AI Strategy Lead
Cognizant, Seattle, WA, United States
Leading at Cognizant
We 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.
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. About The Role AI Customer Engineering Lead
– you will set the technology direction for delivering AI-Enabled solutions for enterprise customers.
You will be a valued member of the team, working collaboratively with cross‑functional stakeholders and clients to architect and position scalable AI/ML solutions. As a senior technologist with a strong architecture background and a proven record of success in customer‑facing or customer engineering roles, you will act as a trusted advisor and thought leader shaping solution strategy, influencing technical decisions, and representing Cognizant’s AI expertise in the market.
In This Role, You Will Build the Technology for offerings
Partner effectively with offering specialists and industry domain strategists to build the technology stack to deliver business solutions.
Participate in early‑stage ideation sessions with clients and account teams to explore the art of the possible with GenAI/AI.
Translate ambiguous client questions into solution hypotheses, conceptual flows, and initial narratives.
Solution Shaping & Architecture
Define end‑to‑end solution options, including architecture outlines, data/ML needs, integration patterns, and partner components.
Create multiple solution pathways (good‑better‑best), documenting trade‑offs and feasibility.
Proposal Development & Client Engagement
Produce client‑ready solution artifacts: proposals, SoWs, architecture decks, value frameworks, and demo narratives.
Lead client walkthroughs, deep‑dive sessions, and technical Q&A to progress the opportunity.
Pursuit Orchestration & Cross‑functional Alignment
Conduct deal governance checkpoints with delivery to ensure implementation and risk alignment.
Ensure smooth transition to delivery teams with full context, assumptions, and validated architecture.
Team Management
Lead a team of Sr. Customer Engineers and Customer Engineers.
Set goals, mentor, and build development plans to create a strong customer engineering capability.
Consistently demonstrate the Cognizant Way to Lead, which means operating with Personal Leadership (building trust, collaboration, and inclusion), Organizational Leadership (driving vision and purpose, demonstrating a strategic and enterprise mindset, and creating and communicating a bold direction that inspires purpose), and Business Leadership (exemplifying client focus, managing ambiguity with accountability and results, and operating with financial acumen).
What You Need To Have To Be Considered
Demonstrated ability to build a team of solution engineers with varying levels of experience across the whole agentic stack.
Overall experience of 20 years, with 10+ years in AI/ML engineering, solution architecture, pre‑sales, or technical consulting.
Strong expertise in GenAI, LLMs, agent architectures, MLOps, and enterprise integration patterns.
Strong communication, storytelling, and technical synthesis abilities.
Embodiment of the Cognizant Way to Lead: Leading Self, Leading Others, & Leading the Business.
The embodiment of Cognizant’s Values of: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do The right Thing, & Own It.
These will help you succeed
Leadership – Inspiring people, talent identification, and driving high performance.
Solutioning Excellence – ability to design scalable, feasible, value‑led solutions.
AI/ML Technical Depth – understanding of GenAI, LLMs, ML engineering, data pipelines, and agent architectures.
Commercial Acumen – knowledgeable in pricing, estimation, and commercial trade‑offs.
Risk & Governance Discipline – strong rigor in documenting assumptions and managing solution risks.
Work model At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, supporting a healthy work‑life balance through our wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is an onsite position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting and 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.
Salary And Other Compensation Applications will be accepted until March 9, 2026.
The annual salary for this position is between $139,050 - $254,000 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits
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
Disclaimer The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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We 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.
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. About The Role AI Customer Engineering Lead
– you will set the technology direction for delivering AI-Enabled solutions for enterprise customers.
You will be a valued member of the team, working collaboratively with cross‑functional stakeholders and clients to architect and position scalable AI/ML solutions. As a senior technologist with a strong architecture background and a proven record of success in customer‑facing or customer engineering roles, you will act as a trusted advisor and thought leader shaping solution strategy, influencing technical decisions, and representing Cognizant’s AI expertise in the market.
In This Role, You Will Build the Technology for offerings
Partner effectively with offering specialists and industry domain strategists to build the technology stack to deliver business solutions.
Participate in early‑stage ideation sessions with clients and account teams to explore the art of the possible with GenAI/AI.
Translate ambiguous client questions into solution hypotheses, conceptual flows, and initial narratives.
Solution Shaping & Architecture
Define end‑to‑end solution options, including architecture outlines, data/ML needs, integration patterns, and partner components.
Create multiple solution pathways (good‑better‑best), documenting trade‑offs and feasibility.
Proposal Development & Client Engagement
Produce client‑ready solution artifacts: proposals, SoWs, architecture decks, value frameworks, and demo narratives.
Lead client walkthroughs, deep‑dive sessions, and technical Q&A to progress the opportunity.
Pursuit Orchestration & Cross‑functional Alignment
Conduct deal governance checkpoints with delivery to ensure implementation and risk alignment.
Ensure smooth transition to delivery teams with full context, assumptions, and validated architecture.
Team Management
Lead a team of Sr. Customer Engineers and Customer Engineers.
Set goals, mentor, and build development plans to create a strong customer engineering capability.
Consistently demonstrate the Cognizant Way to Lead, which means operating with Personal Leadership (building trust, collaboration, and inclusion), Organizational Leadership (driving vision and purpose, demonstrating a strategic and enterprise mindset, and creating and communicating a bold direction that inspires purpose), and Business Leadership (exemplifying client focus, managing ambiguity with accountability and results, and operating with financial acumen).
What You Need To Have To Be Considered
Demonstrated ability to build a team of solution engineers with varying levels of experience across the whole agentic stack.
Overall experience of 20 years, with 10+ years in AI/ML engineering, solution architecture, pre‑sales, or technical consulting.
Strong expertise in GenAI, LLMs, agent architectures, MLOps, and enterprise integration patterns.
Strong communication, storytelling, and technical synthesis abilities.
Embodiment of the Cognizant Way to Lead: Leading Self, Leading Others, & Leading the Business.
The embodiment of Cognizant’s Values of: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do The right Thing, & Own It.
These will help you succeed
Leadership – Inspiring people, talent identification, and driving high performance.
Solutioning Excellence – ability to design scalable, feasible, value‑led solutions.
AI/ML Technical Depth – understanding of GenAI, LLMs, ML engineering, data pipelines, and agent architectures.
Commercial Acumen – knowledgeable in pricing, estimation, and commercial trade‑offs.
Risk & Governance Discipline – strong rigor in documenting assumptions and managing solution risks.
Work model At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, supporting a healthy work‑life balance through our wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is an onsite position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting and 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.
Salary And Other Compensation Applications will be accepted until March 9, 2026.
The annual salary for this position is between $139,050 - $254,000 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits
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
Disclaimer The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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