PMO Manager - Digital Infrastructureat CDW Careers

The PMO Manager, Project Management Office is a business, sales, and solutions thought leader at CDW. They provide leadership and support for Sales, Solution Architects and Services teams within their region/service area and teams. The PMO Manager is accountable for effective and efficient day-to-day Professional, Managed, Configuration, or Technical Services operations, and for driving alignment with the Sales team and Solutions team. The PMO Manager demonstrates a laser-like focus in leading Services Teams to achieve finance, operations, client, and coworker targets. The PMO Manager is also charged with shaping and developing our services vision and strategy around a service area, technology portfolio. To realize these targets, PMO Manager must balance a strong financial and operational results focus with a strong coworker development and client emphasis.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Customer Responsibilities:  

• Set direction and tone of the PMO for their area to drive a high-quality customer experience and help drive world class NPS scores
• Collaborate with Sales, Solutions Architects, Services Teams and Management to achieve Services goals and attainment of all targets. 
• Provide leadership and support for Sales, Solution Architects and Services Teams within their region and solution domain. 
• Support, collaborate, and participate with Sales and Solutions team(s) on client sales calls, services estimates and sales / client strategies with “C” suite level leadership. 
• Accelerate the professional, and technical development of coworkers through coaching and training ensuring laser focus on achieving high client satisfaction. 
• Collaborate with solutions practice to develop strategy and services vision for their assigned technology portfolio. 
• Regular cadence with Services Leadership on staffing plans and pipeline. 
• Act as subject matter expert on CDW services offering and capabilities and educate sales teams as needed. 
• Support the PSMs in client satisfaction / loyalty with CDW clients. Proactively resolve issues, as necessary. 
• Act as escalation point for resolution of issues pertaining to projects and programs within region or service area. 
• Conduct face-to-face client meetings for top services clients. 
• Establish and cultivate solid working relationship with all internal clients –Services Managers, Solutions Teams, Recruiters, Branch Managers, Account Executives, Sales Management and Senior Leadership Team. 
• Build and maintain strong technology relationships with key partner representatives (Cisco, Microsoft, etc.) to ensure CDW is top of mind. Expand these relationships to CDW account managers, regional managers, architects and engineers. 
• Build and maintain the Trusted Partner Network to deliver additional capacity and skills as needed 

Coworker Responsibilities:  

• Manage your team to have the right set of technical and interpersonal skills to meet immediate and long-term customer demand . 
• Ensure your team fully understands their roles, and possesses the right set of professional consulting and sales skills. 
• Create individual technical and professional development plans with each team member. 
• Provide complete, accurate, ongoing communication with your team. 
• Deliver substantive performance feedback and coaching to your team. 
• Attract, recruit and retain the “best and brightest” PMO Services Coworkers. 
• Perform teambuilding and foster an appealing work environment based on trust, respect and competence. 
• Monitor and resolve coworker satisfaction / loyalty issues. 
• Ensure that PMO best practices and methodologies are incorporated in the delivery of all solutions. 
• Share Best Practices across Regions and Service Areas. 
• Drive continuous improvement within the PMO and Professional Services team, reviewing lessons learned and applying to next customer projects.

Operation Responsibilities:  

• Attain revenue and gross profit growth targets within their region/service area
• Manage your team to provide the right level of skill and size of team to meet client demand while balancing team utilization and profitability. 
• Lead and manage designated Services team to finance, operations, client, and coworker targets. 
• Analyze economic, competitive and industry changes affecting their solution domain and make recommendations as appropriate, adjusting skills among engineering teams across services. 
• Lead and implement Integrated Technology Services vision, goals and strategies. 
• Manage and monitor General & Administrative expenses. 
• Ensure that monthly forecasts are complete, accurate and timely 
• Collaborate with Senior Managers on new hires, development plans, internal projects, Coworker compensation and bonuses. 
• Establish and cultivate a solid working relationship with vendor partners – Vendor Partner Engineer Managers / Vendor Partner Services Managers / Vendor Partner Account Teams. 
• Understand and align with Solutions team to ensure overall sales strategy is implemented through Services teams. 
• Participate in the solution development lifecycle via skills readiness planning for advanced technologies, including resource selection, early engagement and training/mentoring. 
• Serve as the services interface to key vendor partners, evangelizing CDW’s capabilities and addressing perceived gaps. 
• Facilitate the resources and tools necessary for the advanced technology services organization’s success, including lab equipment, software, etc. 
• Participate in the recruitment and selection of other coworkers. 
• Contribute to Services Management team meetings and Services Management best practices. 
• Review team financials and project performance to ensure profitability of projects. 
• Measurements and Targets: Revenue Gross Profit Gross Profit / Coworker Billable Utilization Company Operating Margin Client Loyalty Coworker Loyalty Coworker Retention 

Education and/or Experience Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Management or a related field or equivalent experience 
• Seven years of related consulting or IT services delivery experience 

Other Required Qualifications

• Ability to lead teams; gain consensus
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Ability to identify and creatively resolve client, project and people issues
• Proven negotiation skills
• Knowledge of IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, HP, and EMC products and services
• Experience working with branch vendors and business partners
• Ability to lead and manage to ensure attainment of critical results
• Ability to act as a trusted advisor in a strategic partnership
• Demonstrated ability to meet business unit sales objectives
• Ability to travel a minimum of 50%
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous consulting management experience 
• 1+ years experience with Profit and Loss responsibility
• Strong project and risk management skills
• Strong IT background in Advanced Technologies
• Strong presentation skills