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Director Analyst - Identity Governance and Administration

Job Description

Why This Opportunity is Right for You: You are passionate about identity and access management and appreciate that it is foundational to cybersecurity and a key enabler of digital interaction. You are a visionary thought leader who enjoys learning, solving problems, and wants to leverage their technical expertise in architecting and executing IAM projects to drive the evolution of industry best practices as part of Gartner's global Business and Technology Insights (BTI) team. You enjoy collaborating with other smart people.

Subject Matter Expertise: The Director Analyst will apply in-depth knowledge of identity and access management technologies, technical capabilities of products/services, and deployment best practices to client engagements and to authoring insightful advice and presentations for executives and their teams. There will be a focus on providing advice to clients on architecture, technical capabilities, and deployment for these topic areas:

• Identity governance and lifecycle processes
• Identity analytics and related automation of IAM processes
• Agentic AI identity and access management tools and best practices
• Privileged access management techniques and tools

Expertise in the following areas is a plus:

• Access management protocols, standards, and methodologies
• User, workload and machine identity authentication mechanisms and products
• Federated identity and other technologies for Single Sign-On
• Secrets management technologies and product capabilities
• Identity threat detection and response architecture, tools, and capabilities
• Customer IAM processes and capabilities
• Authorization policy frameworks, orchestration and enforcement
• De-centralized identity mechanisms, verifiable credentials and use cases
• Crypto agility and scanning

What you'll do:

As a Gartner analyst, you will engage with clients every day: on the phone, in a videoconference, or from the stage at a Gartner event. In every client interaction, analysts help clients solve difficult puzzles that lead to better performance. To support these conversations you will research technology, practices, and trends to produce research for Gartner clients to view online or download and apply.

• Conduct research and analysis in specific areas of expertise targeting client's key questions to create thought leading insights.
• Deliver high-quality practical advice and strong positions through a variety of media.
• Write high-quality, clear, actionable, advisory research documents and reference architecture documents.
• Remain ahead of the curve on developments and issues within these specified areas as well as applicable adjacent areas.
• Respond to client questions, create materials for, and deliver to clients via teleconference, video conference or webinar and event presentations
• Grow Gartner's industry leadership reputation by responding to press inquiries
• Conduct occasional travel, regionally and globally

Kindly note this is an individual contributor role, not a management role with direct reports.

What you'll need:

It helps to be obsessed with your topic! Gartner analysts are correctly viewed as THE experts. This means you need to know technical architecture and trends, deployment best practices, standards, and frameworks, etc. and be able to see patterns and articulate technical strategies that create new best practices. Most Gartner analysts have many years of experience and enjoy helping people find creative solutions to challenges.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (i.e., Computer Science or Engineering), or equivalent experience;
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant field or industry experience, with 8 or more years in technical roles specific to Identity and Access Management
• The ability to demonstrate technical expert presence and immediately establish credibility with cybersecurity and identity leaders and their teams
• The ability to produce high-quality deliverables and consistently meet project milestones
• Strong communication skills, to include: written and verbal proficiency in English, public speaking acumen, and 1:1 client engagement
• Adept in analyzing and synthesizing data, identifying trends and patterns, and applying frameworks to create new insights
• Skilled at distilling complex concepts into concise advice, and successful at developing and defending research positions
• A self-starter who is a continuous learner and can work both independently and collaboratively within a matrixed, multicultural global team

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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.

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 148,000 USD - 175,500 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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