Gartner · 13 hours ago
Senior Director Analyst, Infrastructure Strategy for Heads of I&O (Remote Western US)
Gartner is a leading research and advisory company that provides actionable insights to enterprise leaders. The Senior Director Analyst role involves providing strategic guidance on AI infrastructure, collaborating across teams to deliver insights, and engaging with clients to address complex challenges in AI adoption.
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Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
12+ 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
Generous paid time off policy
Charity match program
Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
401K matching
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.
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Funding
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