Sr Director, Supply Chain High Tech Industry Analyst

Gartner is a leading research and advisory company, and they are seeking a Senior Director to lead insights for High Tech Supply Chain. This role involves creating actionable insights, advising clients on industry trends, and driving supply chain strategies to meet client needs.

Responsibilities:

• Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have insights” content for High Tech CSCOs
• 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 in High Tech supply chains 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 High Tech CSCOs to help Insights teams create High Tech-relevant 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 a High Tech 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
• 12+ years of relevant field or industry experience
• High Tech Supply Chain Leadership Experience: Leadership experience in supply chain across at least one, preferably multiple, industry segments—including consumer devices, semiconductor, telecom, and Hyperscaler
• Supply Chain Strategy and Transformation: Experience defining, leading and executing end‑to‑end supply chain transformations globally in High Tech
• E2E Supply Chain Perspective: Practitioner or leadership experience across various supply chain domains—either through direct roles or by leading initiatives that successfully drive change across multiple supply chain functions
• Proven capability to anticipate industry trends and emerging disruptions, challenge conventional thinking, and translate forward‑looking insights into compelling points of view for senior leaders
• 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 communication skills - able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply
• Subject matter expertise; 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)