The Senior Consulting Manager and Senior Product Owner role at Cognizant connects product strategy and delivery to fixed income and transfer agency platforms. You will work across business, technology, and client stakeholders to shape a roadmap, manage a prioritized backlog, and advance cloud-hosted SaaS and API-enabled capabilities in a regulated environment.
Based in Minneapolis, MN (hybrid), this position supports product vision and execution for transfer agency and fixed income securities processing, with a focus on turning business and regulatory requirements into delivery-ready plans.
Key responsibilities
- Define and drive product vision, strategy, roadmap, and prioritized backlog for transfer agency and fixed income securities processing capabilities.
- Partner with executive stakeholders, clients, financial institutions, government organizations, and technology leaders to establish product strategy and priorities.
- Act as the voice of the customer and business, balancing strategic, operational, and delivery objectives.
- Own and prioritize the product backlog across transfer agency, shareholder servicing, ownership changes, income distribution, and fixed income processing.
- Lead product strategy supporting cloud-hosted SaaS and digital service capabilities.
- Drive evolution of API-enabled platforms and enterprise integration capabilities.
- Translate business, regulatory, and operational requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and release priorities.
- Partner with architecture, engineering, security, compliance, and DevSecOps teams to deliver business outcomes.
- Facilitate Agile planning, backlog refinement, release planning, and readiness activities.
- Apply deep expertise in securities servicing, transfer agency, and fixed income to product strategy and execution.
Required qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in financial technology, capital markets, securities servicing, transfer agency, trust, custody, or banking technology environments.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Agile Product Ownership or equivalent product leadership.
- Experience defining product strategy, managing roadmaps, and prioritizing across stakeholder groups.
- Strong understanding of registered transfer agency operations, including shareholder recordkeeping, ownership changes, and income distribution processing.
- Experience with fixed income securities processing, lifecycle events, corporate actions, and operational workflows.
- Experience with API-enabled enterprise platforms and cloud-hosted SaaS solutions.
- Strong Agile product, release management, and stakeholder management experience.
- Experience within highly regulated environments.
- U.S. Citizenship required with ability to obtain a Public Trust or equivalent clearance.
- Bachelor degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Engineering, or related field.
Relevant technologies
- Agile
- API-enabled enterprise platforms
- Cloud-hosted SaaS
- DevSecOps
Work model
- Hybrid work required; this role requires 3–4 days per week in a Cognizant or client office in New York, New Jersey or Minneapolis, MN.
Compensation
The annual salary for this position is USD $120,000–$150,000, depending on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- Retirement
- Paid time off
- Wellbeing
- Professional development programs
Application timeline
Applications will be accepted until November 7, 2026.
