Exec Technology Strategist

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. At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It's why we're coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we're headed. We're proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW. Job Summary The CDW Executive Technology Strategist "ETS" provides thought leadership in IT transformation while aligning IT strategies with core business initiatives and processes to better leverage resources and infrastructure in achieving quantifiably tangible results. The Executive Technology Strategist provides consultative leadership across the full range of technical aptitudes. The ETS candidate must demonstrate the ability to assess a client's business drivers for a given initiative and translate them into qualifiable, quantifiable and tactical solutions. This person is able to identify and qualify business development across the organization while evangelizing sales and building a pipeline of both short-term and longer-term opportunities. The Executive Technology Strategist provides recommendations pertaining to key objectives in which cutting edge technical solutions solve a given challenge. This person illustrates the alignment (or misalignment) between strategic goals and key business decisions regarding products and services; partners and suppliers; organizational requirements and capabilities; and key business and IT initiatives. The ETS works to develop an integrated view of the business by making technical recommendations pertaining to information gleaned from client engagements as well as solve problems by analyzing requirements and evaluating alternatives
What you will do:
• Act as a consultative strategist to the CIO, CTO, VP of Infrastructure and other key leadership. • Provide consultative support of related opportunities across all geographies. • Be a key technical advisor consulting on leading edge technologies and possess deep technical knowledge in the following pillars of technology: Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) M&A technical competency Containers A&O SDDC DevOps DR/HA/Run book/BIA/BCP technologies ServiceNow APM • Deliver presentations to clients, potential clients, colleagues, and management. • Reports on the client needs, problems, interests, current market states, competitive activities, and potential for new products/services. • Provides knowledgeable insight on competitive offerings, products, applications, services, market conditions, competitive activities, advertising, and promotional trends through the reading of pertinent literature and consulting with marketing and technical services. • Demonstrate strategic time management and multitasking skills. • Effectively accelerates opportunity pipeline with predictable business results that exceed revenue targets. • Build and deliver highly technical documentation outlining: opportunity, discovered data, and recommendations. • Is able to identify and focus on priorities while appropriately setting expectations with client, colleagues and management. • Ability to provide thought leadership based on customer requirements and restrictions. • Excellent communication skills through creative writing, technical writing and oral interactions. • Strong client service and interpersonal skills. • Provide a high degree of collaboration with sales personnel. Involve appropriate resources to ensure the successful outcome of engagements and subsequent projects. • Develop intellectual property (e.g., whitepapers, deliverable templates, solutions, case studies, etc.). • Provide feedback to management groups regarding trends and opportunities. • Participate in project definition, scope, objectives, risks and approach. • Work closely with CDW engineers to formalize solutions that were discovered in ETS lead workshops
What we expect of you:
• Bachelor's degree in business or computer/technical related field or equivalent experience. • Deep technical knowledge in the following pillars of technology: Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) M&A technical competency Containers A&O SDDC DevOps DR/HA/Run book/BIA/BCP technologies ServiceNow APM • Ten or more years' experience in assessing business drivers and translating them into qualifiable, quantifiable and tactical solutions. • Five or more years' experience establishing strategic direction. • This position may require the ability to travel on average of 50%. • High degree of organization and attention to detail. • Ability to work weekends and/or off hours as necessary to meet job requirements. • Exceptional technical and non-technical communications skills. • Broad knowledge of IT infrastructure, applications, operating systems, high availability and IT communications. • Demonstrated ability to communicate, lead, build teams, work independently, and recommend business strategies. • Exceptional meeting facilitation skills. • Excellent creative writing, technical writing, and documentation skills. • Strong business skills. • Exceptional leadership and team skills. • Ability to work in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. • Demonstrates skills in collaboration with virtual teams, cross-functional groups and is able to solve complex problems. • Experience providing project oversight, management, technical leadership or engineer mentoring. • Ability to understand, remember, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information. Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology. Ability to multi-task, organize and prioritize. Ability to apply common sense in performing job. Ability to understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines. Ability to travel as needed. About us We make technology work so people can do great things. 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 committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Job Attributes Management Level Non-Manager FLSA Status Salaried Exempt Work Environment Office Merit Eligible Role Yes PMP Required Role Yes Bonus Program Yes - Other The information in this description is intended to convey information about the job attributes, key responsibilities, and requirements of the job. It is not an exhaustive list of the skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the opportunity. Descriptions are subject to change. Pay range: $137,600 - $172,000, depending on experience and skill set Annual bonus target of $35,000 subject to terms and conditions of plan Benefits overview: [https://cdw.benefit-info.com/](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/)