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Director Analyst – IT Services Sourcing
Location
Texas
Posted
137 days ago
Salary
$148K - $175.5K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director Analyst – IT Services Sourcing
Gartner
• Take strong positions, create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have research” content • Develop new research and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs and requests • Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs • 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 • Support Research and Sales by providing high-quality and timely research content peer review • Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and Research & Advisory provide excellent service delivery • Mentor and coach by supporting more junior team members • Actively seek to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner research and interactions
Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
- 10+ years of relevant field or industry experience
- Sourcing managed services experience required in 2 of the
Benefits
- highly competitive compensation
- bonuses based on company and individual performance
- generous PTO
- 401k match up to $7,200 per year
- opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
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