VP Analyst, AI Infrastructure Compute

About the role:
Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have insights, market predictions and best practices for a broad range of world-leading organizations. A VP serves as a leader within Gartner’s Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group, establishing oneself as a credible voice within their designated market at local, regional and global levels. Utilizing exceptional research and analytical skills, a Senior Director plays a significant role in producing pragmatic and provocative insights which Gartner clients consume and apply to propel their business toward key objectives. They are a trusted source of advice for clients, reinforcing Gartner’s value every day by engaging them via in-person meetings, virtual meetings, sales support visits and Gartner conferences to discuss complex client challenges and offer appropriate recommendations.

In this role, you will provide strategic guidance on AI infrastructure to senior IT and business leaders, authoring insights and frameworks to address enterprise AI adoption. You’ll collaborate across teams to integrate AI technologies into on-premises, hybrid, and edge environments, delivering tailored insights to Heads of Infrastructure & Operations and executive stakeholders.
 

This role requires expertise in designing, deploying, and managing high‑performance AI compute infrastructure, including GPU clusters, AI servers, robotics platforms, and cloud‑based AI environments, along with proficiency in industry‑standard frameworks and emerging AI technologies.

What you will do:

• Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have insight” content

• Develop new 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

• Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward

• Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing insight positions across a team of analysts

• 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

• Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or face-to-face interactions

• Create and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings

• Support BTI and Sales: Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help Insights 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 content peer review

• Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategy

• Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the Insights community

• Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service delivery

• Be a mentor and a coach by supporting more junior team members

• Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred

• 15+ years of industry experience with a focus on emerging technology and business adoption scenarios to senior IT leaders.

• Deep expertise in one or more of the following: AI-optimized data center technologies; AI servers and AI Factory architectures; GPUs, ASICs and AI accelerators; Cloud and as-a-Services AI infrastructure (Such as AWS, Azure, Coreweave, Nebius); AI infrastructure frameworks, such as operating systems, resource managers, and AI runtimes.

• Knowledge of major and emerging vendors with the potential to disrupt the market.

• Technical understanding of supercomputing approaches.

• Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders

• Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables

• Demonstrate excellence in research and writing ability

• Strong written and verbal proficiency, analytical and presentation skills; ability t