Product Manager- Managed Services

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.

Business Transformation is a strategic group focused on evolving the way we support our sellers and coworkers on our process, policy and technology transformation efforts. This group partners with stakeholders across the enterprise to develop strategies, build plans, prioritize efforts, implement changes and measure outcomes.

The Product Management Team falls under the Business Transformation group and focuses on defining the long-term product strategy for our digital seller team. The Product Manager - Managed Services role will be responsible for driving the strategic direction of our products, from conception to execution, working closely with cross-functional teams to define product vision, roadmap, and objectives, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with excellent communication skills and a passion for delivering innovative solutions. A successful candidate will need to be comfortable synthesizing a clear, logical, data driven narrative out of confusing, ambiguous and at times conflicting information.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Build strong relationships with both technical and non-technical teams such as Sales, Integrated Tech Services (ITS), Operations, Product & Purchase Management, and Finance teams to align objectives and priorities to deliver high-quality products
• Comfortable speaking, presenting, and demoing capabilities at all levels of an organization up to C-suite
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPI's) to measure the success of product initiatives against business objectives
• Comfortable with hypothesis-driven feature development
• Develop and articulate a clear product roadmap that aligns with company objectives and market trends
• Translate roadmap into actionable strategies to drive product growth and innovation
• Define and maintain journey maps to understand user journeys by persona
• Own and prioritize product backlog, ensuring alignment between stakeholders and technology
• Conduct market research and user interviews to identify customer requirements and validate product hypotheses
• Lead strategic vision for our Professional Services domain for release planning activities, including feature prioritization and coordination with agile teams to plan and execute Program Increments (PI's)
• Create and maintain Program Increment artifacts such as feature backlogs, WSJF's, Sprint Plans, and Release Notes
• Collaborate with architects, designers, and product owners to develop innovative and scalable solutions that meet customer needs and technical requirements

The information in this position description is intended to convey information about the key responsibilities and requirements of the position. It is not an exhaustive list of the skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the opportunity. Position Descriptions are subject to change.

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
• 3+ years of Product Management, Professional Services or Technology experience
• Proven track record of successfully managing products from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritize and execute tasks effectively
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders
• Experience with Agile methodologies, including SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban
• Experience with professional or managed services is required

Other Required Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with internal and external stakeholders
• Capable of taking granular level detail and communicating information at a high level
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities demonstrating adaptability in meeting prioritized deadlines
• Proficient in Microsoft office applications with strong experience in PowerPoint
• Demonstrated ability to effectively present data to stakeholders for full scenario understanding
• Track record of identifying process improvements and making appropriate recommendations
• Strong negotiation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Salesforce CRM, Salesforce CPQ, Certinia PSA, Lucidchart are a plus
• 5+ years of Product Management, Professional Services or Technology experience

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/

Date Posted: Jul 24, 2024

Job Category: Corporate

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