VP Analyst - Analyst Relations Strategy (Remote - UK)
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 Vice President 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.
This role creates thought leading advice, strategies, and tactics for Analyst Relations Leaders through published insight, conversations with clients (Inquiry), stage presentations, teleconferences, and client meetings. It is important that you have a vision for how Analyst Relations programs can maximize their impact through a balanced program that addresses inbound and outbound needs serving worldwide and regional interests.
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 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 by serving as voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and 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
- •Mentor and coach more junior team members
- •Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions
What You Will Need
- •Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
- •Minimum of 15+ years of experience in an Analyst Relations team or leadership role
- •Experience working with Senior Leadership in marketing, communications, strategy, or product areas to drive corporate direction and achieve corporate goals
- •Experience planning, developing and executing an evaluative and advisory AR program
- •Experience deploying tools and technologies to support the strategic execution and operational layers of the analyst relations function
- •Demonstrated executive presence with ability to immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders
- •Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables
- •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 communication skills with ability to explain complex concepts concisely and simply
- •Subject matter expertise; 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 in a multicultural global environment
- •Learning agile and adept at navigating highly matrixed environments
- •Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%
About Gartner
At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world. Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities. Since our founding in 1979, we have grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in approximately 90 countries and territories.