COIN Consultant – Consultant Incubator Program

Job Description

Consultant – Cognizant Consulting | Cognizant

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Cognizant, located in Chicago, IL. Cognizant Consulting is a global community of over 6,000 experts dedicated to helping Fortune 500 clients reimagine their business strategies and operations. The team blends deep industry insight with technology advisory capability to create innovative business solutions. As a Consultant, you will play a meaningful role in this growing organization, contributing to strategic advisory and transformation projects. This position offers career advancement opportunities within a structured promotional path, starting as a COIN Consultant and specializing as a Senior Consultant after the program. You will be instrumental in shaping the future of business by delivering immediate value to clients and helping them navigate complex business and technology challenges.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Chicago, IL
• Pay: $70000 yearly
• Mission: Deliver immediate value to clients by assessing business and technology challenges and providing innovative solutions.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, Project

What You’ll Actually Do
• Analyze: Client issues and objectives, interview key client stakeholders, and draw conclusions from market and industry trends.
• Develop: Recommendations, author presentations, and contribute to the research, design, and writing of articles, whitepapers, and collateral.
• Facilitate: Working sessions with clients, the requirements analysis process, and foster strong working relationships with business partners.
• Support: Go-to-market initiatives for Cognizant, business development activities by gathering best practices for RFI/RFP responses, and help write proposals.
• Collaborate: Within project-based teams, utilizing company accelerators and methodologies to present and implement strategic and technology solutions for clients.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Entry-Level with a Bachelor’s degree in Business (Finance, Economics, Operations Management), Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering.
• Experience: Proven capabilities in teamwork and leadership, with a dedication to client service excellence.
• Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication, ability to grasp business needs and assess impacts to complex business operations and systems, creative and analytical problem-solving, and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, and Project.
• Bonus: A strong interest in technology and digital modernization, along with the ability to work as part of a cross-cultural team, including flexibility to support multiple time zones when vital.