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CDW is seeking a Strategist (Federal) to drive technology solutions within the Department of Energy segment by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to enhance growth and customer engagement.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include shaping technology strategies, developing solutions for customer challenges, and collaborating with sales teams to influence customer requirements and opportunities.

Skills: Required skills include strong customer-facing capabilities, incident management experience, strategic planning, and a solid understanding of technology trends and architectures.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree and experience at a senior IT leadership level, particularly in a regulated industry.

Location: Virtual, Maryland, United States

Compensation: $112000 - $210000 / Annually

Description

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Job Summary

The Strategist role is responsible for helping to drive solutions within CDW Federal (Dept of Energy) segment by partnering with key internal and external stakeholders, and technology partners to understand current and emerging technology initiatives, ultimately accelerating growth within the segment and positioning CDW as a preferred partner within the market. This role is primarily responsible for advising CDW on new offerings to address industry problems.

What you will do

Be part of the overall strategist organization to be thought leaders in leveraging technology to positively impact the segment
Interact with customer leadership to help shape future thinking
Achieve goals, and improve their organizations’ posture
Present and demonstrate strategy and solutions and specific partner technologies to customers and CDW
Stay current on trends and technology developments
Participate in the development of CDW’s solution sets to solve customer problems within the industry
Coordinate partner participation in specific solutions addressing real needs outside of traditional technology infrastructure
Understand and evaluate new technology approaches and solutions to understand the value, problem addressed, market potential, and fit into the CDW strategic solutions
Work with other areas within CDW to develop the solution package to include services, logistics and other capabilities, as appropriate, for solutions selected as CDW offerings
Determine the accounts within target markets
Qualify and scope solutions opportunities within accounts
Determine the market (s) to address
Develop relationships with key organizations, manufacturers, and cloud providers to further align CDW to the evolving needs of our customers
Work closely with multiple stakeholders at the customer to influence the final requirements of the target opportunity, including executives, program leads, project leads, and technical experts
Collaborate with sales team to act as subject matter expert for customer visits and presentations, customer conference calls and webinars, as well as participate in all aspects of large solutions
Articulates value proposition to sellers, partners and customers.
Attends customer onsite meetings, business reviews, and industry days, as needed.
Represents company at external business networking opportunities, conferences, and events.
Training CDW sellers and sales teams on trends and solutions and mentor CDW sellers on messaging to their customers.

What we expect of you

Minimum basic requirements

10 years prior experience working within the specific industry.
Strong customer facing skills with a history of building solid relationships.
Demonstrated understanding and experience with Incident Management, Planning and Response, within the specific industry.
Strong customer facing skills with a history of building solid relationships with leaders.
Proven track record of success in navigating procurement departments for additional opportunities.
Demonstrated understanding of technology trends, technology architecture and roadmaps.
Experience in a leadership role in the implementation of technology solutions involving integrations, configuration, troubleshooting, training, adoption and support.
Experience in a role requiring proven leadership, facilitation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills as well as a strong customer service.
Strong understanding of the market.
Proven ability to influence across all functions of an organization.
Strong strategic planning ability.
Effective communication skills both oral and written using a variety of styles and techniques appropriate to the audience
Excellent presentation skills
Demonstrated collaboration behavior with excellent facilitation and negotiation skills.
Strong problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to find solutions while working independently.
Must be able to communicate effectively and in a constructive manner with management, peers, and coworkers.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities/projects, meet deadlines, facilitate change, and delegate responsibility.
Travel required as needed Preferred Qualifications

Preferred skills, experience, and qualities needed

Bachelor’s degree
Experience as a CIO, CTO, IT Vice President or IT Senior Leader
Experience leading IT strategy and operations within the specific industry
10 or more years’ experience in assessing business drivers and translating them into qualifiable, quantifiable and tactical solutions
Understanding technologies and the challenges of implementing new technologies into a highly regulated and complex technology ecosystem.
Working knowledge and understanding of standard industry regulations

Pay range: $ 112,000 - $210,000 depending on experience and skill set

Annual bonus target of 43% subject to terms and conditions of plan

Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/

Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials

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CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive.

CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.

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