Gartner is hiring a Senior Director, Analyst for its Software Engineering Practice to advise leaders of engineering organizations worldwide on emerging development techniques, including low-code approaches and AI-driven technologies. In this role, you will focus on creating must-have insights, market predictions, and best practices, serving as a credible voice at local, regional, and global levels.
What You'll Do
- 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.
- 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.
- Support BTI and Sales: Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and to drive engagement with clients.
- 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.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of relevant field or industry experience.
- Experience leading teams to modernize the developer tooling and experience particularly in the use of tools that transform the software developer lifecycle such as low code application platforms and GenAI related tools.
- Deep knowledge and experience of AI related development tools such as AI code assistants, agentic coding platforms and vibe coding tools.
- Practical knowledge and experience of low code application tools used within professional software development environments.
- Knowledge of the leading vendors in the low code space and ability to identify their benefits and potential risks.
- 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 critical thinking concepts while drawing and defending conclusions to client challenges.
- Strong communication skills - able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply.
- Track record of 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.
- Ability to represent Gartner's research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable).
Nice to Have
- Graduate degree preferred.
Technical Stack
- Low code application platforms
- GenAI related tools
- AI code assistants
- Agentic coding platforms
- Vibe coding tools
Team & Environment
Part of Gartner’s Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group and Software Engineering Practice.
Benefits & Compensation
- Highly competitive compensation
- Disproportionate rewards for top performers
- Hybrid work environment providing flexibility and support
Work Mode
This role is remote, open to candidates in the United Kingdom or Ireland.
Gartner is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
