Sr Director Analyst - IT Strategy & Transformation
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About the Role
Gartner is seeking a Senior Director Analyst to join its Business and Technology Insights group, focusing on IT Strategy & Transformation. The role involves creating thought leadership content, advising C-suite clients, and predicting market trends.
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Responsibilities
- 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 needs
- Develop in depth analysis to identify root cause of client barriers and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward
- Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing Insights 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 via virtual or face to face interactions
- Create and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry conferences, and client briefings
- Support BTI and Sales: provide sales support and drive engagement with clients
- 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
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
- 12+ years of relevant field or industry experience
- Practical experience as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) or one level below, with proven track record of leading enterprise IT strategy and transformation initiatives
- Hands on expertise in AI, digital transformation, strategy development and execution, organizational design, operating models, and large scale change management
- Strong understanding of business, technology, and regulatory landscapes across GCC, India, Europe, and Asia
- Keynote level communication skills and executive presence
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%
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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.
- 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.
What you will 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.
- 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 Insights 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.
- 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.
What you will need
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred.
- 12+ years of relevant field or industry experience.
- Practical experience as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) or one level below, with a proven track record of leading enterprise IT strategy and transformation initiatives.
- Hands on expertise in a mix of artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, strategy development and execution, organizational design, operating models, and large scale change management.
- Strong understanding of business, technology, and high level regulatory landscapes across the GCC, India, Europe, and Asia, with the ability to tailor insights to diverse regional contexts.
- Demonstrated ability to drive innovation, anticipate and interpret market trends, and synthesize complex topics into actionable guidance for executive leaders.
- Keynote level communication skills and executive presence; able to engage, influence, and advise C suite audiences and stakeholders in high impact settings.
- 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 communication skills able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply.
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