Director Analyst, Secure AI Development

Director Analyst, Secure AI Development (Remote EMEA)

What makes Gartner Business and Technology Insights a GREAT fit for you? When you join Gartner, you’ll be part of a team that values curiosity, expert insights, bold ideas and intellectual courage, while driving partnerships with global organizations to make the right decisions on their key initiatives. Through constant learning, discovery, innovation, and collaboration, you’ll not only help clients accomplish their mission‑critical priorities but also grow your career and the scope of your impact across industries. Our culture demands dedication—and rewards it with opportunity. If you’re always looking for what’s next in business and technology, Gartner is looking for you.

As a Gartner Analyst you will create and advise on a portfolio of Gartner research, communicate it to clients and support sales in new sales and client retention. Your research portfolio will provide insight, predictions and actionable advice to clients in the roles of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and Cybersecurity leaders. In addition, you will understand adjacent research areas and practices.

What You Will Do:

- Develop “must have insights” and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client’s needs and requests that accelerate the client’s ability to act
- Lead compelling interactions (virtually or in‑person) to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward
- Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda
- Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights
- Create and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings
- Support Research and Sales: Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help research teams create content and to drive engagement with clients to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business
- Provide high quality and timely research content peer review
- Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner research, methodology and strategy
- Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the research community

What You Will Need:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
- 10+ years of enterprise experience in one or more of the following disciplines:

- Software security / application security programs

- Product security engineering programs

- Enterprise software engineering or software architecture programs

- Experience with frameworks and standards such as (NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, OWASP Top 10 for LLMs)

- Experience or current interest in the following research areas:

- Applying cybersecurity controls to AI and generative AI

- Evaluating technology markets that support securing AI

- Evaluating frameworks and standards for securing AI

- Excellent writing ability – must be able to create detailed but easy‑to‑understand written research to lead clients to success

- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions

- Superior analytical skills while applying conceptual models, recognizing patterns while drawing and defending conclusions

- Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate

- Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable)

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. Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

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 recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world‑class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers. In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it’s productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

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Job Requisition ID:104408

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