Key Responsibilities

1. Thought Leadership Strategy & Ownership

• Define and manage the Healthcare BU’s annual thought leadership strategy in collaboration with Healthcare Marketing Head and BUs (Payer, Provider, TriZetto) and Cognizant Corporate Marketing.

• Build content themes aligned to healthcare market trends: agentic AI, OBBBA compliance, AI-powered BPaaS, payer modernization, care delivery transformation, platform modernization, etc.

• Drive the “executive voice” strategy for BU leaders: positioning, narrative frameworks, POVs, content plans, and publication cadence.

2. Content Creation & Editorial Leadership

• Lead the development of high-quality thought leadership assets: POVs, whitepapers, research-backed papers, ghostwritten articles, trend reports, playbooks, and more.

• Ensuring content reflects deep healthcare industry context, data-backed insights, and a strong AI-led transformation perspective.

• Act as the editorial gatekeeper for tone, quality, storytelling, structure, brand alignment, and compliance with healthcare marketing and corporate marketing standards.

3. Campaign Execution (End-to-End)

• Convert thought leadership content into integrated campaigns across paid, owned, earned channels.

• Develop channel strategies, messaging frameworks, and amplification plans.

• Own campaign measurement, including reach, engagement, conversions, and mid-funnel impact.

4. Leadership Voice Development

• Craft narrative pillars and content calendars for BU leaders.

• Ghostwrite articles and thought pieces tailored to executive voice.

• Prepare executives for speaker opportunities, panels, and industry events.

5. Research & Market Insights

• Conduct deep healthcare market research- payer, provider, regulatory, AI trends and translate insights into content opportunities.

• Collaborate with Analyst Relations teams on aligned content.

• Integrate competitive intelligence into content strategy.

6. Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with SMEs, consulting, product teams, sales, and corporate marketing.

• Partner with design teams to build visually strong, brand-compliant assets.

Required Skills & Experience

Experience

• 10–15 years in content marketing, editorial strategy, or thought leadership roles.

• Healthcare, consulting, enterprise tech or SaaS background preferred.

• Strong ghostwriting and senior executive content development experience.

• Hands-on experience running integrated content campaigns.

Core Skills

• Outstanding writing, storytelling, editing, and narrative design capabilities.

• Ability to simplify complex healthcare and AI topics for executive audiences.

• Strong strategic thinking and content planning.

• End-to-end campaign management expertise.

Tools & Competencies

• Familiarity with marketing automation tools, CMS, analytics, and social publishing platforms.

• Ability to brief and collaborate with cross functional teams and agencies.

• Superior editorial and project management abilities.

Success Metrics (KPIs)

• Volume & quality of thought leadership assets published quarterly.

• CXO engagement across Media/PR, LinkedIn, and events.

• Mid-funnel impact: MQL contribution and content-assisted pipeline.

• Executive satisfaction with authored content and narrative strategy.

• Increased share of voice across healthcare AI transformation.

• Alignment of outputs with BU priorities and Cognizant’s AI-first narrative.

The Cognizant community:
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About us:
Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World’s Best Employers 2025) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com

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Disclaimer: 
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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