About the Role
Gartner Research Board (GRB) is a community-guided product for senior technology executives. As Vice President, Team Manager, GRB CIO Research, you will lead the research agenda and executive engagement experience for Gartner Research Board’s Global and Divisional CIO members. You will manage a team of analysts who partner with CIOs to tackle critical challenges and translate conversations into actionable insights. This role combines people leadership, agenda ownership, and direct engagement with an influential executive community, requiring you to set direction, define standards, and ensure consistent delivery of high-quality research and meetings.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the GRB CIO Research team, including coaching and setting clear expectations.
- Build a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Act as a senior escalation point and thought partner for CIO content delivery.
- Co-own the GRB CIO research and meeting agenda in collaboration with leadership.
- Guide and oversee the development of analytically rigorous, actionable GRB CIO research reports.
- Lead the planning and execution of three global CIO meeting cycles per year.
- Design and lead the CIO topic ballot process twice per year.
- Partner with relevant teams to ensure strong alignment to member needs and Gartner priorities.
- Serve as a senior representative of GRB CIO Research internally and externally.
- Build relationships with key external contributors.
- Collaborate across Gartner to connect research, delivery, and commercial teams.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading, hiring, and developing high-performing teams.
- Track record as a people leader who sets clear expectations, provides direct feedback, and builds cultures of accountability and trust.
- Demonstrated success operating in complex, matrixed environments and aligning diverse stakeholders.
- Documented excellence delivering to and facilitating discussions among Global and large-enterprise executives.
- Credibility and presence to represent the team with CIO members and lead executive conversations.
- Strong relationship-building skills and experience earning trust with senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong primary and secondary research background, with experience producing or overseeing insight-driven content.
- Sound editorial judgment, including the ability to evaluate and elevate analytical rigor, narrative structure, and writing quality.
- Business problem-solving capability, including diagnosing root causes, developing practical solutions, and driving execution.
- Formal facilitation experience.
- Excellent written, verbal, analytical, and reasoning skills.
Location
- NYC
- CT
- US locations
Work Type
- Hybrid work environment
Experience Level
- Typically 10+ years of professional experience, including significant responsibility for executive engagement, content leadership, and cross-organizational collaboration.
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
Salary/Compensations
- 164,000 USD - 226,000 USD
Benefits
- World-class benefits
- Highly competitive compensation
- Disproportionate rewards for top performers
- Flexibility and support for hybrid work
- Generous PTO
- 401k match up to $7,200 per year
- Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
- Annual bonus plan or role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan
About the Company
- 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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay.
- The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.
- Gartner is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities.
- If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Company’s career webpage as a result of your disability.
- You may request reasonable accommodations by calling Human Resources at +1 (203) 964-0096 or by sending an email to ApplicantAccommodations@gartner.com.
