Configure Price Quote Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and manage the CPQ business roadmap, converting market demands, sales insights, product strategies, and operational priorities into a structured workflow.

• Develop business cases, value propositions, acceptance criteria, and establish release priorities for capabilities related to quoting, configuration, pricing, and order transitions.

• Collaborate with the Software team to refine requirements, navigate trade-offs, manage dependencies, and effectively communicate release scope and readiness.

• Define and monitor metrics such as quote cycle time, configuration accuracy, rework, adoption rates, margin protection, and user effort.

• Create training plans for release launches as needed.

• Utilize expertise in LV and MV power distribution equipment, single line diagrams, bills of material, ratings, options, and specification requirements.

• Transform product knowledge, pricing strategies, lead times, and commercial rules into effective CPQ functionalities.

• Identify Configure to Order opportunities that enhance speed and consistency while maintaining flexibility for customized solutions.

• Lead the CPQ support team, which includes the Price Book and CTO Specialist, UI/UX Tester, and Sales UAT Specialist.

• Establish a routine for backlog reviews, stakeholder input, testing readiness, change communication, and ongoing improvement.

• Ensure the integrity of supplier costs and price books, while advancing CTO rules and data.

• Enhance UI/UX by eliminating unnecessary clicks and friction.

• Validate the complete commercial workflow from CRM opportunity creation through CPQ configuration, API handoffs, and order entry.

• Generate release communications, training materials, feedback mechanisms, and adoption strategies.

• Prioritize defects and enhancement requests based on commercial impact, user experience, data quality, risk, and strategic value.

• Establish reliable CPQ governance, enhance business requirements and release acceptance, deliver measurable workflow improvements, and ensure accountability for price book integrity, UI/UX, and sales UAT.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of five years of experience in CPQ, product management, sales operations, business systems, estimating systems, or a similar technology leadership role.

• Proven experience in a software development setting, employing structured requirements, backlog prioritization, testing, release management, and iterative delivery methods.

• Familiarity with electrical power distribution equipment and the commercial processes involved in technical quotations, configuration, and order handoff.

• Ability to facilitate communication between business users and technical teams, clarify trade-offs, and establish priorities.

• Proven track record of successfully leading cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders without solely relying on direct authority.

• Excellent analytical, communication, facilitation, and organizational capabilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, information systems, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience will be accepted.

• Experience with configuration, pricing, quoting, ERP, CRM, product information, or master data systems within a manufacturing context.

• Familiarity with LV or MV switchgear, switchboards, panelboards, power distribution units, controls, or related electrical equipment.

• Experience in implementing a Configure to Order model in an engineered or customizable product environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• A comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to promote employees' well-being, growth, and long-term success.