Director, Analyst, Data Quality; Remote

About the role:

Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have insights, market predictions and best practices for a broad range of world-leading organizations. A 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 Director plays a significant role in producing pragmatic and provocative insights 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.

The successful candidate is an expert in Data Quality and understands its application across people, processes, and technologies. The candidate will focus on written and customer-facing insights to support Data & Analytics Leaders who face the challenges of improving/establishing Data Quality initiatives.

What you will 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 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 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 to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business

• 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

Who you are:

• You come from a Data & Analytics background and may have been a hands-on practitioner in the past but as your career progressed you may have transitioned into a leadership role, where you started leading teams or teams of teams.

• You understand the bigger picture and the full lifecycle of data where considerations are made in governance, quality, integration, reusability, and management.

• You are proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; can effectively apply patterns and frameworks while drawing and defending conclusions to client challenges.

• You enjoy learning and being challenged intellectually on new topic areas or adjustments to previously held beliefs.

• You are a strong communicator who can explain complex concepts concisely and simply.

• You are a subject matter expert who is comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements.

• You can demonstrate executive presence and can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders.

What you will need:

• Experience working on Data Quality initiatives; supporting business intelligence, analytics and with data scientists is a plus.

• Bachelor'…