Executive Partner - Federal Clients

What makes Gartner a GREAT fit for you?
When you join Gartner, you’ll be part of a fast-growing team that helps the world become smarter and more connected. We’re the world’s leading research and advisory company, achieving consistent double-digit growth by steering clients toward the right decisions with business and technology insights they can’t find anywhere else. Our associates enjoy a collaborative work environment, exceptional training and career development — as well as unlimited growth opportunities. If you like working with a curious, supportive, high-performing team, Gartner is the place for you.

A Gartner Executive Partner (EP) is an indispensable tool for every digital leader. Executive Programs (EXP) is an executive, membership-based organization serving over 7,000 CIOs and senior IT leaders across 87 countries. These members (including Fortune 500 companies & Governments around the world) benefit from an independent, unbiased, and expert source of knowledge and insight focused on federal challenges.

Gartner’s Executive Partners act as content-providers and business advisors to EP members, and partner with colleagues across the organization to deliver service solutions utilizing Gartner products and services.

What you’ll do:

• Directly partner with 28-32 executives, within some of the world’s largest Federal public sector organizations, as their trusted and confidential advisor

• Provide strategic advice to senior leaders in government on business and technology transformation and informed use of leading-edge technologies

• Help agencies achieve mission results through the application of industry best practices

• Apply the appropriate tools, research, and subject matter experts to help address some of the industries’ most challenging problems

• Lead dynamic workshops with clients and their teams/ stakeholders to accelerate results

• Work in a combination of onsite and virtual settings to scale your influence and maximize your time

• Partner with Gartner’s Sales organization and other internal partners to drive client engagement that retains clients and helps grow the public sector business

• Executive Partners do not have a sales quota, but they do support our Gartner Sales colleagues in prospect cultivation, account plan development, and value demonstration activities leading to organic growth in assigned accounts and new business

• Host or participate in periodic onsite member activities including workshops, research analyst visits, roundtables and webinars, often in collaboration with Gartner Research and Advisory experts

• Define and deliver innovative solutions by assessing member needs and developing a customized value plan in accordance with overall EXP strategy and EXP product deliverables

• Facilitate member interaction and collaboration through the EXP member community portal and assisted member connections

Who You Are:

• Our most successful Executive Partners have the ability to adopt best practices, follow established processes, and embrace feedback with a mindset of continuous improvement.

• Gartner Executive Partners have natural curiosity and share their knowledge and expertise with Executive Programs members.

• They understand their members’ mission critical priorities and build trust by delivering value and leveraging key internal partnerships to drive results.

• Executive Leadership experience in Chief Information Officer (CIO) and/or CxO roles

• A university graduate (Masters preferred) with 10+ years of experience working as a CIO or Consultant within the US Federal Government

• An in-depth understanding of the IT industry and the role of the CIO (including leadership, business partnerships, operations management, strategy and trends, use of metrics, etc.)

• In depth understanding of the business value of IT, the alignment of business and IT strategies, and leading edge technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Business and technology experience within the US Federal government

• Possess US DOD security clearance up to the TS/SCI level

• Extensive knowledge of a CIO’s focus areas and an in-depth understanding of the IT industry (including Leadership, business partnerships, IT Operations Management, strategy and trends, use of metrics, etc.) and the priorities and challenges of “today’s” CIO’s and how Gartner Executive Programs can make the difference as an advisory organization

• Advanced critical thinking and structured problem-solving skills

• High tolerance for an advanced ability to lead and manage ambiguous situations

• Excellent relationshi