Strategic Channel Account Manager

The Strategic Channel Account Manager leads national channel sales initiatives, serving as the primary relationship owner for CDW. This role drives revenue growth by developing strategic partnerships, managing pipeline development, leading joint business planning, supporting partner marketing efforts, and enabling reseller sales teams. Working cross-functionally with sales, marketing, product, and technical teams, the manager ensures strong execution, forecasting accuracy, and alignment with business goals. Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree, 5+ years of channel sales experience, proven success with CDW, and knowledge of data center infrastructure and IT operations. Approximately 50% travel is required. **Legrand** has an exciting opportunity for a **Strategic Channel Account Manager** to join the **Data Center Power and Control Team.** This is a remote position. The Strategic Channel Account Manager is responsible for developing and executing the overall sales and go to market strategy for key national channel partners, with primary ownership of CDW. This role drives revenue growth, partner engagement, and market adoption across Data Center Management, Energy and Power Management, and Access Management solutions. The successful candidate will bring deep experience working with national channel partners, strong technical fluency in data center and networking environments, and the ability to engage effectively with both partner sellers and customer IT stakeholders. ### Responsibilities - Develop and execute strategic revenue plans for key national channel partners in alignment with overall company go to market objectives. - Own and manage the national relationship with CDW, serving as the primary point of contact for strategy, execution, and escalation. - Establish and drive a robust conversion pipeline in collaboration with distributor and reseller sales teams. - Lead joint business planning initiatives, including quarterly business reviews (QBRs), pipeline reviews, and forecast alignment. - Develop and execute partner marketing strategies that strengthen brand awareness, positioning, and demand generation. - Enable partner sellers through training, field engagement, and solution positioning tied to real customer use cases. - Provide leadership and support to Territory Sales Managers (end user sales reps) and internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and execution. - Collaborate cross functionally with Technical Support, Product Management, and Marketing to identify and capitalize on growth opportunities. - Maintain accurate forecasting, reporting, and pipeline management aligned with corporate sales processes. - Uphold company values, sales processes, and business ethics in all partner and customer engagements. ### Qualifications **Education:** - Bachelor’s degree required from an accredited institution. **Experience:** - Minimum of 5 years of channel or national account sales experience. - Proven experience working directly with CDW and navigating national and field level partner organizations. - Experience managing complex, multi stakeholder distributor or VAR relationships. - Previous experience in broadline distribution and national channel sales environments. - Bonus if located near CDW office. **Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:** - Strong working knowledge of data center infrastructure, including power, racks, networking, computing, and management platforms. - Practical understanding of networking fundamentals, virtualization, and IT infrastructure operations. - Ability to effectively engage IT administrators, presales engineers, and partner sellers without requiring hands on engineering expertise. - Experience selling hardware and software solutions related to network management, power distribution, and infrastructure. - Familiarity with data center infrastructure products, including: - Rack power and PDUs - Serial, KVM, and out-of-band access solutions - Racks and enclosures - Networking - Strong communication, pr…