About the role
As a Principal Full Stack Educator (PFSE) you will drive impactful contributions and focus on outcomes. You
will be a key member of the Corporate Learning & Development team, collaborating with in-house Full Stack
Educator ecosystem who own end-to-end learning life-cycle. Principal Full Stack Educator (PFSE) is the strategic
leader and architect of enterprisescale technical skilling. This role leads the Full Stack Educator Center of
Excellence (FSE CoE) and owns the direction, standards, scalability, and sustainability of technical learning
across entry level talent (GenC – Generation Cognization), all associates, all exec leaders, and targeted upskilling
programs in Cognizant and Clients.
PFSE operates from the balcony, shaping learning ecosystems, enabling Senior Full Stack Educators (SFSEs),
and advising leadership—rather than owning daytoday classroom delivery.
As a team of self-starters, you can work with impact with our vibrant people and culture all while enjoying
unmatched learning opportunities.
In this role, you will:
Lead the Full Stack Educator CoE
Own and evolve the Full Stack Educator (FSE) Center of Excellence
Define educator role frameworks, competency models, and readiness criteria
Establish and govern learning standards, quality benchmarks, and playbooks
Ensure consistency of technical depth and learner outcomes across programs
Define enterprise technical skilling strategy
Shape longterm technical skilling roadmaps aligned to business priorities
Identify future skills, emerging technologies, and platform shifts
Translate enterprise needs into scalable learning architectures
Ensure entry level talent are futureready, not just projectready
Enable & govern educator capability
Coach and enable Senior Full Stack Educators (SFSEs) on advanced programs
Set expectations for facilitation excellence and SME depth
Sponsor educator development paths, certifications, and readiness milestones
Build internal pipelines for nextgeneration SFSEs and FSEs
Champion AIfirst learning at scale
Define and promote AIfirst learning principles across L&D
Guide adoption of AI for content creation, facilitation leverage, assessments, and analytics
Drive responsible AI usage, governance, and standardization in learning
Improve scalability, personalization, and timetocompetency using technology
Act as strategic advisor to leadership
Serve as a trusted advisor to L&D leadership and senior stakeholders
Provide insights on skilling effectiveness, risks, and ROI
Represent technical skilling in leadership forums, audits, and client / ecosystem discussions
Influence decisions with datadriven recommendations and industry best practices
Own Cognizant product & platform skilling strategy
Define and govern the enterprise-wide skilling strategy for all Cognizant products and platforms (including
NeuroSAN, NeuroOPS, and all current and emerging Cognizant proprietary platforms) — ensuring all
associates are trained, proficient, and deployment-ready
Personally maintain deep, hands-on competency across all Cognizant platforms — model the standard
expected of all SFSEs and FSEs in platform fluency; proactively upskill as the Cognizant product portfolio
evolves
Partner with Cognizant product leadership, platform owners, and business units to co-develop training
content, align platform rollout with skilling readiness, and embed platform learning into the FSE CoE
curriculum roadmap
Enable SFSEs and FSEs to deliver platform training with depth and credibility — set competency
standards, build platform learning journeys, and track adoption and proficiency across the associate
population
Embrace our vibrant culture by striving for excellence, focusing on meaningful outcomes, and collaborating
effectively. Take ownership, build relationships, and focus on personal growth to drive business strategy and
foster an inclusive culture, creating unmatched career opportunities and impactful work.
What you must have to be considered
Experience: 17+ years in technical education, engineering enablement, or largescale L&D roles
Handson depth expected, but primary responsibility is enablement and governance.
Full Stack Ecosystem: Java / .NET / Python / Mainframe, Frontend / Testing frameworks
Cloud & DevOps: AWS / Azure, CI/CD, containers
Modern architectures, quality and testing strategies
GenAIassisted development and AIenabled learning platforms
Cognizant Products & Platforms: NeuroSAN, NeuroOPS, and all current and emerging Cognizant
proprietary platforms — strategic depth and hands-on proficiency required; must govern platform skilling
across the CoE and upskill as the portfolio grows
Demonstrated success in scaling highquality technical skilling programs
Proven leadership in educator enablement, governance, and transformation
Enterpriselevel technical and learning architecture capability
Strong strategic thinking and system design mindset
Executive presence and credibility with senior leadership
Ability to influence without direct delivery ownership
Coaching and mentoring mindset at leadership scale
Willing to travel across Cognizant locations where GenC batches are onboarded
A strong sense of ownership, desire to create meaningful outcomes, and passion for work that serves a
greater good for customers, communities, or global challenges.
The embodiment of Cognizant’s Values of: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do The right
Thing, & Own It
These will help you succeed
Active, enterprise-level AI fluency — must have hands-on experience governing AI adoption in L&D and
personally upskill on a periodic basis to model the standard expected of all educators in the full stack
educator career roadmap
Enterprise-level, hands-on competency across all Cognizant products and platforms (NeuroSAN,
NeuroOPS, and others); must personally lead platform upskilling, govern platform training standards
across the CoE, and stay current as the Cognizant product portfolio evolves
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