Demo

Channel Development Manager, CDW

Rubrik
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 12/26/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/2/2026
As a Channel Development Manager (CDM) you will build & manage relationships between Rubrik and CDW sales teams for the West Region. In this role, you will work with cross-functional teams from Rubrik’s Field Sales, Systems Engineering, Channel Marketing, Field Marketing, Alliances and Sales Operations functions, as they will be key resources for you to leverage to attain and exceed sales performance goals.

Day-to-Day

CDM’s will grow the channel business in your region through strategic partner planning, enablement, and driving sales acceleration and pipeline generation activities.

Where You Can Make An Impact

  • Driving Rubrik focuses on technologies/products and increase revenues and number of Partner Initiated Deals.
  • Develop net new business and manage existing growth with CDW that will allow better market and vertical sales/support coverage.
  • Arrange account mappings and meetings with other Rubrik teams with partners to qualify target accounts and opportunities that will lead to Partner Initiated Deals and POCs.
  • Doing Enablement sessions to train our partners field sales/SE staff to ensure we have self-sufficient partners
  • Build up strong relationships with relevant decision makers and key persons within those partners to get the right and needed attention to be set as strategic partner with them.

Who You Are

  • Hard working, self-driven and highly motivated individual with great team spirit
  • Strong knowledge about the Data Management / Data Protection / Storage market
  • Experience working with key decision makers in CDW
  • Great relation and reputation with key partners in assigned region
  • Able to present in front of bigger audience and hosting events with and for partners and end-customers
  • Able to identify and initiate deals with partners, work on deals and close them with a partner in close sync with Rubrik Account Teams

Ideal Background

  • Experience working in a channel partner or distributor
  • Familiar with quarterly and yearly planning of sales activities
  • Delivered marketing plans and coordination of marketing activities
  • Able to do identification, acquisition and development of new partners
  • Proven success in encourage of existing partners in their sales activities
  • Execution of channel programs
  • Delivered sales and product trainings
  • Strong presenter on reseller and end-customer events
  • Successfully run sales activities with partners
  • Worked supporting partners in identifying opportunities and closing projects
  • Knows how to report numbers and activities, and do forecasting
  • Sold competitive solutions and has an extensive experience in Security, Backup and Recovery
  • Managed regional channel sales geography with a large scale reseller similar to CDW.

Join Us in Securing the World's Data

Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.

Linkedin | X (formerly Twitter) | Instagram | Rubrik.com

Inclusion @ Rubrik

At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data.

Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.

Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas of our business and culture:

  • Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally. Your potential is limitless here.
  • Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work. Your contributions help us innovate and break boundaries.
  • Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients. Your impact extends beyond Rubrik, contributing to safer and stronger communities.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Rubrik provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Rubrik complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at hr@rubrik.com if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

EEO IS THE LAW

NOTIFICATION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS UNDER FEDERAL LABOR LAWS

Salary.com Estimation for Channel Development Manager, CDW in Chicago, IL
$134,286 to $171,927
If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Channel Development Manager, CDW?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Channel Development Manager, CDW career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$133,543 - $173,339
Income Estimation: 
$172,609 - $219,179
Income Estimation: 
$137,016 - $193,291
Income Estimation: 
$185,449 - $253,579
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at Rubrik

  • Rubrik Palo Alto, CA
  • About Team The Rubrik Engineering team is comprised of people who produce extraordinary results. Our engineers are driven to build efficient, reliable, and... more
  • 15 Days Ago

  • Rubrik Palo Alto, CA
  • Rubrik is looking for a Global Campaigns Manager to elevate our demand generation efforts. We need a hands-on leader who can strategically design and execu... more
  • 15 Days Ago

  • Rubrik Palo Alto, CA
  • About The Team The Forge Team: Engineering the Backbone of Rubrik's Platform The Forge team is at the core of Rubrik's mission to secure the world's data. ... more
  • 15 Days Ago

  • Rubrik Kansas, MO
  • About Team & About Role Rubrik’s sales organization is a united group of elite cross-functional sales professionals that help companies & government entiti... more
  • 5 Days Ago


Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Channel Development Manager, CDW jobs in the Chicago, IL area that may be a better fit.

  • LG Electronics Lincolnshire, IL
  • Senior Account Manager (NSP/CDW) Location Lincolnshire, IL Job Code 18 Job Function Sales HIGHLIGHTS Remote Full-Time B2B Channel Sales LOCATION Lincolnshi... more
  • 1 Month Ago

  • LG Electronics Chicago, IL
  • Step into the innovative world of LG Electronics. As a global leader in technology, LG Electronics is dedicated to creating innovative solutions for a bett... more
  • 30 Days Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!