Associate Director Technology Strategy Consulting (Infrastructure)

About the role

Gartner's Consulting business is an extension of Gartner's industry-leading IT Research. From CIOs, to leaders in business and government, we help Gartner clients across enterprises translate insights into transformational actions and achieve their mission-critical priorities. Leveraging the breadth of Gartner's resources, Consulting is growing rapidly, with unlimited potential to continue expanding our client base. Technology Strategy Consulting. We help the C-suite make the right decisions based on how technology can transform their businesses. In today's world, a consulting firm that is "born digital", (with the ability to directly leverage the full power of Gartner's research and insights) has relevance to the most important strategic decisions any business will make.

Requirements

• Experience within a well-regarded management consultancy in a project delivery capacity
• Experience across a range of IT Infrastructure topics such as
• Infrastructure strategy
• Infrastructure transformation programs
• Cloud architecture incl. DC topology (e.g. related to Edge) as well as Hybrid architecture (combining cloud and on prem)
• Knowledge and experience of scalable, secure, and cost-effective IT infrastructure solutions, integrating on-premise hardware with cloud platforms
• Data centre migration strategy and programs
• Infrastructure as a Code patterns and adoption programs
• ITSM, IT Services and Operations expertise, ITIL, DevSecOps, FinOps
• Architecture/infrastructure modernization experience (e.g. moving from mainframe to digital architecture)
• Evaluation of current IT networks, servers, and cloud environments, comparing them against long-term business objectives
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and the ability to assist in the creative development of solutions and strategies to solve client problems
• An ability to be hands-on and to manage multiple client priorities simultaneously
• MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• Consulting Experience :
• Experience within a well-regarded management consultancy in a project delivery capacity.
• Prior experience in a problem-solving capacity such as a solution/technical architect or analyst preferred
• A consistent track record of leading people and building high-performing teams that leverage technology to drive the mission-critical priorities of commercial or government entities
• An ability to inspire and motivate professionals from both technical and non-technical backgrounds towards a common goal
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and the creative development of solutions and strategies to solve client problems. Must adapt Gartner frameworks and methodologies to strike at the heart of a client's most pressing business challenges
• Excellence in written and verbal communication
• Expertise with strategic consulting frameworks
• Building rapid proto-types for presentations / sales proposals
• Excellent people skills and customer relationship track record;
• Experience in developing client business relationships as part of a commercial organisation;
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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.
• 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 recogniz

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