Senior Director, Analyst – Leadership Development & Assessment

Role Overview

• Create high quality, clear, actionable insight, focused on leadership assessment and development and based on Gartner’s research best practices and methodologies.
• Bring your experience implementing solutions and technology in leadership development processes to the creation of new insights that help clients prioritize and make decisions about their talent, processes and investments.
• 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.
• 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 and 12+ years of relevant field or industry experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Extensive experience in HR leadership, Talent Management and/or Management Consulting.
• Experience leading strategic planning and implementation of leadership development programs.
• Experience in leading assessment strategy design and execution in global organizations for selection and development of high potential employees and successors.
• Familiarity with statistical methodologies and assessment technologies, including in-depth data analytics, survey design, assessment data processing and validation studies.
• Experience using a variety of talent assessments (psychometric tests, business simulations, structured interviews, skills assessments, potential assessments etc.)
• Experience and comfort advising and working with CHROs and executive leadership teams
• 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 communication skills
• able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply
• Public speaking skills; comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Deep knowledge of the global vendor landscape within talent assessments, leadership development and psychometrics 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

• Generous PTO
• 401k match up to $7,200 per year
• Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount