Configure Price Quote (CPQ) Manager

The role

The CPQ Manager owns the business requirements, release priorities, and adoption for the Configure to Order platform. This person connects Sales, Estimating, Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain, and Software to improve the sales experience and quote to order process.

What you will do

• Own and maintain the CPQ business roadmap.
• Establish business cases, value hypotheses, acceptance criteria, and release priorities.
• Partner with Software to refine requirements and manage dependencies.
• Define and track performance measures like quote cycle time and configuration accuracy.
• Establish training plans for release launches.
• Apply knowledge of power distribution equipment to improve configuration logic.
• Convert product knowledge and pricing logic into usable CPQ capabilities.
• Lead the CPQ support team.
• Set operating cadence for backlog review and stakeholder input.
• Triage defects and enhancement requests.

Required qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in CPQ, product management, sales operations, business systems, estimating systems, or a comparable business technology leadership role.
• Experience working in a software development environment using structured requirements, backlog prioritization, testing, release management, and iterative delivery.
• Working knowledge of electrical power distribution equipment and the commercial process for technical quotations, configuration, and order handoff.
• Ability to translate between business users and technical teams, explain tradeoffs, and make priorities clear.
• Demonstrated success leading cross functional projects and influencing stakeholders without relying solely on direct authority.
• Strong analytical, communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, information systems, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
• Experience with configuration, pricing, quoting, ERP, CRM, product information, or master data systems in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with LV or MV switchgear, switchboards, panelboards, power distribution units, controls, or related electrical equipment.
• Experience implementing a Configure to Order model in an engineered or customizable product environment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package

About the company

IEM builds electrical distribution systems and delivers solutions for complex power needs. The company has been operating for 75 years.