Senior Consultant Jobs in California

INTRODUCTION

Cognizant Consulting is more than Cognizant’s consulting practice—we’re a global community of 5,000+ experts dedicated to helping clients reimagine their business. Blending deep industry and technology advisory capabilities, we create innovative business solutions for Fortune 500 clients. And now, we’re looking for our next colleague who will join us in shaping the future of business. Could it be you?

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Senior Consultant - Business Systems Analyst – Credit Card Marketing, you will play a critical role in bridging credit card marketing business teams and technology partners. You will translate business needs into clear functional system requirements, support platform enhancements, and ensure marketing technology solutions effectively enable credit card portfolio strategies.

You will be a valued member of a cross‑functional consulting team, working closely with credit card marketing stakeholders, technology and engineering partners, and delivery teams to support end‑to‑end marketing initiatives.

In this role, you will:

• Elicit, document, and manage business and functional requirements, translating credit card marketing workflows—such as campaign setup, offer configuration, and loyalty programs—into BRDs, user stories, use cases, and process flows.

• Act as the primary liaison between business and technology teams, supporting sprint planning, backlog grooming, and UAT to ensure marketing platforms meet evolving business needs.

• Perform system integration analysis and data mapping across marketing platforms (e.g., CRM, campaign management, decisioning tools), ensuring accurate data flow between card processing, rewards, analytics, and downstream systems.

• Support the design and enhancement of marketing technology solutions, including gap analysis, vendor evaluation, and definition of system requirements for acquisition, activation, spend, and retention campaigns.

• Plan and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test scripts, defect tracking, and business sign‑off, to validate system changes against marketing objectives and compliance requirements.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field

• 4-6 years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, preferably within financial services or credit card/payments environments

• Strong experience with requirements management and documentation (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps)

• Hands-on experience working in Agile/Scrum and Waterfall delivery models

• Solid data analysis skills, including the ability to validate and map data across systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience supporting credit card marketing platforms, CRM, campaign management, or decisioning tools

• Exposure to customer data platforms (CDPs) and marketing system integrations

• Ability to analyze and optimize end‑to‑end marketing processes and identify automation opportunities

• Strong communication skills and comfort working with both business stakeholders and technical teams

WORK MODEL

We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting and may change based on client or project requirements. We will always be clear about role expectations.

BENEFITS

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance

• 401(k) plan and contributions

• Employee stock purchase plan

• Employee assistance program

• 10 paid holidays plus PTO

• Paid parental leave and fertility assistance

• Learning and development certifications and programs

SALARY

The annual salary for this position is between $86,500.00 – $101,500.00 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Disclaimer: Salary, other compensation, and benefits are accurate as of the date of this posting and may be modified at any time, subject to applicable law.