Associate Director, IT Strategy Consulting, High-Tech Telecom

Gartner; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k matching

Stock purchase plan

Generous PTO

Job summary

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) consulting opening seeks a Consulting Associate Director to lead data‑driven diligence for technology portfolio investments.

You will work with private equity, hedge funds, and corporate M&A teams, delivering analysis and recommendations based on Gartner IP. You’ll collaborate with high‑tech clients, manage multiple priorities, and coach teams while applying Gartner frameworks to strategic IT challenges.

Qualifications

• Experience in management consulting with client leadership and delivery.
• Familiarity with high-tech firms, startups, or tech investors.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with data modeling ability.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead high-level project delivery and oversight of diligence reports.
• Build data models to quantify market opportunities for investments.
• Interview executives and coordinate across teams for insights and recommendations.

Skills

Client leadership

Engagement management

Data analysis

Financial modeling

Interpersonal skills

AI/tech familiarity

Education

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

Data visualization software

Job description

Why is Gartner Consulting an organization unlike any other? Our consultants are technology and business thought leaders for the 21st century. With the full scope of Gartner’s renowned IT insights and capabilities to draw from, our consultants are committed to turning those insights into actionable solutions for our clients.

That’s where you come in. We’re committed to attracting the most creative, talented, and motivated associates to bring our world‑class consultancy to the next level. When you join Gartner Consulting, you’ll lead the most innovative business and technology efforts in the marketplace today. You’ll work across Gartner to help CIOs and their teams execute their most strategic IT initiatives and achieve lasting results - all within the context of a rapidly evolving digital economy.

Who We Are

Gartner’s Consulting business is an extension of Gartner’s industry‑leading IT Insights. From CIOs to leaders in business and government, we help Gartner clients across enterprises translate insights into transformational actions and achieve their mission‑critical priorities. Leveraging the breadth of Gartner’s resources, Consulting is growing rapidly, with unlimited potential to continue expanding our client base.

What We Do

Technology Strategy Consulting. We help the C‑suite make the right decisions based on how technology can transform their businesses. In today’s world, a consulting firm that is “born digital”, (with the ability to directly leverage the full power of Gartner’s Insight) s has relevance to the most important strategic decisions any business will make.

We deliver value to clients in areas such as IT Strategy Consulting, Benchmarking, Analytics and Optimization. Typically, this helps Gartner’s clients to execute on their strategic priorities, across all sectors, including:

• Digital Acceleration and Transformation
• Enterprise Enablement
• Big Data and Analytics
• Applications Rationalization
• Cloud Strategy
• Sourcing and Ecosystem Optimization
• Contract and Cost Optimization
• Security and Risk Management

What You’ll Do

Our Consulting Associate Directors are responsible for high‑level project delivery and oversight of data‑driven commercial diligence reports and assessments of technology portfolio companies for private equity, hedge funds, pension fund and corporate M&A investments. You will work directly with high‑tech and invest clients, as well as management teams of acquisition targets and portfolio companies. You will participate in the analysis and communication of relevant trends impacting the markets relevant to the clients’ investment; supporting qualified findings and recommendations by building data models that quantify and project market opportunity across a varied set of dimensions. You will be conducting executive interviews with significant exposure to portfolio managers and C‑level executives.

The High Tech and Invest team will also be responsible for developing tailor‑made solutions founded on Gartner IP, while working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results. In this highly collaborative team setting, you will work closely with others daily. Your superior analytical, quantitative, and conceptual thinking skills and strong interpersonal and communication skills will ensure successful client projects and team performance.

You will master the art of leveraging Gartner insights and expertise across service lines, working in close contact with Gartner analysts and effectively utilizing third‑party tools and datasets.

What You’ll Need

• Management consulting experience, including client leadership, engagement management, and project delivery.
• Familiarity with high tech companies, start‑ups, and/or firms who invest in technology companies
• Passion for consumer and enterprise technology, including but not limited to concepts in IT architecture, software markets, internet companies, data management, cloud, IoT and AI technologies
• Prior experience in a problem‑solving capacity such as a solution/technical architect or analyst preferred
• Experience building financial models and using data visualization software, including in the context of investments, acquisitions, and/or carve‑outs
• A consistent track record of leading people and building high‑performing teams
• An ability to inspire and motivate professionals from both technical and non‑technical backgrounds towards a common goal
• An unwavering commitment to the success of your team, and willingness to provide constructive/ corrective action when needed
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and the creative development of solutions and strategies to solve client problems. Must adapt Gartner frameworks and methodologies to strike at the heart of a client’s most pressing business challenges
• An ability to be hands‑on and to manage multiple client priorities simultaneously
• MBA or other advanced degree preferred

Who You Are

• Comfortable selling to, influencing and building trust‑based, value‑added relationships with senior executives
• Coachable and embracing of best practices and feedback as a means of continuous improvement
• A consistently high achiever marked by perseverance, humility and a positive outlook in the face of challenges
• Track record in achieving / exceeding revenue targets preferred

Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their team succeed with their mission‑critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work?

Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Gartner is the world authority on AI

At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes.

It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate. If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world‑class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it’s productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 138,000 USD - 163,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role‑based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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