Sr Manager, Strategy

Description
Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future. A Fortune 200 leader, we're the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges. The Sr Manager Strategy role reports directly to and supports the Director of Corporate Strategy. The position involves partnering closely with the broader Corporate Strategy and Development organization and the enterprise at large to lead growth-focused initiatives, ensuring that projects are delivered with high quality and on schedule. This developmental role provides the candidate with an opportunity to gain additional experience working directly with senior leadership across Sales, Product and Partner Management, Finance, Technology, Sales Operations, and Marketing, preparing them for increasing responsibility and future roles in the organization
What you will do:
* Lead and manage the delivery and coordination of complex projects or programs prioritized in alignment with stakeholders' expectations and business needs. Initiatives will focus on driving organic growth via Sales acceleration and Partner enablement.
* Design and codify go-to-market processes for CDW, establishing these processes as a basis for driving continuous improvement.
* Communicate project scope, goals and responsibilities to project teams; support alignment of stakeholder expectations and requirements of varying degrees of complexity.
* Organize function and project activities that may require interdepartmental meetings and communication, ensuring completion of the initiatives and activities on schedule and within budget constraints.
* Lead, participate in, or contribute to one or more special projects under strategy, corporate development, analytics, or business transformation areas. These projects tend to be time sensitive with high visibility and/or high impact areas with varying degrees of complexity that require creative thinking, collaboration and problem solving.
* Implement initiatives and programs for the group and for enterprise processes for which this group is responsible and accountable.
* Lead research on emerging technology platforms and implementation as needed.
* Travel as required ( 10%)
What we expect of you:
* Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience from one or more functions including Sales, Sales Operations, Strategy Consulting, or Product Management, plus 3+ years of managerial experience, OR 11 years of experience plus 3+ years of managerial experience.
* Experience managing complex and visible engagements and projects with multiple stakeholders at the leadership level.
* Exceptional organizational skills and ability to meet urgent deadlines.
* Detail-oriented and analytical with problem-solving skills.
* Intellectual curiosity is an expectation.
* Interest in learning about and implementing emerging technology (e.g., Generative AI) is a key.
* Exceptional written and interpersonal communication skills.
* Agile, flexible, and open-minded leader.
* Demonstrates emotional intelligence and ability to mediate between parties.
* Digitally savvy and fluent in current and evolving business productivity, collaboration, and reporting tools.
* Deep experience in Microsoft Office Suite: 365, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
* Professional experience in program/project management or related roles.
* Experience implementing change across a large, customer-facing organization. Pay range: $154,000.00 - $214,000.00, depending on experience and skill set Annual bonus target of 15% subject to terms and conditions of plan Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/ Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials
Who we are:
CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations across the globe. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced start-ups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small.
What you can expect from us: Culture, coworkers, careers.
CDW is not only the People Who Get IT but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together. At CDW, you'll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self- and your best ideas- to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving- and better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status
Benefits overview: [https://cdw.benefit-info.com/](https://cdw.benefit-info.com/)