Global Programs

To compete in the international marketplace, organizations like yours must orchestrate globally distributed design, marketing, manufacturing, sales and logistics activities—both your own and those of your partners. And the Future of Work demands that your managers collaborate globally and virtually, leading international teams and calling upon expertise from all corners of the world.

We understand how to manage the complexities of Global Programs, and we can help you ensure the success of your global program. If you wish, we can take complete responsibility for delivering your international strategic initiative throughout its entire lifecycle.

Our Approach

Our approach to managing global programs is unique. We’ve developed an innovative global program delivery method and supporting toolkit that are readily accessible across virtual teams. They’re highly flexible, allowing for local preferences and nuances, while providing a strong foundation to any global project or program.

By establishing a positive working environment from Day One, we create a desire to succeed among your virtual team members, across all geographies. That ensures strong global sponsorship and engenders a spirit of collaboration and communication. It also facilitates organization-wide “local focus and global mindset” that drive successful international projects and programs.

 

Figure 1: Local focus and global mindset

When to Use Global Programs

Any organization that trades internationally will, at some stage, embark on a global program. You may want to use our Global Programs service when you’re:

  • Streamlining your global supply chain
  • Launching a product or service in a new market
  • Acquiring and integrating the operations of a foreign competitor
  • Implementing a new ERP system across various regions
  • Consolidating technology infrastructure and data centers
  • Implementing a performance improvement initiative across global operation

Our Proposition

We can help the most successful global companies swiftly effect change and transform themselves to capitalize on local and global market opportunities. We develop your global leadership skills, using a virtual resource pool of high-caliber project and program managers. Many of our experts have worked internationally, and many are multi-lingual.

We can quickly mobilize a team with a combination of local know-how and global knowledge. These team members are selected based on their international track record in effectively delivering on complex global assignments.
 

Our Approach

  • The Cognizant Difference

    It's in our DNA. Placing our clients first is embedded in the Cognizant culture. By investing in our people and resources, we bring new ideas and innovation to help you succeed in a changing business environment.

  • Two-in-a-Box

    We embed senior personnel with demonstrated industry expertise in your IT organization. They coordinate strategy with dedicated offsite delivery managers, freeing your team to concentrate on core business objectives.

  • Cognizant 2.0

    By employing the Cognizant 2.0 platform, we bring the best people, resources and capabilities of our global delivery system to any client, anywhere.