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CIMdata’s Industry Practice Managers lead the development and delivery of CIMdata’s consulting offerings for industrial clients within a target market and provide marketing support for lead generation and sales support for business development within the target industry.

Primary Responsibilities

Practice development

• Manage development of a “Win Theme” campaign for the target market in collaboration with CIMdata sales and marketing leadership
• Plan and conduct “Thought leadership” research specific to the target industry
• Refine CIMdata product offerings for application within the target industry

Marketing support

• Develop marketing collateral appropriate to the target industry
• Participate in target industry interest groups, including: social media outlets, blogs, and...

Companies thrive on innovation, but how do they assess and plan their actions to meet corporate strategic objectives? Enterprise innovation management (EIM) solutions are helping global companies bridge the chasm between corporate strategy and purposeful action across a wide spectrum of business operations. EIM helps strategically define necessary product and process innovation, including product development actions executed through product lifecycle management (PLM), and other enterprise strategies. EIM and PLM working together can help ensure that product innovation meets both corporate strategic objectives and lifecycle requirements.

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