Gartner · 1 day ago
Director, Analyst – Networking (REMOTE: NORTH AMERICA)
Gartner is a leading company that guides the leaders who shape the world. They are seeking a Senior Director to provide actionable insights and thought leadership to clients in the area of networking, focusing on emerging technologies and innovative solutions for business priorities.
Business DevelopmentConsultingInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have” insights
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 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 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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
12+ years of experience in related field or industry with a focus on the design and implementation of data networks with forward lean end-user organizations
Ability to formulate and articulate technology and business adoption scenarios that help senior IT leaders articulate the opportunities, risk, and approaches for a range of existing and emerging network technologies
Deep expertise in wide area networking connectivity and supporting infrastructure and managed services, network architecture and design, networking security principles and strong level of familiarity with data center networking
Strong working knowledge of emerging models including SASE and NaaS, and additional expertise in design and optimization of cloud connectivity
Working knowledge of security principles specific to networking including Zero-Trust
Knowledge of the major service provider offerings of both US-based and international service providers, along with emerging vendors and technologies
Broad understanding of connectivity drivers including the enterprise application layer, the migration to cloud and edge, and the growing interest in new consumption models
Preferred
Graduate degree preferred
Benefits
Generous PTO
A 401k match up to $7,200 per year
The opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
Company
Gartner
Gartner provides fact-based consulting services, helping clients use and manage IT to enhance business performance.
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (51)
2024 (43)
2023 (60)
2022 (66)
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2020 (71)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$800M2025-11-13Post Ipo Debt· $800M
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