Senior Director, Analyst – Leadership Development & Assessment

Gartner

Senior Director Analyst creating high quality, actionable insights in leadership development and assessment at Gartner. Engaging clients with strategic insights and advice to propel their business forward.

Posted 5/6/2026full-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.
Bring experience implementing solutions and technology in leadership development processes to the creation of new insights that help clients prioritize and make decisions about their talent, processes and investments.
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

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
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)

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 abilitycommunication skillspublic speaking skillsanalytical skillspresentation skillsclient engagementcollaborationmentoring

Certifications

Bachelor's degree