Strategic AI & Data Leader for Higher Education & Research

Gartner; Dublin; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Gartner is seeking a Senior Director to lead research and advisory programs within the BTI group from Dublin, shaping D&A and AI strategy, governance and operating models, and translating insights into practical client guidance. You will mentor researchers, lead high-impact content, and present at Gartner events to drive client value.

You will collaborate with sales to advance client engagements and deliver measurable business outcomes through innovative research and senior stakeholder

Responsibilities

• Support and advise CIOs on relevant D&A challenges
• Provide in-depth domain expertise in D&A and support efforts to lead D&A strategy, modernization, architecture, governance and more.
• Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have insights” content for CIOs through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs and requests that accelerate the client's ability to act.
• As part of the Technology Leadership Cohort, support CIO Mission Critical Priorities, such as “Modernizing Platforms to scale AI” and Perennial Priorities like Technology & Data Management
• Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward
• 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
• 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
• Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda
• 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
• Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions
• Lead research on how D&A leaders develop, align and govern D&A and AI strategies and operating models that deliver measurable business outcomes
• Advise clients on AI value realization, use‑case prioritization, portfolio governance, funding, metrics and delivery models for D&A products, projects and programs
• Evaluate emerging practices for agentic AI, composite AI and AI‑enabled analytics, including enterprise use cases, production readiness, reliability, risk and organizational implications
• Develop guidance on integrated data and AI governance, responsible AI, AI governance frameworks, data privacy, residency and sovereignty, and scalable enterprise adoption
• Cover AI

Job description

Gartner is seeking a Senior Director to lead research and advisory programs within the BTI group from Dublin, shaping D&A and AI strategy, governance and operating models, and translating insights into practical client guidance. You will mentor researchers, lead high-impact content, and present at Gartner events to drive client value.

You will collaborate with sales to advance client engagements and deliver measurable business outcomes through innovative research and senior stakeholder