Manager Physical Security Delivery

Location: Remote – USA

Job Summary

The Manager, Physical Security Delivery provides business, sales, and solutions thought leadership for the assigned solution domain and leads efficient day-to-day Professional Services operations. The role shapes portfolio vision and strategy for video surveillance and video management systems (VMS), electronic access control, and integrated physical security solutions. Working across Sales, Solution Architects (SAs), and Services, the manager balances financial and operational performance with client outcomes and coworker development and loyalty.

What You Will Do

• Drive services revenue and gross profit in partnership with Sales and SAs.
• Align services to sales and marketing objectives and collaborate on appropriate product and licensing attachment.
• Join client calls, present on services capabilities, and shape C-suite solution strategies.
• Review and approve estimates and statements of work within delegated authority, providing practical feedback to SAs.
• Assess economic, competitive, and industry trends to guide portfolio strategy, services opportunities, and the engineering skill mix needed for evolving client demand.
• Maintain a regular staffing and pipeline review cadence with the appropriate stakeholders; educate sellers on services capabilities, positioning, and early engagement.
• Support Sales and Professional Services Managers (PSMs) on client satisfaction calls.
• Own escalations and corrective actions where applicable.
• Participate in top-client loyalty meetings and build cross-functional stakeholder relationships.
• Lead, coach, and develop coworkers through individual development plans, timely performance feedback, and clear communication; strengthen technical, professional consulting, and sales skills.
• Balance team capacity and skills against demand, project commitments, utilization, profitability, and delivery risk; plan resource assignments and workload accordingly.
• Recruit and retain talent; foster trust, respect, teamwork, and coworker loyalty, and encourage sharing of best practices across the team.
• Implement operations strategy and govern delivery from early engagement and resource selection through implementation, testing, documentation, and client acceptance against agreed scope and quality standards.
• Maintain partner technology relationships and serve as a vendor interface; communicate services capabilities, evangelize relevant solutions, and identify and close capability gaps.
• Engage key physical security OEM and integration partners and their engineering, services, and account teams; use the Trusted Partner Network for surge or specialty engineering capacity.
• Share and apply delivery best practices across practices and geographies, using lessons learned to improve service quality and consistency.
• Provide timely, accurate monthly forecasts; steward general and administrative expenses and conduct financial and project profitability reviews, taking corrective action within delegated authority.
• Work with Senior Leadership on staffing, development, internal projects, compensation, and bonuses within established authority; contribute to recruiting and management-team practices.
• Maintain solution-lifecycle skills readiness, training, and appropriate lab, software, and delivery tools; coordinate secure configuration, site safety, and applicable compliance with qualified stakeholders.
• Deliver against measurements and targets that include services revenue, gross profit (GP), GP per coworker, billable utilization, client loyalty, coworker loyalty, retention, and portfolio expansion, as established by leadership for the assigned domain.
• Contribute to company operating margin through profitable delivery and expense discipline, aligned with company objectives.

What We Expect of You

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree required and 5+ years of experience.

OR, 9 years of work experience required.

Minimum basic requirements

• 1+ years of people management experience.
• Experience leading technical delivery or operations teams and working with relevant vendor technologies, services, and partners; knowledge of surveillance/VMS, electronic access control, integrations, and secure network-connected systems.
• Ability to lead teams, build consensus, and deliver outcomes; strong oral and written communication, coaching, and negotiation skills, with creative approaches to client, project, and people issues.
• Ability to serve as a trusted advisor, build effective client and partner relationships, and lead services outcomes that support sales objectives.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Preferred skills, experience, and qualities needed

• Previous consulting management experience is a plus.
• 1+ years of profit and loss (P&L) management experience, along with strong project and risk management skills, is a plus.
• An advanced-technology background, along with strong presentation skills, is a plus.

Pay

Pay range: $ 121,450 - $ 170,010 depending on experience and skill set

Annual bonus target of 25% subject to terms and conditions of plan

Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/

Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials

CDW is committed to being an AI-fluent organization

As a leader, you will champion and be accountable for our vision of becoming an AI-fluent organization. We expect leaders to model curiosity, encourage responsible AI adoption, and foster a culture of continuous learning. You don’t need deep technical expertise, but you should be comfortable exploring how AI can enhance strategy, decision-making, and team performance. Your role includes guiding others in building confidence and capability with AI tools and practices, while promoting openness to experimentation and shared learning.

Additionally, CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. As an AI forward company, we see AI not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, creating, and communicating. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset, one that’s curious, adaptive, and ready to explore what’s possible. We welcome thoughtful use of AI to expand your perspective and elevate how you share your story, while ensuring your application remains rooted in your own background, judgment, and voice.

About Us

CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what’s possible through technology. What makes CDW different isn’t just what we do—it’s how we do it. At CDW we act as one—building trust, speaking candidly, and working together to achieve more. We play to win—focusing on what matters most and delivering for our customers. And we think forward—staying curious, moving fast, and continuously learning.

We believe meaningful work happens when people feel supported, heard, and empowered to contribute. That’s why we think of ourselves as coworkers, not just employees—working together to solve complex challenges and deliver real impact for our customers and communities.

As a full‑stack, full‑lifecycle technology partner, CDW brings deep expertise, strong relationships, and broad industry knowledge to help turn ideas into outcomes. When you join CDW, you become part of a collaborative environment where your work matters, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape what’s next.

Together, we deliver the full promise of what technology can do. Together, we Make Amazing Happen.

CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.