Product Portfolio Strategy Manager

About the role

As a manager – Product Portfolio Strategy Operations, you will make an impact by translating organizational strategy into measurable, repeatable outcomes. You will play a critical role in strengthening execution discipline, enabling data-driven decision-making, and ensuring alignment across leadership, product management, and engineering teams. Acting as a strategic connector, you will help ensure priorities are executed predictably and deliver meaningful business value.

• Implement strategic frameworks and operating processes that translate high-level vision into actionable business cases, roadmaps, and execution plans
• Enable portfolio prioritization and product lifecycle decisions through data-driven insights and analysis
• Track and monitor progress of strategic initiatives to ensure predictable delivery and outcomes
• Establish governance, reporting, and operating cadences to drive operational accountability
• Facilitate alignment across leadership, product management, and engineering teams, proactively identifying and resolving execution bottlenecks
• Lead retrospectives to assess whether strategic initiatives delivered intended business value
• Design and maintain dashboards and reporting tools to provide leadership visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes
• Foster a culture of accountability, agility, and continuous improvement through feedback loops and iterative learning
• Identify and implement process improvements that accelerate strategy execution and improve operational effectiveness

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this position may be remote or hybrid, depending on project and business needs. Regardless of working arrangement, we support a healthy work-life balance through our wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting and may change based on business or client requirements. We will always be clear about role expectations.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, strategy, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 5+ years of experience in product strategy, portfolio management, strategy operations, or execution-focused roles
• Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives and driving measurable business outcomes
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to use data to inform decisions, prioritize work, and influence stakeholders
• Experience with governance models, strategic frameworks, and performance metrics
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across senior leadership and delivery teams
• Proficiency with data visualization and reporting tools

• Experience operating in product-led or technology-driven organizations
• Familiarity with AI-enabled tools applied to strategy, portfolio analysis, or operational decision-making
• Background in continuous improvement, agile operating models, or transformation initiatives
• Strong facilitation skills for leadership and cross-functional alignment forums

Applicants will be accepted till 2/28/2026

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future

The annual salary for this position will be in the range of $110K - $128K depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan