Leading at Cognizant

This is a Leadership (D+) role 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. They live the leadership behaviours, uphold our values in every action and decision, and nurture our people and culture to create a workplace where all can thrive.

About Cognizant Consulting

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant's consulting practice. We are a global community of 5,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their businesses. By combining deep industry expertise with technology advisory capabilities, we help leading organisations accelerate transformation and achieve sustainable growth.

About the Role

As a Consulting Director – Energy, Utilities&Mining, help shape, sell and deliver complex technology-enabled transformation initiatives across Energy, Utilities and Mining clients throughout ANZ. . You will be a valued member of Cognizant's Energy, Utilities and Mining consulting practice, partnering closely with CIOs, CTOs, business executives, technology architects, engineering teams, and delivery stakeholders to advise, shape and deliver technology change and large-scale transformation..

This role sits at the intersection of consulting leadership, technology strategy, enterprise architecture and business development. It offers the opportunity to drive Cognizant's technology-led consulting agenda across ANZ, helping clients modernise core platforms, accelerate digital transformation and unlock value through cloud, data, AI and emerging technologies. The role combines consulting leadership, technical credibility, commercial accountability and executive stakeholder engagement, operating as a trusted advisor to senior client technology leaders.

In This Role, You Will:

• Lead the pursuit, shaping, and delivery of large-scale technology transformation across Energy&Utilities and Mining clients, driving business growth, technology modernisation and strategic client partnerships.
• Define technology-led transformation strategies, enterprise architectures, and solution approaches spanning core business platforms, integration ecosystems, cloud, data, and AI capabilities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to CIO, CTO, and business executives, helping clients develop technology roadmaps, modernisation strategies, and investment priorities.
• Provide executive oversight across complex transformation , ensuring architecture integrity, engineering quality, delivery excellence, and commercial success.
• Translate industry trends such as energy transition, distributed energy resources, grid modernisation, AI adoption, mining digitisation and digital customer experience into differentiated consulting solutions, offerings and thought leadership.
• Build and develop high-performing consulting, architecture, and technology teams while consistently demonstrating the Cognizant Way to Lead through personal, organisational, and business leadership.
• Own growth, pipeline conversion, revenue, margin and delivery quality across technology-led consulting engagements, ensuring solutions are commercially viable, deliverable at scale and aligned to client outcomes.

Work Model

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Melbourne, Victoria. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

What You Must Have to Be Considered

• 12+ years of consulting, technology advisory, enterprise transformation, or professional services experience, including significant Energy&Utilities industry expertise.
• Demonstrated success in winning, shaping, and delivering large-scale technology transformation for utility, energy, or infrastructure organisations.
• Deep experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or large-scale systems integration across complex enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, enterprise applications, integration architectures, data platforms, AI-enabled solutions, and modern engineering practices.
• Proven ability to engage and influence C-suite stakeholders while leading multidisciplinary consulting and technology teams.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to structure deals with a win-win outcome ensuring success for our clients and Cognizant
• Embodiment of the Cognizant Way to Lead: Leading Self, Leading Others, and Leading the Business.
• Embodiment of Cognizant's Values: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do the Right Thing, and Own It.

These Will Help You Succeed

• Experience with Energy, Utilities and Mining technology ecosystems including ADMS, DERMS, SCADA, CRM, billing, asset management, and field service platforms.
• Expertise in cloud-native architecture, API-first integration, event-driven architectures, and enterprise data platforms.
• Strong understanding of energy transition, regulatory frameworks, grid modernisation, and digital utility operating models.
• Experience developing consulting offerings, thought leadership, accelerators, or reusable intellectual property.
• Advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

We're excited to meet individuals who share our passion for solving complex business and technology challenges. If you're passionate about helping Energy, Utilities and Mining organisations transform through technology and innovation, we'd love to hear from you. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply and share how your experience can make an impact.