Senior Director, Digital Asset Strategy & Insights

Gartner; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Gartner seeks a Senior Director to lead the Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group, shaping research and client guidance on digital asset platforms, tokenization, and regulatory standards. You’ll present insights to executives, travel for global engagements, and mentor junior analysts.

You will influence research directions, collaborate across global teams, and deliver high-impact content and client-focused recommendations for Fortune 500 clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred.
• 12+ years of relevant field or industry experience.
• 3+ years of experience in payments, fintech, enterprise technology, or advisory roles with exposure to large enterprise or government clients.
• Strong understanding of tokenization (data and asset), stablecoins, tokenized deposits, blockchain, and the digital asset regulatory landscape.
• Familiarity with enterprise processes and architectures that need to integrate digital asset capabilities.
• 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 communication skills - able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply.
• Subject matter expertise; 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).

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

Gartner seeks a Senior Director to lead the Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group, shaping research and client guidance on digital asset platforms, tokenization, and regulatory standards. You’ll present insights to executives, travel for global engagements, and mentor junior analysts.

You will influence research directions, collaborate across global teams, and deliver high-impact content and client-focused recommendations for Fortune 500 clients.