Senior Director Analyst, AI Strategy, Enterprise Architecture Insights

About the role:
Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have insights, market predictions and best practices for a broad range of world-leading
organizations. A Senior Director serves as a leader within Gartner ’s Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group, establishing oneself as a credible voice
within their designated market at local, regional and global levels. Utilizing exceptional research and analytical skills, a Senior Director plays a significant
role in producing both pragmatic and provocative insights which Gartner clients consume and apply to propel their business toward key objectives. They are a
trusted source of advice for clients, reinforcing Gartner ’s value every day by engaging them via in-person meetings, virtual meetings, sales support visits
and Gartner conferences to discuss complex client challenges and offer appropriate recommendations.
What you’ll do:

- Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have insights” content

- Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs and requests that accelerate

- the client's ability to act

- Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda

- Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights

- Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactions

- Create and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client

- briefings

- Provide high quality and timely content peer review for analyst colleagues

- Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategy

- Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the Insights community

- Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service delivery

- Be a mentor and a coach by supporting junior team members

- Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions

What you will need:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred

- 12+ years of relevant field or industry experience, with at least 2 years of AI strategy experience

- Have technical expertise for architecture in one or more domain area: AI, data, applications, infrastructure, etc.

- Strong business and financial acumen

- Demonstrated written and verbal communication, analytical and presentation skills.

- Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables

- Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; can effectively apply patterns and frameworks while drawing and defending conclusions to client

- challenges

- Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others, in a

- multicultural matrixed global team

- Ability to represent Gartner 's research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels

- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable)

Who are we?

At Gartner , Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive