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Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.\nAbout the role\nAs a Project Lead for Store Checkout, you will play a key role in delivering checkout and point-of-sale (POS) capabilities for new store launches and major retail transformation initiatives. You will be a valued member of our Retail & Consumer Technology team, working closely with Product Owners, Architects, Store Operations, Engineering teams, Vendors, and Business Stakeholders, you will drive the end-to-end delivery of checkout solutions across multiple store opening programs and rollout initiatives. You will be responsible for ensuring that checkout capabilities are implemented safely, on schedule, and in alignment with business objectives and operational requirements.\nThis is a highly visible role within a large-scale retail expansion and modernization program, requiring strong delivery leadership, stakeholder management, and execution expertise. You will shape delivery plans, manage dependencies across multiple teams, oversee rollout activities, and ensure every new store is equipped with reliable, scalable, and customer-focused checkout solutions. Your ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on project execution will be critical to the successful launch of new retail locations and ongoing transformation efforts.\nIn this role, you will:\nProject Lead for Store Checkout workstreams in New Store Openings, store rebuilds, relocations, and major refurbishments, ensuring successful deployment of POS, self-checkout, payment solutions, and supporting store technology in alignment with global standards, project timelines, budgets, and operational readiness requirements.\nLead and coordinate end-to-end delivery of Store Checkout initiatives across multiple product teams.\nOwn scope, schedule, quality, and release readiness for committed SOW and change request deliverables.\nCoordinate cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, Store Operations and external vendors.\nPlan and oversee phased store rollouts, including pilots, cutover windows, and rollback readiness.\nSupport continuous improvement initiatives and identify opportunities for process optimization.\nEnsure operational readiness before ownership transfer, including validated SOPs, runbooks, monitoring, and L1/L2 support handover.\nPartner with client stakeholders, architects, payments, retail platform, and store infrastructure teams to manage dependencies.\nRun operational and tactical governance, including status reporting, risk and issue management, and escalation.\nWork Model\nWe believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. 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