Palo Alto Partner Development Manager, West
About The Position
The Partner Development Manager (PDM) owns the development and execution of CDW's go-to-market strategy with Palo Alto strategic AI and data partners across the West segment. The role builds and owns the joint business plan, deploys partner investment, and equips CDW sellers with messaging, sales plays, and enablement programs to position and sell joint AI solutions. This is an individual-contributor role working across PPM, Sales, Presales, Services, Marketing, and partner stakeholders. Success is measured by partner-sourced and partner-influenced AI pipeline, portfolio adoption, and partner investment utilization. Up to 20% travel is required. CDW describes itself as a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider serving business, government, education, and healthcare organizations. The company emphasizes collaboration, continuous learning, and responsible AI adoption, and is an equal opportunity employer.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of sales, marketing, or project management experience; or 9 years of sales, marketing, or project management experience; or 4 years of CDW PPM experience and 5 years of sales, marketing, or project management experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interact effectively with all stakeholders.
- Ability to engage effectively and strategically with executive leadership.
- History of building and maintaining strategic partner relationships, especially with major technology brands and alliance partners.
- Ability to multitask and drive projects from inception to completion.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Salesforce CRM, and relevant business applications.
- Expert financial and business acumen.
- Exceptional strategic agility and analytical skills.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Proven track record of driving results.
Responsibilities
- Own the annual and quarterly business plan for assigned AI partners, including growth, enablement, investment, and pipeline targets.
- Translate partner AI roadmaps into CDW segment plays and co-sell programs, prioritizing use cases with a clear path to production.
- Assess market opportunities, partner program changes, competitive trends, and whitespace opportunities to inform business strategy.
- Own AI field enablement for assigned partners, including sales plays, deal qualification guidance, and seller-facing technical readiness.
- Build CDW’s AI brand across sales territories by driving seller awareness, engagement, and adoption of partner programs.
- Drive partner co-sell with field teams through monthly account mapping, opportunity registration, and joint deal pursuit.
- Develop joint campaigns with Marketing and CDW’s Service & Solutions organization to drive targeted, profitable growth.
- Bring partner AI technology, roadmaps, and funding into CDW offering and practice planning with Services and Presales to turn partner capabilities into repeatable CDW offerings.
- Secure partner technical enablement, resources, and funding to build CDW’s AI delivery and architecture capability.
- Plan and deploy partner investments, including MDF, operational funding, and co-sell funding, to support field engagement and pipeline creation.
- Report AI partner portfolio pipeline, enablement reach, and partner investment utilization.
- Own executive and field relationships with assigned partners, serving as the strategic liaison between the partner and CDW.
Benefits
- Annual bonus target of 10%, subject to the terms and conditions of the plan.
- Benefits information is available at https://cdw.benefit-info.com/.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
