Director Analyst, R&D AI, Digital Transformation

Role Overview

• 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 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
• 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

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
• 10+ years of relevant field or industry experience
• Direct experience leading Research and Development teams that produce physical products in manufacturing intensive industries (i.e., industrial manufacturing, aerospace & defense, automotive)
• Knowledge of and interest in how investment decisions are made across R&D projects
• Knowledge of and interest in exploring how to use advanced analytics methods, artificial intelligence, and other technologies to advance R&D’s mission.
• Knowledge of and interest in how R&D leaders identify, evaluate and select R&D digital tools and systems.
• Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables
• 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
• Subject matter expertise; comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements
• 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
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable)

Benefits

• World-class benefits
• Highly competitive compensation
• Disproportionate rewards for top performers
• Flexibility to thrive in a hybrid work environment