Senior Director, Analyst – Public Cloud Sourcing Expert
Gartner
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $152,000 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudOracle
About the role
- Provide Business and Technology Insights services to global clients in Sourcing, Procurement, and Vendor Management.
- Focus on public cloud optimization and transformation services (PCOTS).
- Guide clients through their buying journeys for complex IT services.
- Advise clients on negotiating and administering high-value, multiyear contracts with key cloud vendors such as AWS, Azure, Oracle, and other IT Infrastructure services.
- Create innovative, thought-provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have research” content.
- Provide high-quality, actionable advice through various media (written responses, presentations, webinars, or inquiry calls).
- Advise Gartner clients on leading end-to-end sourcing projects for public cloud services.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain management, computer science, or a related field is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
- 15+ years of relevant field or industry experience gained either through a sourcing role or within a provider tendering and negotiating the delivery of IT services is required.
- At least three years of direct experience in IT procurement or strategic sourcing—specifically involving cloud contracts with hyperscale vendors like AWS and enterprise software vendors like Oracle—is also necessary.
- Proven experience negotiating high-value public cloud contracts, demonstrating success in leveraging competitive bidding and cost optimization strategies.
- Deep knowledge of public cloud optimization and transformation services (PCOTS) is essential.
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation
- Annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance
- 401k match up to $7,200 per year
- Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
- Generous PTO
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
IT procurementstrategic sourcingcontract negotiationpublic cloud optimizationcost optimization strategiesvendor managementsourcingcloud contractsmultiyear contractsresearch content creation
Soft skills
advisingcommunicationpresentation skillsclient engagementnegotiationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingcollaborationleadershipinnovation