Gartner · 5 hours ago
Director, Program Management
Irving, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$108K/yr - $148K/yr
5+ years expGartner is a leading company that provides actionable, objective business and technology insights. The Director of BTI group Program Management oversees the strategy, development, and operational excellence of Gartner conference keynotes, ensuring seamless execution and adherence to timelines.
Business DevelopmentConsultingInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end program management for 2-3 Gartner keynotes annually, with focus on efficient delivery of quality content
Manage the achievement of business objectives, goals and satisfaction of business needs by designing, coordinating, implementing, managing, measuring and monitoring the effectiveness of keynote processes across BTI and Conferences teams
Organize working groups based on established keynote process and governance framework; help drive and oversee each group’s progress and resolve any conflicts as needed
Collaborate with Conferences Customer Insights and BTI Quant teams on market research, competitive intelligence and needs-assessment initiatives, to guide strategic content development
Apply project planning methodology to all projects, underpinned by fact-based data and change management methods. Create and manage success measurement criteria to continually assess outcomes to improve project execution
Design and deliver program communications and presentations to senior executives within BTI and Conferences. Manage ongoing interactions and communications with internal stakeholders
Work with other keynote program managers to establish best practices, design excellent processes and/or optimize existing processes, using principles of efficiency, simplicity, leverage, data utilization, and change management; influence and impact change
This role is critical to elevating and maintaining Gartner keynote portfolios
This role will allow us to maintain consistency with Conferences and provide strategic leadership to BTI as it relates to keynote creation
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree
5-7 years business experience, with progressive responsibility, in an extremely fast-paced work environment
In-depth experience in the IT research industry and conference business, preferably within Gartner or a similar research or related environment
5+ years successful project management experience involving implementation of large strategic projects in a complex matrixed organization with distributed virtual teams
Demonstrated track record of successful business analysis, design and management of optimized processes, projects and programs in a complex global workforce environment
Ability to both advise senior management on project design/direction and to lead and guide less experienced colleagues
Excellent project management skills inclusive of understanding business operations, process decomposition, scoping, planning, analytical, needs requirement, organization, initiative and problem-solving skills
Strong communication and change management skills
Ability to collaborate, negotiate and influence to manage diverse groups to reach successful outcomes
Ability to work independently and as a collaborative team player, with excellent time management and prioritization skills to manage a heavy, diverse workload, multiple non-routine complex projects, often with competing priorities and tight deadlines, concurrently, maintaining control over process at all times
Preferred
Knowledge of Gartner's technologies and applications is desirable
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.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$800M2025-11-13Post Ipo Debt· $800M
1993-10-15IPO
Leadership Team
Eugene Hall
CEO
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