Principal Enterprise Strategist - Financial Services

CDW•Virtual - Illinois, IN

7d•$151,350 - $211,870

About The Position

As a Principal Enterprise Strategist, you serve as the foremost authority in Pre-Sales - Services Engagement, defining strategic vision and advising senior leadership. You engage executive clients to deliver high-impact solutions while driving innovation and thought leadership across CDW’s technology portfolio. The role provides strategic advisory consulting, guides long-term IT transformation, and supports the scaling and delivery of multi-practice solutions. It also advances transformational technologies and develops reusable intellectual property and external thought leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience, or 14+ years of work experience.
Experience designing multi-practice solutions for complex customer environments.
Strong understanding of CDW’s portfolio, including cloud, applications, data, security, modern infrastructure, DevOps, SaaS technologies, and AI.
Proven ability to influence business and IT stakeholders at the executive level.
Demonstrated success building and delivering enterprise technology roadmaps and digital transformation strategies.

Nice To Haves

Certifications across multiple disciplines, such as AWS Solutions Architect or Azure Architect Expert.
Background in vertical-specific architecture, particularly financial services.
Strategic mindset and ability to translate vision into executable strategies.
Executive presence and strong communication skills.
Cross-domain expertise across integrated technology solutions.
Innovation and agility in fast-paced environments.
Collaborative leadership across sales, engineering, and delivery teams.
Outcome-driven focus on measurable business impact.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic advisory consulting to clients, translating business objectives into technology strategies and actionable roadmaps.
Guide long-term IT transformation, ensuring scalability, interoperability, and alignment to business outcomes.
Identify opportunities early by spotting emerging technical trends.
Conduct executive-level workshops and multi-practice technology visioning sessions.
Lead financial impact modeling to support new products, services, and partner-adjacent initiatives.
Collaborate across Digital Infrastructure, Digital Velocity, Managed Services, and Global Security Strategy Office (GSSO).
Support solution scaling and transition planning in partnership with R&D and delivery teams.
Act as a segment-wide evangelist for transformational technologies, including cloud-native platforms, automation, and AI/ML.
Publish white papers, build reusable intellectual property such as frameworks and templates, and deliver external presentations.
Provide non-billable advisory oversight during delivery of multi-practice solutions to ensure architectural integrity and alignment with intended outcomes.