Executive Partner - CIO/CTO Advisory - High Tech OR West/Central Region

About the role

An Executive Partner (EP) is an indispensable advisor for every Information Technology and digital leader. Executive Technology Services is an exclusive, membership-based organization serving over 7,000 CIOs / CxOs and senior IT leaders across 87 countries. These members benefit from the convenience of a single source of knowledge and insight focused on CIO-level challenges, service delivery in their context, the shared knowledge of the world's largest community of CIOs and Technology Leaders, and the assurance of Gartner objectivity and independence. Gartner's Executive Partners act as coaches, content-providers and business advisors to Executive Programs members, and partner with colleagues across the organization to deliver service solutions utilizing Gartner products and services.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of 25+ members consisting of digital/technology leaders from large commercial and high-tech organizations with revenue size $1B–$10B
• Get a deep understanding of the members' priorities and challenges. Help members find solutions and execute on their strategy by leveraging your own experience, Gartner's capabilities, and the trends across our client base
• Challenge the member with new ideas and innovative approaches and provide an outside "fresh eyes" perspective on their decisions and direction
• Define and deliver innovative solutions by assessing the member's top priorities and developing a customized service plan
• Conduct briefings, strategy sessions and workshops both virtual and onsite, as well as research analyst visits, roundtables, and webinars
• Build a strong partnership with Gartner's Sales organization and collaborate with them to ensure strong member engagement and renewal of ExP business
• Present or facilitate at local ExP events

Qualifications

• Consulting and/or CxO/CIO roles with 15+ years of progressive technology exposure (AI, BI, ML, Digital Transformation, Big Data, Cloud, etc.)
• Demonstrable exposure to large E2E transformative initiatives having led/co-led large critical programs
• Extensive knowledge of a digital/technology leaders focus areas and an in-depth understanding of the IT industry (including leadership, IT operations management, IT and Business strategy, technology trends, performance metrics, KPI's etc.) and priorities such as the challenges of "today's" digital/technology leaders and how Gartner ExP can make the difference as an advisory organization
• Experience with key business concepts such as revenue enablement & generation, market improvement, risk reduction, and launching a P&L and adding to the top line / substantial P&L responsibility
• Project to Product experience where new revenue streams were created
• Experience with Agile / DevOps / Emerging Technologies
• Advanced critical thinking and structured problem-solving skills
• High tolerance and an advanced ability to lead and manage ambiguous situations
• Excellent relationship building and collaboration skills
• Superior verbal, written, facilitation and presentation skills (Executive Presence)
• Demonstrable sales and/or business development experience with CXO level executives
• Expert skills at managing multiple priorities
• Committed to making others successful
• Naturally Collaborative
• Active listening skills
• Ability to challenge the status quo and to be provocative in a professional and engaging manner

Preferred qualifications

• Industry experience: High Tech, Software, Semi-Conductor, Telecoms, Gaming, Retail, CPG or Manufacturing
• Location: West or Central Region

Pay

Base salary range: $160,000–$194,000 USD. Actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including 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.

Benefits

• Generous PTO
• 401k match up to $7,200 per year
• Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
• Market leading benefit programs
• Hybrid work environment with flexibility and support