Hiring near our Stamford, CT Center of Excellence - hybrid work environment.
About Gartner IT:
Join a world-class team of skilled professionals who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.
About this role:
Our Technology Strategy and Operations team is seeking a Program Director who can consistently support technology strategy and operations to fuel IT projects and programs that enable Gartner. This role will guide and govern foundational technology principles and establish processes; lead analysis and provide insight and recommendations to support decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
Work with Technology leadership to understand business information priorities in order to design and develop business information processes, systems and analytics that enable IT Teams to achieve strategic objectives
Partner with analytics teams within and outside of IT to drive business insights and determine end-to-end trends and insights on IT performance. Support consistency and alignment of technology metrics with broader enterprise wide metrics and reporting.
Applies data visualization techniques to communicate data via graphical representation by building a narrative around a set of data to convey actionable findings from the analysis.
Partner with technology leadership to deliver key capabilities through reporting and analytics, dashboards, self-serve analytics tools and the successful execution of complex projects while driving continuous improvement in the business capabilities across IT and Gartner as a whole.
Participate in overall business unit strategy, priority programs and metrics and goals for IT function
Develop and synthesize high quality insights in monthly and quarterly ops reviews including
Synthesis of risk management and ongoing risks
Improvement actions sized and prioritized (to-do, doing, done)
Oversee publication of monthly management reports and updates
Drive consistency of execution across all IT teams. Identify areas/opportunities for collaboration within and across functions/business units. Brokers consensus among stakeholders with conflicting priorities.
Support execution of Global Technology priorities – e.g. Financial Reporting, Benchmark surveys, agile transformation, etc.,
Enable IT Leadership to seamlessly adopt a process culture, standards, governance, and methodologies including planning
Work across the IT organization to facilitate use of business information systems and business intelligence tools to enhance associate effectiveness and business decision-making capability.
Interact with a diverse team of top performing professionals and leaders through the strategic and day to day execution of the core operational functions within IT.
Impact of Role & Expected Results:
Ensure that IT is using necessary tools, systems, processes, and information to execute on its strategic objectives
Partner to provide innovative business solutions and optimizes the performance of IT performance and business processes
Recognized as a subject matter expert in Technology business systems and the be a conduit between Technology Strategy and Operations and IT organization overall
Requirements:
10+ years progressive technology experience, preferably in a strategy, operations or business consulting role, including 5+ years being responsible for strategic operations, executive reporting and the development and deployment of global teams. Knowledge of IT business systems and engineering SDLC cycles strongly preferred.
MBA strongly preferred with an undergraduate degree in a quantitative discipline such as engineering or mathematics.
Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver compelling executive-level presentations. Excellent verbal & written communication skills with demonstrated ability to convey complex concepts and analyses in an accessible and compelling way.
Strong knowledge of tech operations practices with a proven ability to establish trusted business relationships across business units, gain consensus and drive action from a large, diverse global set of constituents.
Results-oriented with excellent business vision and strategic thinking and a proven track record of solving complex problems, thinking creatively and successfully drawing the larger business story out of facts and data.
Preferably a high degree of technical competency, including the ability to program using a query language interface such as SQL or Access; expert Excel skills; expert report-writing skills; and advanced PowerPoint skills
Open to new perspectives and better ways to do things; be creative, visionary, and manage innovation well
Strong understanding of business intelligence as a discipline. Developing understanding of Big Data Analytics with ability to translate strategic objectives into business intelligence/associated functional requirements
Demonstrated ability to lead projects and teams in a fast-paced environment and to inspire rapid adoption of change in a complex matrixed organization with distributed virtual teams.
Scrum/Agile certification, PMP certification preferred
Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles.
What you will get:
Competitive compensation.
Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
A hybrid work environment—enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
Parental leave.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Employee Assistance Program.
Gartner Gives Charity Match.
And much more!
What you will get:
Competitive compensation.
Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
A collaborative and positive culture - join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
A hybrid work environment—enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
401K with corporate match, immediate vesting.
Health-and-wellness-related allowance programs.
Parental leave.
Tuition reimbursement.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Employee Assistance Program.
Gartner Gives Charity Match.
And much more!
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Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.
Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.
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Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.
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We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.
What do we offer?
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.
Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.
Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 134,000 USD - 184,500 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.
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