Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Gartner is a leading global research and advisory company that guides leaders in shaping the future. The Sr Director Analyst role in Telecommunications & Enterprise Services involves providing strategic business insights and recommendations to senior executives in the telecommunications industry, focusing on AI implementation and market dynamics.
Responsibilities
- Be confident and very comfortable understanding and then advising the most senior telecommunications company executives on market dynamics, critical actions to pursue, AI implementation, strategic go-to-market plans, and growth opportunities to capture
- Provide strategic insights and recommendations to clients on AI empowered telecommunications industry product portfolio management strategies and growth opportunities
- Advise telecommunications clients how to optimize product lifecycle management and the ability to develop and implement product roadmap strategies
- Advise telecommunications leaders on pricing strategies, including market analysis, competitive pricing, and pricing optimization techniques
- Explain telecommunications customer buying journey and the ability to create and implement effective sales enablement strategies
- Develop and maintain relationships with key industry stakeholders
- Demonstrate telecommunications industry thought leadership in establishing research positions across a team of analysts
- Write high quality, clear, actionable, “must-have research” documents about the telecommunications industry
- Proactively work with the wider Gartner sales organization and service partners to drive proactive engagement and help telecommunications clients/prospects make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business
- Create and deliver high value presentations and other materials at Gartner conferences, and in small groups of clients and/or prospects
- Lead or participate in research community meetings to discuss research issues and collaborate effectively with peers
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
- 15+ years of relevant field or industry experience at senior business levels working for telecommunications firms or in telecommunications business consulting
- Proven track record in guiding companies through transformational change as a business leader or consultant
- Business acumen: You understand, at a detail level, the business and financial implications of different strategies and approaches and you bring this context to your research and advice
- Credibility with senior leadership: You know how to build trusted, value-added relationships with executives leveraging your experience and expertise. You know how to meet executives 'where they are.'
- Critical thinking/analytical skill: You are trained in taking a disciplined, analytical approach to complex market and business issues and you know how to simplify complex problems so they can be solved
- Be a confident, experienced leader and presenter with telecommunications gravitas who is capable of quickly earning the respect of senior telecommunications industry executives
- Ability to analyze financial data, including revenue, profit margins, and return on investment, applying conceptual models, recognizing patterns while drawing and defending conclusions to inform product portfolio decisions
- Ability to work independently and as a team player, supporting the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team
- Strong organizational skills: ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality material
- Strong written and verbal interaction, analytical and presentation skills; ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements and compliance issues in the telecommunications industry, including data privacy and security regulations
- Ability to travel for face-to-face meetings as necessary, mainly in the US, but also globally
Benefits
- 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.
- Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates.
- 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
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