- Company: Cognizant
- Location: Springfield
- Full Time
- Springfield
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Are you a healthcare payer expert ready to drive transformation for Fortune 500 organizations? Cognizant is seeking a Consulting Principal, Healthcare Payer SME to join our team in Springfield.
About the Role
As a Consulting Principal and Healthcare Payer Subject Matter Expert at Cognizant, you will serve as a trusted advisor to leading health plans and payer organizations. Based in Springfield, this full-time, on-site position blends deep industry insight with technology advisory expertise to help clients rethink and modernize their business operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the go-to authority on healthcare payer operations, regulations, and industry trends for client engagements.
- Partner with payer clients to design and deliver innovative, technology-enabled business solutions.
- Guide strategic initiatives that help health plans reimagine and transform how they operate.
- Collaborate across Cognizant's global consulting community to combine industry knowledge with advanced technology advisory.
- Build lasting client relationships and shape the long-term direction of payer-focused engagements.
Qualifications
- Recognized subject matter expertise within the healthcare payer sector.
- Proven consulting experience advising enterprise or Fortune 500 clients.
- Strong ability to bridge industry challenges with practical technology solutions.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and advisory skills.
- Willingness to work on-site in Springfield.
About Cognizant
Cognizant Consulting goes beyond a traditional consulting practice. We are a global community of 5,000 specialists committed to helping clients reinvent their businesses. By uniting our industry depth with technology advisory strengths, we craft forward-thinking solutions for Fortune 500 organizations — and we're searching for the next colleague to help shape what comes next.
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- Role Consulting Principal, Healthcare Payer SME
- Employer Cognizant
- Location Springfield
- Type Full Time
- Posted June 20, 2026
- Apply by 2026-07-29
- Country context US
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