Project Manager

The CDW Project Manager is a trusted consultant providing project management expertise across multiple technology stacks and services. Projects are typically of low to medium complexity and incorporate mainstream legacy and emerging technologies. The Project Manager may independently manage projects or work within a large program under the guidance of Program Managers. The successful candidate balances scope schedules budget and understands how to leverage PMO tools and templates to drive successful business outcomes for the customer. This position works with mixed teams consisting of CDW engineers CDW sales other members of CDW cross functional business areas customer staff and third-party consultants. The CDW Project Manager is a project advocate and relationship builder. They drive successful engagements through negotiation concise communication crucial conversations and leadership abilities.

What you will do:

• Use experience skillset and methodologies to understand the clients end goals and provide a consultative approach to ensure that the solution provided is appropriate for the clients desired overall outcome and strategy.
• Be a trusted consultant to your project team in all matters related to project delivery CDW processes and project management with best practices and delivery. Build relationships with all project stakeholders.
• Creates and maintains presence with all project stakeholders acting as a CDW steward for quality. Dedicated to meeting or exceeding stakeholder expectations. Identifies success criteria and ensures that it is met by involving the stakeholders in key decisions and linking project outcomes to strategic business initiatives.
• Recognizes the need for negotiations gathers relevant information and seeks advice from sales and management when needed. Negotiates changes (cost scope effort schedule of solution resource commitment etc.) to agreeable results. Effective negotiation of changes that achieve stakeholder satisfaction and drive positive project results.
• Works with team members to gather information and determine impacts to the project document mitigation steps taken in troubleshooting and communicate these to the team and client.
• Independently manages medium to large sized projects requiring complex cross functional collaboration and management adhering to CDWs project management processes and methodologies.
• Accountable for project profitability. Track project budgets and resources and manage actuals vs. planned hours against the resource allocation and budget. Timely reporting of project financials and budgets to stakeholders. Ties project outcomes to clients business strategies helping to generate new business.
• Ensuring that time expenses and invoices are accurately tracked and approved against the project in a timely manner.
• Validates initial project scope and estimates. Determine the need for a new Statement of Work versus a Change Order. Makes seller aware of new opportunities for additional services opportunities uncovered during project delivery.
• Ensures all items defined in CDW Statement of Work are delivered and performs quality assurance throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Establishes monitors adjusts and communicates tasks and associates schedule to the project team and modifies when necessary. Builds project schedules in conjunction with our engineering teams and partner resources.
• Aids in identifying proper resources and optimizing billable schedules monitors and adjusts assignments as necessary to drive client satisfaction and project profitability.
• Identifies documents tracks and communicates project risks and issues. Strategizes potential resolution and drives desired course of action to bring issues to timely resolution.
• Manages equipment software licensing and outside services procurement and delivery schedules.
• Documents outcomes lessons learned and shares appropriately with colleagues. Leverage expertise to help drive business process improvements within CDW Services PMO.
• Takes accountability for project results and holds all project team members accountable for their scope of work and schedule commitments. Is fiscally responsible to the client the project and to CDW.
• Instill trust with our clients by building strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Uses political savviness business acumen and relevant personnel along with CDW experience to establish credibility.
• Demonstrates ability to diffuse uncomfortable situations with client and/or project team.
• Leads teams to consistently meet project success factors and exceed client expectations.
• Inspects delegated tasks to ensure timely and accurate completion. Coach and mentor Associate Project Managers.
• Stays abreast of industry best practices through research conferences training seminars and participation in professional associations. Shares information across the Services PMO.
• Determines the appropriate documentation (communication plans schedules/timelines status reports quality plan closure summary budget risk plan etc.) for projects. Manages the quality and delivery of documentation to clients.
• Has a clear and concise communication style leads and facilitates both live and virtual meetings. Keeps meetings on track on topic and summarizes assigns and publishes follow up items in a timely manner.
• Adapts communication style and medium to the audience needs. Recognizes when communication efforts are ineffective and adapts tactics and/or medium as necessary.
• Effectively prepares and delivers difficult information. Can credibly communicate complex topics to stakeholders and build consensus.
• Anticipates client or project needs communicates potential solutions. Conveys CDW experiences and positive outcomes to build client confidence and instill trust.
• Develop and manage a detailed schedule and work plan.

What we expect from you:

• Bachelors degree in business or computer related field or equivalent experience and 3 years of experience in project management or four years of CDW Services experience OR 7 years of experience in project management or four years of CDW Services experience
• Two or more years of experience in leading small to medium scale projects in a professional services organization.
• Project management or agile consulting experience pertains to advising clients of delivery best practices across multiple technology stacks (e.g. Cloud Security Infrastructure)
• Ability to support pre-sales activities and look for new sales opportunities to help the client achieve organizational goals while growing CDWs portfolio of work.
• Participate productively in virtual teams to improve Project Management processes.
• Experience Project Managing projects with several technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to take accountability for projects and their results be fiscally responsible and lead teams to meet project success factors.
• Working knowledge of one or more formal project management methodologies proficiency with tools such as Microsoft Project/Office.
• Excellent written presentation and verbal communication skills including demonstrated experience presenting technology recommendations from a business perspective.
• Applies discretion when dealing with sensitive/confidential information.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities simultaneously and adapt to the changing needs of the business while meeting deadlines.
• Ability to work weekends and/or off hours as necessary to meet clients needs.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% or as needed to other CDW locations meetings and client sites.
• 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.
• PMP and/or Agile Certification(s) a plus/
• Experience using both Waterfall and Agile methods (Scrum Kanban etc.) to manage projects a plus.

• Pay range: $77775- $108264 depending on experience and skill set plus a 10% bonus target.
  Benefits overview: ranges may be subject to geographic differentials