Senior Director, Leadership Development & Assessment

Gartner

Senior Director Analyst focused on creating actionable insights for leadership development at Gartner. Engaging with clients and driving strategic initiatives through high-quality research and analysis.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $172,000 - $202,500 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create high quality, clear, actionable insight, focused on leadership assessment and development and based on Gartner’s research best practices and methodologies
Introduce solutions that support talent/leadership identification, review and assessment
Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have insights” content
Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership
Offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs and requests that accelerate the client's ability to act
Conduct in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs
Reframe thinking to drive strategy forward
Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing Insights positions across a team of analysts
Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights
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 by providing sales support serving as the voice of the market to help Insights teams create content and to drive engagement with clients
Identify research process improvements or develop new processes to improve service delivery
Mentor and support junior team members
Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly with Gartner insights and interactions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of relevant field or industry experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
Extensive experience in HR leadership, Talent Management and/or Management Consulting
Experience leading strategic planning and implementation of leadership development programs
Experience in leading assessment strategy design and execution in global organizations for selection and development of high potential employees and successors
Familiarity with statistical methodologies and assessment technologies, including in-depth data analytics, survey design, assessment data processing and validation studies
Experience using a variety of talent assessments (psychometric tests, business simulations, structured interviews, skills assessments, potential assessments etc.)
Experience and comfort advising and working with CHROs and executive leadership teams
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
Strong communication skills - able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply.
Public speaking skills; comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements
Strong business and financial acumen
Deep knowledge of the global vendor landscape within talent assessments, leadership development and psychometrics 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

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous PTO
401k match up to $7,200 per year
Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analyticssurvey designassessment data processingvalidation studiespsychometric testsbusiness simulationsstructured interviewsskills assessmentspotential assessmentsleadership development programs

Soft Skills

organizational skillsresearch abilitywriting abilityanalytical skillspresentation skillscommunication skillspublic speaking skillsclient engagementcollaborationintrinsic motivation

Certifications

Bachelor's degree