Sr. Director Analyst, Strategy for Infrastructure, Operations and AI for Leaders

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 VP 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 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. In this role, you will provide strategic guidance on AI infrastructure to senior IT and business leaders, authoring insights and frameworks to address enterprise AI adoption. You’ll collaborate across teams to integrate AI technologies into on-premises, hybrid, and edge environments, delivering tailored insights to Heads of Infrastructure & Operations and executive stakeholders. Responsibilities include planning and implementing AI infrastructure—covering application architecture, data management, security, and hardware—while developing scalable reference architectures and strategies for diverse industries for insights through producing insights, contents and engagement with clients. You’ll monitor trends in computing, cloud, DevOps, and networking to inform Gartner’s insight and client recommendations. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in AI infrastructure and enterprise computing, with senior leadership experience and strong communication skills. Proven thought leadership and a client-focused, collaborative approach are highly valued. You will make a lasting impact by helping the world’s leading organizations navigate the complexities of AI-driven transformation. And you will find that Gartner will be your best place to be as home in your career, which is proven by some analysts who have come back to Gartner analysts. What you will do: Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have insight” contentDevelop 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 actDevelop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forwardDemonstrate thought leadership in establishing insight positions across a team of analystsBring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agendaResearch, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insightsProvide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactionsCreate and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefingsSupport 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 businessProvide high quality and timely content peer reviewBuild credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategyActively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the Insights communityIdentify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service deliveryBe a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team membersBe client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactionsWhat you will need:Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred15+ years of relevant field or industry experience.Seasoned I&O Experience for Heads of I&O: Have led Infrastructure & Operations at the highest level in mid- or large-sized organizations, bringing recent, hands-on executive experience, with experiencing AI Use cases and infrastructure requirements across industries and geographiesAI Infrastructure Expertise: From CPUs, GPUs, ASICs and ARM processors to distributed training pipelines to model-serving architectures, you know the plumbing that makes AI possible. - Technical knowledge of building strong AI infrastructure Strategy and architecture including data ingestion & processing, networking solutions, cloud infrastructure, platforms, DevOps and frameworks.Business-savvy strategist: Experience building TCO models, ROI analyses, and forecasts for large-scale AI investments, especially