Gartner

Senior Director Analyst – HR Strategy and Transformation

Gartner

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Canada

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Senior

About the role

  • Create innovative, thought-provoking and highly leveraged insight offering compelling, objective and actionable advice for Gartner clients in multiple formats (i.e., writing, video, infographics, podcasts) on topics potentially including (but not limited to) strategies for HR transformation, workforce planning, workforce cost management, and the evolution of the shared services model.
  • Deliver individualized advice rooted in quantitative and qualitative data and specific to a client role to CHROs and other senior HR leaders through video-based presentations and discussions.
  • Track and work closely with vendors, market trends, emerging technologies and practices to remain ahead of the curve within the AI-driven HR technology space.
  • 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's 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: 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 business.
  • 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.
  • Be a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team members.
  • Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and 12 years of relevant experience in HR functional and/or technology leadership roles or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • A profound understanding of the challenges CHROs face as leaders within the enterprise and familiarity with the CHRO workflows and priorities.
  • A familiarity of the HR tech and services landscape, including general market dynamics, vendors, products and emerging use cases, and the ability to communicate about technology and services to senior HR executives.
  • Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders.
  • Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables.
  • Demonstrate 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 communicator who is able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply.
  • Subject matter expert 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 and support the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team.
  • Learning agile and adept with navigating highly matrixed environments.
  • Ability to represent Gartner's research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels.
  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable).
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Hard Skills & Tools
data analysisresearchwritingpresentation skillsHR technologyworkforce planningHR transformationmarket trend analysisquantitative data analysisqualitative data analysis
Soft Skills
executive presenceorganizational skillscommunication skillsanalytical skillsclient engagementcollaborationmentoringinnovationproblem-solvingadaptability