Sr. Program Director - Agentic AI exp

Overview

Join Cognizant as an inspiring leader within the Program & Project Management community. This key role is responsible and accountable for Program Management activities associated with large-scale, complex, multi-service (Application Development and Maintenance, Infrastructure, Business Process, and Digital) programs. Successful candidates will not only manage delivery objectives but will also have responsibility for customer satisfaction and the client relationships required for successful program delivery.

The Agentic AI Program Leader is a senior delivery leadership role responsible for leading Vector 3 agentic AI engagements – complex, multi-agent, multi service line programs where AI systems operate autonomously or semi autonomously and outcomes evolve dynamically during delivery.

• End to end leadership of Vector 3 AI engagements
• Orchestrating humans and autonomous agents
• Continuous governance, risk and ethics oversight
• Cross-service line coordination and decision making
• Translating agentic AI complexity into executive-level insight
• Building delivery proof that supports go-to-market credibility

Credible delivery of agentic AI engagements, strong governance, executive confidence, and scalable delivery patterns

• 20 + years of experience in strategy, operations, process consulting, stakeholder management, project / program delivery
• Experience in ambiguity heavy environments
• AI-governance literacy
• PMI – CPMAI preferred

• Program Leadership
• Agentic AI Fluency
• Data and Decision Science
• Product and Process Thinking
• Risk
• Security
• Responsible AI
• Change Leadership

Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or Master’s degree strongly preferred.

Must be legally authorized to work in US without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Applications will be accepted until March 13th 2026. The annual salary for this position is between $ – $ depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, subject to applicable plan terms.

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Paid Holidays plus PTO, 401(k) with company contributions, Short-term/Long-term Disability, Paid Parental Leave, Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Salary, other compensation, and benefits are accurate as of the date of this posting and may be modified at any time, subject to applicable law.