Associate Director, IT Strategy Consulting, High-Tech Telecom

Gartner; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Gartner Consulting is seeking a seasoned Associate Director to lead high-level project delivery for technology investments. You will work with CIOs, portfolio companies, and private equity teams to analyze markets and quantify opportunities using data-driven diligence.

The role emphasizes executive interviews, cross-functional collaboration, and delivering actionable Gartner IP-based solutions to clients in a fast-evolving digital economy.

Qualifications

• Management consulting experience with client leadership and project delivery.
• Familiarity with high-tech firms, startups, or tech investors.
• Passion for consumer and enterprise technology including IT architecture, software markets, cloud, AI.
• Experience as a problem-solving architect or analyst preferred.
• Experience building financial models and using data visualization software in investments, acquisitions, or carve-outs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-level project delivery and oversight of data-driven diligence reports.
• Work with high-tech and invest client management teams and targeted portfolio companies.
• Analyze trends impacting markets relevant to clients' investments.
• Build data models to quantify and project market opportunity across dimensions.
• Conduct executive interviews with portfolio managers and C-level executives.
• Develop tailor-made solutions using Gartner IP and collaborate with teams daily.

Skills

Consulting

Tech familiarity

Tech passion

Problem solving

Financial modeling

Data visualization

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