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 VP 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 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.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will provide strategic guidance on AI infrastructure to senior IT and business leaders, authoring insights and frameworks to address enterprise AI adoption. You’ll collaborate across teams to integrate AI technologies into on‑premises, hybrid, and edge environments, delivering tailored insights to Heads of Infrastructure & Operations and executive stakeholders.
- Create innovative, thought‑provoking, and highly leveraged “must‑have insight” 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.
- Develop in‑depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward.
- Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing insight positions across a team of analysts.
- 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.
- Support BTI and Sales: Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and to drive engagement with clients to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business.
- Provide high quality and timely content peer review.
- 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 more junior team members.
- Be client‑centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred.
- 15+ years of relevant field or industry experience.
- Seasoned I&O Experience for Heads of I&O: Have led Infrastructure & Operations at the highest level in mid‑ or large‑sized organizations, bringing recent, hands‑on executive experience, with experiencing AI Use cases and infrastructure requirements across industries and geographies.
- AI Infrastructure Expertise: From CPUs, GPUs, ASICs and ARM processors to distributed training pipelines to model‑serving architectures, you know the plumbing that makes AI possible. Technical knowledge of building strong AI infrastructure strategy and architecture including data ingestion & processing, networking solutions, cloud infrastructure, platforms, DevOps and frameworks.
- Business‑savvy strategist: Experience building TCO models, ROI analyses, and forecasts for large‑scale AI investments, especially for Infrastructure and Operations.
- Integration Architect: Have connected AI infrastructure across cloud, on‑premises, AIOps/MLOps, and automation technologies.
- Security and Sustainability Champion: Experience implementing best practices in governance, compliance, data protection, and green computing.
- Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders.
- Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables.
- Demonstrate excellence in research and writing ability.
- Strong written and verbal proficiency, analytical and presentation skills; ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions.
- Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; can effectively apply patterns and frameworks while drawing and defending conclusions to client challenges.
- Strong communicator who is able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply.
- Subject matter expert comfortable presenting at large and small‑scale speaking engagements.
- Strong business and financial acumen.
- Deep knowledge of the global and competitive landscape within subject area as well as the interplay in that market.
- Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team.
- Learning agile and adept with navigating highly matrixed environments.
- Ability to represent Gartner's research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable).
Benefits
Gartner offers world‑class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.
In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.
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