Senior Director Analyst - Identity and Access Management

Why This Opportunity is Right for You:

You are passionate about identity and access management and appreciate how it is foundational to cybersecurity and a key enabler of digital interaction. You are a visionary thought leader who enjoys learning and wants to leverage your technical expertise in designing 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

• 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 for executives and their teams.
• Focus on providing guidance to clients on architecture, technical capabilities, and deployment for some of the following technologies and topical areas:
  • Access management protocols, standards, and methodologies
  • Agenic AI identity and access management tools and best practices
  • 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
  • Identity governance and lifecycle processes
  • Privileged access management techniques and tools
  • Customer IAM processes and capabilities
  • Authorization policy frameworks, orchestration, and enforcement
  • Authorization controls for data and analytics access
  • Identity analytics and related automation of IAM processes
  • De-centralized identity mechanisms, verifiable credentials and use cases

What You’ll Do

• Engage with clients every day: on the phone, in a videoconference, or from the stage at a Gartner event.
• Research technology, practices, and trends to produce research for Gartner clients to view online or download and apply.
• Deliver high-quality actionable advice and strong positions through a variety of media.
• Write high-quality, clear, practical, advisory research 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.
• Occasional travel, regionally and globally.

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 15 years of relevant field or industry experience, with 12 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.

Who Are We?

We are 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.

What Makes Gartner a Great Place to Work?

• We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.
• We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results.
• We are committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and offer opportunities to all job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities.

What Do We Offer?

• World-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.
• A hybrid work environment with flexible virtual work options.
• Reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 172,000 USD - 202,500 USD.
• 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.