You will manage a portfolio of 28-30 clients, typically software engineering and applications leaders reporting to CIOs, from global Fortune 100 - 500 organizations
As their Executive Partner, you will be delivering value through regular briefings, on-site workshops, roundtables, webinars and by attending relevant Gartner events, etc.
Leverage your subject matter expertise along with Gartner's intellectual property and the Enterprise Applications/Software Engineering peer community to deliver value to your members.
Align your work with your members to the overall objectives of the CIO or enterprise to ensure your focus is on the highest priority initiatives. Track and report value delivered.
Responsible for member retention/renewal of the subscription-based service, as a natural outcome of working as a strategic partner and having significant impact on your client's highest priority objectives.
Host and /or participate in periodic onsite member activities including workshops, presentations, roundtables and webinars for your members.
Collaborate with other Leadership Partners in the software engineering domain to improve the team's effectiveness and drive innovation as the domain matures and evolves.
Requirements
A university graduate (Masters preferred)
20+ years of software engineering leadership experience including having full responsibility for a portfolio of enterprise applications and the application lifecycle including strategizing, architecting, selecting, deploying, operating, evolving, and retiring those applications.
Direct reporting to a CIO acting as the Director or Leader of Software Engineering or VP of Enterprise Applications
Critical thinking and problem solving to assess member situations and provide actionable outcome-based advice.
High tolerance / evolved ability to lead and manage ambiguous situations.
Excellent relationship building skills including experience working with Sr. Executives.
Excellent listening and verbal communication skills.
Experience coaching and mentoring senior executives.
Strong time management and organizational skills.
Subject Matter Expertise:
In addition we are looking for people with experience/expertise with modern enterprise application lifecycle management approaches, including:
Moving from a Project to Product Focused Organization
Leading a Product Organization
Building Digital Platform(s)
Transforming Solution Delivery (Agile, Dev Ops, Design Thinking)
Customer Experience (Sales, Service, Digital Co
Additional Information
Enterprise IT Leaders - Global Enterprise - Software Engineering/Applications Advisory
About this role:
Enterprise IT Leaders (EITL) is an executive-level advisory service that delivers expert insight and guidance tailored to each member's context and most critical initiatives. EITL consists of 7 areas of expertise (domains) that cover several areas within IT: Applications, Data & Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure & Operations, Program & Portfolio Management, Security & Risk, Sourcing & Vendor Management.
Gartner's Executive Partners team consists of 178 EP's globally who specialize in one of the 7 domain areas and equip business leaders with indispensable insights, advice and tools to achieve their mission-critical priorities today and build the successful organizations of tomorrow.
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