Gartner

Director, Program Management

Gartner

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Irving • Connecticut • Florida • United States

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Salary

💰 $108,000 - $148,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead end-to-end program management for 2-3 Gartner keynotes annually, with focus on efficient delivery of quality content
  • Manage the achievement of business objectives, goals and satisfaction of business needs by designing, coordinating, implementing, managing, measuring and monitoring the effectiveness of keynote processes across BTI and Conferences teams
  • Organize working groups based on established keynote process and governance framework; help drive and oversee each group’s progress and resolve any conflicts as needed
  • Collaborate with Conferences Customer Insights and BTI Quant teams on market research, competitive intelligence and needs-assessment initiatives, to guide strategic content development
  • Apply project planning methodology to all projects, underpinned by fact-based data and change management methods
  • Create and manage success measurement criteria to continually assess outcomes to improve project execution.
  • Design and deliver program communications and presentations to senior executives within BTI and Conferences.
  • Manage ongoing interactions and communications with internal stakeholders.
  • Work with other keynote program managers to establish best practices, design excellent processes and/or optimize existing processes, using principles of efficiency, simplicity, leverage, data utilization, and change management; influence and impact change.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 5-7 years business experience, with progressive responsibility, in an extremely fast-paced work environment
  • In-depth experience in the IT research industry and conference business, preferably within Gartner or a similar research or related environment
  • 5+ years successful project management experience involving implementation of large strategic projects in a complex matrixed organization with distributed virtual teams
  • Demonstrated track record of successful business analysis, design and management of optimized processes, projects and programs in a complex global workforce environment
  • Excellent project management skills inclusive of understanding business operations, process decomposition, scoping, planning, analytical, needs requirement, organization, initiative and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication and change management skills
  • Ability to collaborate, negotiate and influence to manage diverse groups to reach successful outcomes.
  • Ability to work independently and as a collaborative team player, with excellent time management and prioritization skills to manage a heavy, diverse workload, multiple non-routine complex projects, often with competing priorities and tight deadlines, concurrently, maintaining control over process at all times.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) match up to $7,200 per year
  • Generous PTO
  • Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
  • Annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementbusiness analysisprocess optimizationdata utilizationchange managementneeds assessmentprogram communicationsstrategic content developmentfact-based data applicationsuccess measurement criteria
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationnegotiationinfluenceproblem-solvingtime managementprioritizationinitiativeorganizational skillsconflict resolution
Certifications
Bachelor's degree