverage alliance partnerships to grow your portfolio and increase Cognizant's visibility in the account.
• Shape the thought leadership and innovation agenda for the portfolio, tracking Life Sciences industry trends and bringing forward proactive ideas and solutions drawn from Cognizant business cases, our Industry Solution Group and Consulting expertise.
• Consistently demonstrate the Cognizant Way to Lead through strategic agility, client value creation, AI-led innovation, disciplined execution, collaborative ecosystem building and amplifying human potential through a culture of growth, inclusion and effective human-AI collaboration.

At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. This is a hybrid position requiring regular visits of clients based in Basel & Zurich. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

• 15+ years of experience in a client-facing role from IT professional services or offshore outsourcing,
  with 8+ years dedicated to the Life Sciences marke
  t and a current network in Switzerland
• Proven experience managing client P&L of 50 / 100 + m€, including reporting and metric assessment for the account.
• Excellent ability to influence and communicate with business stakeholders up to the C-Suite, and to interface at all levels of an organization.
• A proactive, hunter mindset that connects with the ecosystem of vendors, service…