Sr Director Analyst, AI and Simulation; Remote

About the role:

Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have research, market predictions and best practices for a broad range of world-leading organizations. A Senior Director serves as a leader within Gartner's Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group, establishing oneself as a credible voice within their designated market at local, regional and global levels. Utilizing exceptional research and analytical skills, a Senior Director plays a significant role in producing pragmatic and provocative research which Gartner clients consume and apply to propel their business toward key objectives.

They are a trusted source of advice for clients, reinforcing Gartner's value every day by engaging them via in-person meetings, virtual meetings, sales support visits and Gartner conferences to discuss complex client challenges and offer appropriate recommendations.

This role is an opportunity to join Gartner's growing Emerging Technology and Trends (ETT) Practice. This group is dedicated to discovering the bleeding edge of technology innovation and advising product and innovation leaders on investment and monetization strategies.

What you will do:

• 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 that accelerate the client's ability to act
• Conduct research, analyze, write, present, and advise on critical Intelligent Simulation innovations using Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital twins, IoT and related software to address issues facing senior executives in global high technology providers and technology adopters.
• Create innovative, thought-leading written research with memorable graphics. You will offer insightful positions, compelling and objective justifications, and actionable advice that is highly leveraged by Gartner's C-Level clients.
• Participate in Gartner's ETT research methodology, including case-based research by speaking with executives, academics, industry experts, and venture capitalists. Work with ETT experts to identify key emerging trends, and barriers or accelerators to adoption.
• Support sales and business development, serving as the voice of Gartner's view on the state of AI enabled Intelligent Simulation.
• Respond to client inquiries, providing individualized advice and practical guidance specific to a client's role in a high-tech provider or adopter context via video conferencing or written responses.
• Create and deliver presentation materials via video conference or in-person Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings.

Expertise in:

• Leading edge Intelligent Simulation technologies and approaches: architecture, applications, product strategies, or business models across business, academia, R&D, or government. This includes experience with foundational technologies such as digital twin, simulation twin, IoT, physics-based simulation, AI governance, world models, domain specific language models, advanced simulation techniques, predictive optimization tools, synthetic data, integration, security, and so forth.
• Leading a product team to build and bring AI enabled Intelligent Simulation solutions to market. Working with marketing to communicate Intelligent Simulation's benefits, and how such products can provide a superior analysis of business outcomes over traditional solutions.
• Ensuring success and overcoming obstacles of design, build, deploy, and manage for Intelligent Simulation solutions across industries and geographies.
• Leading edge Intelligent Simulation implementation approaches such as domain knowledge integration into simulation models, GenAI and simulation, Sim Ops, business process change, and security.
• Presenting to senior audiences and conferences, communicating the vision, benefits and relevance of an AI and Intelligent Simulation enabled product portfolio.
• Building the future of AI enabled Intelligent Simulation:
  Perspectives on next steps on the technology roadmap and the main opportunities Intelligent Simulation can offer enterprises as a foundation for autonomous business.

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience;
  Graduate degree preferred
• 12+ years of relevant field or industry experience
• Strategic thought leadership leveraging expertise in Intelligent Simulation solutions.
• Research focus:
  Insatiable curiosity, exceptional critical thinking and problem solving, with self-motivation to discover and make sense of emerging technology market signals.
• Supply-side
  
  Experience:
  
  Recent experience in bringing AI enabled Intelligent Simulation solutions to market.
• Demand-side
  
  Experience:
  
  Recent experience in supporting the adoption of Intelligent Simulation solutions across multiple industries and geographies.
• Technology Acumen:
  Deep understanding of emerging AI enabled Intelligent Simulation tools and technologies.
• Business and Financial Acumen:
  Expertise in the…