MS Power Architect Schiphol-Rijk • Cognizant

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What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU — people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world.
At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world's leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful.

About the role
As an MS Power Architect you will support the growth of Cognizant’s Intuitive Operations & Automation business across a wide portfolio of industries. In this role, you will take the lead in helping our clients to assess, design, and deliver Intelligent Process Automation / Digital Business Transformation programs at scale using the MS Power stack.

Responsibilities
• Engage and work with account teams and client partners to develop client opportunities and value propositions
• Engage with current and potential customers to evaluate and communicate Cognizant Intelligent Process Automation capabilities and their specific applicability to a given proposed project
• Support client engagements to drive excellence within their automation and process excellence programs
• Work with clients to scale intelligent automation programs across the enterprise
• Mentor onshore - and offshore teams in Intelligent Process Automation practices and help them to succeed based on consulting capabilities
• Disseminate best practices in a structured, repeatable way
• Assist leadership and other advisors in crafting our offerings and implementation systems
• Build, assess and improve customer Intelligent Process Automation Centers of Excellence
• Help establish best practices
• Provide thought leadership through mindshare and social advocacy activities together with our partners/ market analysts, i.e., publications, webinars, etc.
• Support the management and growth of our Intelligent Process Automation Consulting practice.

Requirements
• As an experienced architect with a proven track record in the MS Power stack, working in a diverse team with different skillsets like strategists, designers, engineers, architects, and specialists, you thrive on delivering real outcomes from platform-enabled transformation initiatives
• Outstanding MS Power skills; and PL stack certifications
• Highly aware of latest Intelligent Process Automation trends (RPA, ML, IOCR, Generative AI, Process Mining) and experience with implementing digital solutions and leading cloud platforms (e.g. SAP 4/Hana, SuccessFactors)
• Proven hands-on experience and knowledge within automation, low-code, business intelligence, chatbots, digital experience, and enablement technologies
• Project management experience, ability to support the management of complex projects through all stages of scaling
• Proven ability to develop client relationships and manage expectations with the ability to become a trusted advisor
• Outstanding people and relationship skills; and ability to interact with different levels in a global multi-cultural organization
• Experience in pre-sales in a complex offering environment (Understanding the client's challenges, shaping value propositions, and responding to RFP's)
• Ability and willingness to be hands-on with clients to develop, create and implement processes, tools, and methodologies
• Demonstrable leadership capabilities and managing direct reports
• Effective presentation capability. Preferred executive-level presentation experience
• Ability to critically think through challenges to provide creative solutions
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal
• Real team player; supporting development of the practice and the growth of team members including peers
• Fluent in Dutch and English

What we offer
• A competitive salary based on your qualities and experience
• NS business card to cover your commute expenses
• 25 days of paid holiday per year
• A laptop and a smartphone
• A pension scheme
• Health insurance
• Organization driven by technology – we have a tremendous technology backbone
• Access to Udemy, Cognizant Academy digital libraries for your continuous learning
• Open, ‘can do’ team spirit and international environment that encourages making your ideas reality!

Diversity and Inclusion at Cognizant
At Cognizant, we believe diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our ability to execute successfully and consistently over the long term. We recognize that our people are our most important asset. We strive to create an environment where all associates feel comfortable to be themselves, feel accepted and can therefore thrive both personally and professionally. We continue to drive D&I throughout our organization to unlock the insights, imagination and innovation of our associates, as well as reflect the diversity of our clients and communities. We are a Dutch and European Top Employer and continually drive employment recognition and engagement through employee friendly policies and affinity groups such as “Women Empowered”, “Embrace LGBTQ+” and “Race Equality Network”. For more information, see

De Cognizant Community
We zijn een team dat elkaar helpt om doelen te bereiken op het hoogste niveau. Zonder ons team zouden we niet in staat zijn om de huidige energieke, samenwerkende en inclusieve werkomgeving te behouden. Een omgeving gericht om iedereen te laten slagen. 

• Cognizant is een globale community van 300.000+ collega’s
• We dromen niet alleen van een betere wereld, wij helpen het te maken
• We zorgen voor onze mensen, de klanten, het bedrijf, de community en het klimaat door te doen wat goed is
• We zetten in op een innovatieve omgeving waar je zelf kan bouwen aan een carriere pad dat bij jou past. 

Over ons
Cognizant is een van ‘s wereldstoonaangevende professionele dienstverleningsbedrijven, die de bedrijfs-, operationele en technologiemodellen van klanten transformeert voor het digitale tijdperk. Onze unieke, op de industrie gebaseerde, consultatieve benadering helpt klanten bij het visualiseren, bouwen en beheren van innovatievere en efficiëntere bedrijven. Met het hoofdkantoor in de VS is Cognizant (een lid van de NASDAQ-100 en een van Forbes’ beste werkgevers ter wereld in 2024) consequent vermeld als een van de meest bewonderde bedrijven ter wereld. Leer hoe Cognizant klanten helpt digitaal te leiden op .

Cognizant is een werkgever die gelijke kansen biedt. Uw sollicitatie en kandidatuur worden niet in overweging genomen op basis van ras, huidskleur, geslacht, religie, geloofsovertuiging, seksuele geaardheid, genderidentiteit, nationale afkomst, handicap, genetische informatie, zwangerschap, veteranenstatus of enig ander kenmerk dat beschermd wordt door federale, staats- of lokale wetgeving.

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