Principal Enterprise Strategist - Financial Services
About The Position
The Principal Enterprise Strategist is the foremost authority in Pre-Sales - Services Engagement, defining strategic vision and advising senior leadership. The role engages executive clients to deliver high-impact solutions and drives innovation and thought leadership across CDW’s technology portfolio. The strategist provides advisory consulting that translates business objectives into technology strategies and actionable roadmaps; guides long-term IT transformation; and leads executive workshops, multi-practice technology visioning, and financial impact modeling. The role collaborates across Digital Infrastructure, Digital Velocity, Managed Services, and the Global Security Strategy Office, and supports solution scaling and transition planning with R&D and delivery teams. The position also evangelizes transformational technologies, including cloud-native platforms, automation, and AI/ML; publishes white papers and reusable intellectual property; delivers external presentations; and provides non-billable advisory oversight during delivery to protect architectural integrity and alignment with intended outcomes.
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 and 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 to ensure 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 the 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.
Benefits
- Annual bonus target of 25%, subject to the terms and conditions of the plan.
- Benefits overview is available at https://cdw.benefit-info.com/.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
