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Cognizant Associate Director Salaries in Chennai

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Associate Director

15 - 26 years exp. · Chennai (439 salaries)
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₹24 L/yr - ₹52 L/yr

Technical Lead

2 - 15 years exp. · Chennai (5.5k salaries)
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₹5.6 L/yr - ₹21.9 L/yr

14 job openings

Project Manager

8 - 20 years exp. · Chennai (2.1k salaries)
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₹12 L/yr - ₹40.2 L/yr

132 job openings

Business Analyst

0 - 10 years exp. · Chennai (376 salaries)
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₹3.9 L/yr - ₹15 L/yr

8 job openings

Senior Consultant

4 - 16 years exp. · Chennai (329 salaries)
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₹9 L/yr - ₹30.9 L/yr

14 job openings

Technical Manager

10 - 18 years exp. · Chennai (208 salaries)
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₹13.5 L/yr - ₹35.6 L/yr

Scrum Master

5 - 17 years exp. · Chennai (208 salaries)
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₹7 L/yr - ₹25.9 L/yr

Senior Project Manager

14 - 23 years exp. · Chennai (205 salaries)
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₹15 L/yr - ₹43 L/yr

Associate Consultant

2 - 8 years exp. · Chennai (150 salaries)
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₹4.9 L/yr - ₹17.3 L/yr

1 job opening

Delivery Manager

12 - 22 years exp. · Chennai (88 salaries)
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₹11.2 L/yr - ₹38 L/yr

6 job openings

Program Manager

11 - 23 years exp. · Chennai (77 salaries)
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₹13.4 L/yr - ₹40 L/yr

Engineering Manager

11 - 18 years exp. · Chennai (48 salaries)
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₹15 L/yr - ₹39 L/yr

Product Manager

4 - 15 years exp. · Chennai (31 salaries)
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₹13.5 L/yr - ₹36.5 L/yr

1 job opening

Principal Consultant

10 - 17 years exp. · Chennai (28 salaries)
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₹11.9 L/yr - ₹25.4 L/yr

Senior Scrum Master

10 - 17 years exp. · Chennai (23 salaries)
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₹12.5 L/yr - ₹32.5 L/yr

Scrum Master and Manager

10 - 18 years exp. · Chennai (18 salaries)
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₹11.7 L/yr - ₹25 L/yr

Project Coordinator

3 - 10 years exp. · Chennai (11 salaries)
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₹2.8 L/yr - ₹11.4 L/yr

Agile Project Manager

12 - 17 years exp. · Chennai (10 salaries)
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₹16 L/yr - ₹30.5 L/yr

Lead Consultant

9 - 12 years exp. · Chennai (8 salaries)
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₹12 L/yr - ₹19 L/yr

Associate Project Manager

4 - 13 years exp. · Chennai (4 salaries)
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₹10 L/yr - ₹28 L/yr

Assistant Vice President

22 - 25 years exp. · Chennai (4 salaries)
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₹30.9 L/yr - ₹1 Cr/yr

Last Updated: 15 Dec, 2024

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3.5

Rated by 19 employees for salary & benefits

Associate Director in Kolkata

Full Time

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Project & Program Management Department

4.0
  •  posted on 30 Oct 2024
4.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

Likes

...rn everything. Leadership is passionate of new technology and client centricity. Pays competitive salary benefits may not be high at times but sustainable for long, rewarding association. Will recommend people to experience Cognizant.

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If you remain too good on a domain, likely you will get trapped into it and not allowed to learn horizontal skills. So keeping a balance and relationship to horizontal people are important in any large project centric organization.

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Associate Director in Pune

Full Time

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Project & Program Management Department

4.0
  •  posted on 15 Oct 2024
3.0
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Lot of opportunities to pick new skills and explore different technologies and areas of work. Diversity is given good recognition and opportunities

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Distance to office and compensation not upto market standards

Associate Director in Pune

Full Time

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

2.0
  •  posted on 19 Apr 2022
2.0
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Work life balance is very poor. Compensation to senior position is horrible. After promotion getting 4% hike. Company policy in terms of work life balance,compensation are very bad for senior position.

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Appraisal for senior level is very poor. For years they had given. Now getting with minimum hike.

Associate Director in Pune

Full Time

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Other Department

5.0
  •  posted on 23 Nov 2023
5.0
 for  Salary and Benefits

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The salary structure is one best in the service industries. People give respect to your personal reservations. The projects are good.

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I think for Cognizant India, the awards and recognition policies can be improved.

Associate Director in PUNE/CHENNAI

Engineering - Software & QA Department

1.0
  •  posted on 20 Apr 2022
1.0
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Likes

Scope of IT work and professionalism of IT workers (barring peers and managers) in the Company

Dislikes

Middle level management and their politics. no career growth, salary is lowest, appraisal system is biased and unfair, threatening environment. Insurance coverage is inadequate. Unreasonable goals and targets given. International relocation only to favored ones.

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Cognizant Salary FAQs

How much does Cognizant pay per year?
The average Cognizant salary ranges from approximately ₹0.2 Lakh to ₹0.2 Lakh per year for a Safety Engineer and ₹94 Lakhs to ₹96 Lakhs per year for a Senior Director Finance. Salary estimates are based on 439 Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 3.5/5 stars.
What is the highest salary in Cognizant?
The highest-paying job at Cognizant is a Senior Director Finance with a salary of ₹94 Lakhs to ₹96 Lakhs per year. The top 10% of employees earn more than ₹18.17 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ₹32.03 lakhs per year.
What is the minimum salary in Cognizant?
Minimum salary at Cognizant depends on the role you are applying for. For Processing Executive the minimum salary is ₹1 Lakh to ₹5 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ₹2.5 Lakhs to ₹6.7 Lakhs per year and so on.
What is the salary package for freshers in Cognizant?
The average salary at Cognizant for freshers varies from ₹0.7 Lakh to ₹4 Lakhs per year for Information Technology Support Engineer and ₹10 Lakhs to ₹20 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Analyst.
What is the notice period for Associate Director at Cognizant in Chennai?
According to AmbitionBox, 65% of the Cognizant Associate Directors in Chennai reported a notice period of 2 Months, 22% reported a notice period of 3 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 141 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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