Product Manager - Security - Toronto

Product Manager - Security

Our IT Brand Manager roles are an exceptional opportunity to take control of your career and future. As a key member of our Product and Partner Management team, you’ll join some of the brightest, best, and most diverse technology minds working in IT today. A Fortune 200 leader, we’re the driven professionals and technology experts Canadian companies turn to most to solve all their IT challenges and needs.

Our Brand and Product Managers are tech visionaries that work to identify our product offerings and balance selection, profitability, and demand in an ever-changing technology landscape. Join us in this role and you’ll have accelerated opportunities to turn your ideas into action as you engage with key senior level management contacts and partners to drive business growth.

Acting as the central liaison for our partner, it’ll be your job to connect them with CDW stakeholders across the organization including Sales, Technical, Purchasing, Finance, and Marketing. We’ll look to you to leverage market/industry data to develop a partner specific go to market strategy, maximizing revenue, profitability and awareness for your assigned partner(s) or product categories.

What you’ll do

Develop and implement go-to-market strategies and business plans that outline target customer segments, products, pricing, and positioning
Be the subject matter expert for assigned categories and associated partner’s product lines/programs
Research industry information and interface with multiple departments internally to identify opportunities and develop strategies to increase sales
Be a subject matter expert on the designated partner’s technologies, programs and go to market strategies and communicate them to CDW sales
Act as a liaison between CDW Sales and Product and Partner Management (PPM) to identify opportunities for product, program, and partner alignment improvements
Make ideal use of CDW marketing vehicles to include promotions, campaigns, new product launches and other activities enhancing relationships with assigned partner(s)
Assume responsibility for building a strong pipeline through sales engagement and sharing a forecast with stakeholders

What you need to succeed
Must-have

2+ years of related experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
Technology product sales or marketing experience
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities/projects, meet deadlines, facilitate change and delegate responsibilities
Strong problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to find solutions
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (specifically Excel including formulas, pivot tables and charts)
Ability to communicate effectively and in a constructive manner with management, peers, and coworkers
Customer Focus and Service minded
Ability to think creatively and come up with proactive ideas that will increase sales.
Must be able to communicate effectively and in a constructive manner with management, peers and coworkers.
Proven group presentations skills.
Motivated and self-starting.
Team Player and time management
Nice-to-have

3+ years of experience in vendor management, as brand manager, as partner manager or related experience
Who we are:
CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced startups 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.

The well-being of our employees is essential to us. CDW offers a comprehensive benefits package, which includes health, dental and vision coverage, coworker stock purchase program, paid vacation time and sick days, RRSP/DPSP and DPSP match, tuition reimbursement, coworker discounts and other generous perks.

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