VP, Conferences Strategic Partnerships Conferences Operations

TheVP Conference Strategic Partnershipshas a primary focus of supporting Gartner Conferences collaboration with our BTI Sales and Global Services & Delivery organizations ensuring Conference programs enablement and strategies are in place to capitalize on driving Growth and Retention for Gartner. This role will lead the teams responsible for supporting Conference enablement activities and overall support of regional Sales and Services teams in their journey to conferences while leading global initiatives to ensure effective collaboration. This role will also play a key role in ensuring the Conference organization has a clear understanding of Gartners Sales and Service priorities and how they can best leverage conferences.

This role will:

• Collaborate with Global Operations partners across GTS GBS and Global Services and Delivery on perennial and business critical Conference initiatives

• Lead teams responsible for regional Conference enablement development and execution for Sales and Services

• Support teams with Enablement strategies encouraging continuous improvement and ideation to ensure we are driving more effective and efficient delivery of information and outcomes

• Partner with Conference Marketing to best identify challenges and opportunities that we need to get ahead of with our sales and service partners on conference registrations

• Document and deliver regular business updates on behalf of the Sales and Services orgs to Conference leadership to ensure we remain up to date on performance priorities and challenges

• Partner with Strategic Partnerships Ops team as well as Conference Centers of Excellence to represent Sales and Services perspectives and drive process improvements

• Lead preparation and development of meeting material for presentations; represent Conferences in key leadership meetings as needed.

• Utilize a curious personality to root out and solve issues working with partners across the business to solve problems and remove barriers to sales and service partnerships

Job Requirements:

• Experience: 10-15 years of progressive business experience preferably in sales/services sales/services operations or sales/services enablement role(s).

• Exceptional problem-solving capability: You have a proven track record of solving complex problems thinking creatively and using data to tell a story

• Relationship builder: You have the ability to develop strong credibility with sales and service leaders and stakeholders demonstrating continuous understanding of their business objectives helping translate those across the business by truly harnessing the power of collaboration

• Commercial acumen and experience in working with Sales; building business cases and getting buy-in from senior leadership

• Fast-paced: You operate with a sense of urgency and can excel in an execution-focused environment. You are incredibly organized enabling you to operate at scale at pace and with precision.

• Passion: You are intellectually curious and have the hunger to proactively and independently identify the opportunities where you can drive the most impact for the business

• Drive / Self-sufficiency: You have a demonstrated ability to own a problem and aggressively drive from problem statement to solution in a self-sufficient capacity even in a matrixed environment

• Communication skills: Youre an excellent and structured verbal and written communicator with exceptional presentation and platform skills

• Executive presence: You have the ability to effectively engage lead and influence senior Gartner executives - this role offers high visibility and access to senior Conferences and Gartner leadership

• Strong core values: You demonstrate integrity collaboration a no-limits mindset objectivity and consistent results using global best practices

• Leadership experience: Youve led successful initiatives engaging teams and key stakeholders across business functions and all the way up the organizational ladder

• Influence: Must demonstrate a high level of collaboration and strong negotiation skills

• Education: Bachelors degree required Masters preferred

• Institutional knowledge and/or strong understanding of Gartner BUs and functions preferred

• Ability to travel domestically & internationally as needed approx 20%

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 weve grown to 20000 associates globally who support over 13000 client enterprises in 90 countries and territories. We do important interesting and substantive work that matters. Thats 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.

Gartner is the world authority on AI

At Gartner youll 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. Youll 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.

Its 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 thats reshaping the way we operate. If youre passionate about AI and want to be part of a team thats guiding the leaders who shape the world Gartner is the place for you.

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 its productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful engaging and inspiring.

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Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 147000 USD - 221000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and 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. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO a 401k match up to $7200 per year the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount and more.

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