Executive Partner

Executive Programs (ExP)

The Executive Partner (EP) role at Gartner is a prestigious and strategic position that demands a unique blend of skills and experiences. This role is designed for individuals with advanced critical thinking, structured problem-solving abilities, and a high tolerance for managing ambiguous situations and complex account scenarios. The ideal candidate will excel in relationship building and collaboration, demonstrating superior verbal, written, facilitation, and presentation skills, often referred to as Executive Presence.

Key Responsibilities:

Creating Clarity:

• Serve as both a lens and a mirror for organizations, reframing perceptions and exposing hidden truths.

• Excel in problem framing, distilling complexity into precise questions that guide effective solutions.

• Act as strategic orchestrators, integrating resources and crafting coherent plans to transform confusion into focused direction.

• Ensure that clarity leads to actionable outcomes, avoiding mere theoretical discussions.

Driving Change:

• Act as trusted challengers, pushing thinking beyond comfort zones and confronting organizational inertia.

• Serve as execution architects, bridging the gap between insight and execution, ensuring strategies translate into concrete actions.

• Empower clients by transferring knowledge and fostering self-reliance, reducing dependency on external advice.

• Drive meaningful change by transforming insights into actionable strategies that align with organizational goals.

Navigating the Human Dimension:

• Build trust and sustain momentum by connecting stakeholders and facilitating cross-functional understanding.

• Adapt best practices to local realities, ensuring solutions fit unique organizational contexts.

• Maintain a commitment to truth and ethical conduct, providing a foundation of trust.

• Act as context translators, ensuring that solutions are culturally and structurally appropriate.

Member Engagement:

• Manage a portfolio of member relationships within prominent global enterprise and/ or public sector organizations

• Conduct on-site briefings, workshops, research analyst visits, roundtables, and webinars.

• Present or facilitate at local ExP events, building strong partnerships with Gartner's sales and other business units to ensure member engagement and renewal of ExP business.

Role Requirements:

Our most successful Executive Partners can adopt best practices, follow established processes, and embrace feedback with a mindset of continuous improvement. Gartner Executive Partners have a natural curiosity and share their knowledge and expertise with Executive Programs members. They understand the members' mission critical priorities and build trust by delivering value and leveraging key internal partnerships to drive results.

• Consulting and/or CxO roles with 15+ years of progressive technology exposure (AI, BI, ML, Digital Transformation, Block Chain, Big Data, CLOUD, etc.)

• Demonstrate exposure to and ownership of large Strategic Programs and oversight of the Strategic IT direction of their organization.

• Extensive knowledge of a CIO's focus areas and an in-depth understanding of the IT industry (including enterprise digital transformation, business strategy, Leadership, IT Operations Management, technology strategy and trends, use of metrics, etc.) and priorities such as the challenges of "today's" Technology Executive and how Gartner ExP can make the difference as an advisory organization

• Advanced critical thinking and structured problem-solving skills

• High tolerance and an advanced ability to lead and manage ambiguous situations and account scenarios

• Excellent relationship building and collaboration skills

• Superior verbal, written, facilitation and presentation skills (Executive Presence)

• Demonstrable sales and/or business development experience with CXO level executives

• Expert skills at managing multiple priorities

• Curious and hungry to learn

• Committed to making others successful

• Naturally Collaborative

• Gravitas, provocative, confident and high EQ

• Active listening skills

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Who are we?

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've grown to 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That's why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

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