Gartner, Inc. is hiring a Sr. Director Analyst, AI Marketing Strategy to join its Marketing & Communications Tech Marketing practice. In this role, you will guide CMOs and their teams in transforming their functions for business impact, focusing on AI leadership, strategy, and the AI/agentic AI transformation of marketing organizations.
What You'll Do
- Deliver high-quality actionable advice to an executive client audience through a variety of media.
- Write evidence-based content that is clear and actionable.
- Create and deliver presentations for webinars and other client-facing Gartner events.
- Deliver outstanding sales and service support to retain and grow the Gartner business.
- Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner research, methodology and strategy.
- Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in our research community.
- Be a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team members.
- Guide CMOs and their teams in prioritizing high‑value AI use cases across the marketing lifecycle to deliver measurable business impact.
- Advise on organizational readiness for AI and Agentic AI and operating models by helping marketing leaders determine required talent, processes, data foundations, and cross‑functional collaboration to scale AI adoption.
- Provide deep understanding of buyer needs, market trends and vendor strengths in one or more technology areas.
- Understand the opportunities and risks associated with AI agents and agentic AI across a range of different workflows and use cases.
- Determine ideal build/buy/partner approaches related to AI agents and agentic AI.
- Cover various aspects of marketing technology through evaluative research such as Magic Quadrants/Critical Capabilities as well as Market Guides and Hype Cycles.
What We're Looking For
- Experience as a CMO/marketing leader for both B2B (especially technology companies) and B2C companies, either corporate or for large business units.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of relevant B2B and B2C marketing experience.
- Experience in native and embedded AI technologies used across marketing activities.
- An informed understanding of the challenges facing Marketing Leaders within the enterprise and drivers of business impact.
- Extensive experience leading development and execution of marketing strategies, including go-to-market activities that drive enterprise growth.
- 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 communicator who is able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply.
- Subject matter expert 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%.
Nice to Have
- Graduate degree preferred.
Team & Environment
Sits within Gartner’s Marketing & Communications Tech Marketing practice.
Benefits & Compensation
- Base salary range: $172,000 USD - $202,500 USD.
- Highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.
- World-class benefits.
- Hybrid work environment providing flexibility and support.
- Generous PTO.
- 401k match up to $7,200 per year.
- Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount.
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates in the US.
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