Assoc Director, Marketing Technology

About this role:

Our mission in Marketing Technology is to drive innovative technology solutions that streamline and maximize impact of Marketing programs and resources that increase Sales productivity for fast-growing 5K+ Sales associates. We are in search of a creative and charismatic leader to drive the Marketing technology roadmap that delivers business impact to Marketing and Sales organizations. The right person can develop trust-based relationships and move towards the important vs. the interesting. Having a strong goal-orientation (vs. a task-orientation) and deep empathy will help you navigate our organization to create distinctive value for Marketing and Sales while strengthening your internal brand and career growth. If you are excited about the challenge of driving strategy and delivering technology solutions within a fast-moving environment - this is the role for you.

What you’ll do: 

• Work closely with leaders across Marketing, Sales Tech, IT and BUs and stay current on emerging marketplace capabilities to continuously uncover new opportunities to increase Sales and Marketing productivity through innovative technology solutions.
• Build and evolve the long-term vision and roadmap of our internal Marketing applications and technology that ultimately drive Sales productivity.
• Lead and influence a team of product managers and scrum teams responsible for delivering, deploying, and continuously improving Marketing technology solutions.
• Own business requirement gathering, definition and prioritization and work closely with IT to define product delivery plans including resolution of day-to-day risks and issues that are obstacles to delivery.
• Be accountable for the day-to-day management of products and features within the Marketing Technology portfolio in addition to designing and delivering enhancements.
• Drive operational improvements and automation capabilities to improve efficiency, throughput, and quality across the technology delivery and deployment processes.
• Evolve the usage analytics to identify unknown/unforeseen user behavior and technology anomalies to further improve tools and quickly identify production issues.
• Support the required organizational change to ensure products are impactful at scale including change programs, communications, and trainings.
• Manage and influence stakeholders across Marketing, Sales, Sales Ops, and IT to champion the Marketing technology roadmap.

What you’ll need:

• 6+ years of experience with mix across business and technology
• Minimum of 5 years supporting business processes related to Marketing and Sales, ideally on an industry-leading Marketing automation platform (e.g. Salesforce, Oracle/Eloqua, etc.) and related Marketing technology.
• Experience in delivering and supporting B2B technology solutions against multi-year roadmap and fully understand the dynamic of people, process, and technology.
• Deep knowledge on technology delivery methods with high emphasis on leading teams using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Strategic and strong leadership skills with proven track record of influencing and partnering with multiple stakeholders.
• Team leadership experience preferred, ideally managing teams of software product-service owners.
• Excellent communicator with ability to deliver compelling presentations.
• Independent, self-starter and high integrity
• Bachelor’s degree required.

What you will get:

• Competitive salary, generous paid time off policy, charity match program, Medical, Dental & Vision Plans, Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 401K matching, and more!

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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 insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 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 sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. 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, unif