Executive Partner, Chief Marketing Executives

Gartner, Inc.; Connecticut; Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match up to $7,200/year

Generous PTO and benefits

Stock purchase program

Job summary

Gartner, Inc. is seeking an Executive Partner to serve as a trusted advisor to senior-most marketing executives, delivering Gartner’s insights and capabilities to drive client objectives.

The role focuses on defining and prioritizing marketing strategies, building organizational capabilities, and supporting growth with CMOs and senior marketing leaders. The EP role emphasizes strategic guidance, client retention, and collaboration with Sales to identify opportunities.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience as top marketing executive leading enterprise-scale organizations.
• Deep understanding of Marketing function and CMO role: leadership, strategy, org design, operations, performance metrics, emerging trends.
• Ability to align business and marketing strategy and guide executive leaders in doing so.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills for complex client scenarios and actionable guidance.
• Ability to lead and manage ambiguity in executive environments.
• Exceptional interpersonal, facilitation, presentation, and communication skills with C-level executives.
• Sales acumen to support business development with senior executives.
• Strong collaboration, team leadership, and project management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop marketing strategies and initiatives for large, enterprise customers.
• Lead cross-functional engagement with Sales, Product, and Analysts to drive growth and retention.
• Advise CMOs, EVPs, and SVPs of Marketing to align marketing with business objectives.
• Support client growth opportunities and retention metrics through Gartner insights and capabilities.

Skills

Executive leadership

CMO experience

Stakeholder management

Job description

About This Role

Seeking current or former Chief Marketing Officers who have served as the top marketing executive at large-scale organizations, preferably publicly traded companies with $1B+ in annual revenue for organizations in the High-Tech industry. Candidates should have significant leadership experience within Technology environments and a proven track record of leading substantial marketing organizations and driving enterprise growth and transformation.

About this role Gartner is seeking accomplished current or former Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) who have served as the top marketing executive for large, complex organizations and led substantial global or enterprise-wide marketing teams for organizations in high-tech / technology industries. Candidates should have led marketing organizations at publicly traded or large-scale enterprises, preferably with $1B+ in annual revenue, and possess deep expertise in developing and executing enterprise marketing strategies, building high-performing teams, driving transformation initiatives, and influencing business growth at the executive level.

Executive Partner (EP) Role

The Executive Partner (EP) role serves as a trusted advisor to our senior-most marketing executive clients and delivers exceptional value by orchestrating the full capabilities of Gartner—including insights, analysts, conferences, and peer networking—to help member clients achieve their critical business objectives.

Executive Partners work closely with clients to define, develop, prioritize, and evaluate marketing strategies and initiatives; strengthen organizational capabilities; assist with the development and execution of a compelling marketing vision; leverage Gartner insights to support key business initiatives; and serve as a trusted advisor to CMOs, EVPs, and SVPs of Marketing.

Through this partnership, clients are able to achieve their goals more quickly, more cost-effectively, and with a higher likelihood of success.

Subject Matter Expertise Must have held the Chief Marketing Officer title for an organization within the high-tech industry. The EP is responsible for helping retain clients in accordance with Gartner retention metrics while also partnering closely with Sales to support growth opportunities and client acquisition efforts.

Other Requirements

• Substantial experience serving as the highest-ranking marketing executive and leading sizable, enterprise-scale marketing organizations.
• Deep understanding of the Marketing function and the role of the CMO, including leadership, strategy, organizational design, operations management, performance measurement, and emerging trends.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between business strategy and marketing strategy and the ability to guide executive leaders in aligning the two.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess complex client situations and provide actionable, outcome-based business guidance.
• Ability to lead and manage ambiguity in executive environments.
• Exceptional interpersonal, facilitation, presentation, and communication skills, with experience advising C-level executives.
• Demonstrated executive presence, strong listening skills, humility, and the ability to adapt to diverse client needs.
• Sales acumen and the ability to support business development activities with senior executives.
• Strong collaboration, team leadership, and project management capabilities.

Location

This is a full-time Gartner Executive Partner position with comprehensive employee benefits. This is a fully remote opportunity and can be based anywhere within the United States. #LI-REMOTE #LI-DD1

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 teams 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.

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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.

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.

A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 188,000 USD - 225,000 USD.

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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