Associate Director, Technical Frontier Educator About the role As an Associate Director, Technical Frontier Educator, you will make an impact by leading the Frontier Educator Center of Excellence and shaping the direction, standards and scalability of technical learning across the enterprise. You will be a valued member of the Corporate Learning & Development team and work collaboratively with senior stakeholders, product leadership and the in-house Frontier Educator ecosystem. In this role, you will Own and evolve the Frontier Educator Center of Excellence for a specific business unit or technology stack by defining educator role frameworks, competency models, learning standards and quality benchmarks across programs Shape long-term technical skilling roadmaps aligned to business priorities, translating enterprise needs into scalable learning architectures and delivering technical training to make associates future-ready Deliver targeted technical skilling programs across Cognizant and client teams Define and promote AI-first learning principles across the organization, active practitioner of responsible AI adoption and delivering scalable solutions for technical content creation, training facilitation, assessment and analytics at scale Enable and govern educator capability by coaching Senior Frontier Educators, sponsoring development paths and building internal pipelines for next-generation educators Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on skilling effectiveness, risks and ROI representing technical skilling in leadership forums, audits and ecosystem discussions Work model At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, and we are here to support a healthy work- life balance though our various wellbeing programs. Based on this role's business requirements,



this is an onsite position requiring five days a week in a Cognizant office in Chennai, Siruseri, Tamil Nadu. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations. What you need to have to be considered 17+ years of experience in technical education, engineering enablement or large-scale learning and development roles Hands-on technical depth at multiple programming languages / technology stacks (like Java, .NET, C#, Python, Mainframe) across software development layers, modern architectures and AI assisted development (OR) Expertise across multiple product skill areas listed below: oSalesforce (SFDC) Platform & Ecosystem, oMicroservices & Distributed Systems Architecture oCybersecurity oIT Infrastructure Services (ITIS) including ITSM (ITIL-based practices), infrastructure operations Demonstrated success in scaling high-quality technical skilling programs with enterprise-level learning architecture capability Proven leadership in educator enablement, governance and transformation with robust executive presence Coaching and mentoring mindset at leadership scale; credibility with senior stakeholders and the ability to drive decisions through data and industry best practice Willingness to travel across Cognizant locations based on training needs These will help you stand out Enterprise-level AI fluency with hands-on experience governing AI adoption in learning and development Hands-on competency across Cognizant products and platforms with the ability to govern platform training standards and lead upskilling initiatives We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.

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