Sr. Consulting Manager · Chennai
Cognizant Hyderabad India · Cognizant Hyderabad India
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Sr. Consulting Manager
Job Role
HR Manager
Department
Consultants
Job Type
Fulltime
Salary
32.00Lacs
Experience
12–16 years
Job Location
Chennai
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Posted by
Cognizant Hyderabad India
Posted On
11 Oct 2026
Valid until
10 Dec 2026
Skillset required
Job Description for Sr. Consulting Manager
A role-focused description with responsibilities, expectations, and qualifications for this opening.
Cognizant delivers enterprise technology, strategic consulting, and operational excellence to help global corporations navigate digital disruption.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead high-impact consulting engagements and strategic digital transformations for enterprise clients.
- Define target operating models, technology roadmaps, and business capability frameworks.
- Manage executive client relationships and serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.
- Oversee end-to-end project delivery ensuring quality, budget, and milestone compliance.
- Drive account growth through proposal development, bid defense, and opportunity discovery.
- Direct cross-functional consulting teams across functional analysis and architecture.
- Analyze industry trends and market benchmarks to deliver strategic advisory insights.
- Lead change management and organizational readiness initiatives for client teams.
- Manage practice metrics, resource staffing, utilization, and project profitability.
- Mentor junior consultants and build reusable assets and frameworks for the practice.
About this opening
Cognizant Hyderabad India is hiring a HR Manager in the Consultants team based in Chennai.
This role is fulltime, flexible, 12–16 years experience, ₹22 lakh–₹32 lakh per year—matched against UnoJobs' verified employer data.
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- Role
- HR Manager
- Department
- Consultants
- Location
- Chennai
- Work mode
- Flexible
- Experience
- 12–16 years
- Compensation
- ₹22 lakh–₹32 lakh per year
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- Sr. Consulting Manager positions in Chennai usually span hiring, employee relations, payroll coordination, or HR operations depending on employer size. Read the description above for whether this is generalist, manager, or shared-services HR.
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