Director, Recruiting

About this Role:

The Executive Search team is an elite recruiting function, responsible for delivering the highest quality talent for executive level leadership roles (OC-1, OC-2, OC-3) impacting some of the most critical roles across the Gartner business.

The Director of Exec Search will lead Executive Search partners who contribute globally to executive level hiring.  This leader will be responsible for evolving the Executive Search Function in line with Gartner TA and its future growth strategy.  In this role, the exec search leader will own key stakeholder relationships with the Recruiting Executive Leadership team and other senior recruiting leadership across all BU’s.  Other key stakeholder relationships include the HR Partner Leadership Team, OC and OC-1 leaders and the compensation team.  The Director, Exec Search will be in a unique position, helping to shape the recruitment of executive level leaders across all BU’s.

What you’ll do:

• Lead a global team of executive search partners, recruiting for OC-1, OC-2, and OC-3 roles across all BU’s.
• Create a best-in-class executive recruiting function by establishing consistent, white-glove processes for stakeholders, partners, and internal/external candidates.
• Enable the highest quality of hire, by developing a Gartner Leadership guide levering the Gartner leadership principles.
• Work closely with the recruiting executive leadership and HR Partner leadership teams across all BU’s to ensure a deep understanding of current leader hiring dynamics, gaps, succession plans and potential growth.
• Partner closely with the compensation team to create subject matter expertise across the exec search team on executive level compensation, with a thorough understanding of Gartner’s compensation philosophy, what levers we use and when to pull them.
• Build out a reserve of approved executive retained search firms in key practice areas to enable quick action only when needed
• Manage external search firms in partnership with aligned HR Partner Leadership Team member when needed.
• Take ownership of or help to lead OC-1 searches, when needed
• Manage OC level processes and debriefs when needed
• Attend executive level talent reviews to continue to have a pulse on leadership gaps, succession plans, and opportunities.
• Create and drive proactive pipeline strategies at the executive level, focused on transferrable, agile skillsets and expertise that can be leveraged across multiple Gartner BU’s.

What you’ll need:

• 10+ years experience across Talent Acquisition and/or HR, with minimum of 5+ years in Recruiting and/or HR Leadership.
• Experience navigating complex, high level recruitment searches/activities
• Proven track record of managing relationships with C-level executives, leaders across HR, and Compensation, and C-level executives.
• Highly data centric with proven experience of leveraging systems to drive business results.

• Proven ability to partner, influence and create trust-based, value-added relationships in a global, matrix environment.
• Ability to coach and manage senior level recruiters and understand and prioritize and communicate resourcing needs
• Proven ability to solve problems and think creatively
• Demonstrated ability to model, influence and manage team to maintain rigor in process, compliance, and operational expertise

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, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, ra