Gartner - Senior Principal - Quantitative Analytics & Data Science COE

About this role:

Gartner is currently seeking a Senior Principal, Team Manager for its QUADS (GBS) COE-. The team leverages proprietary quantitative data and frameworks to offer original, actionable insights to key business problems facing senior executives across industries. The role is a team manager position cutting across multiple practice areas. The selected candidate will be responsible for managing a team of quantitative researchers and partnering with global research teams to produce published content, presentations and webinars.

Candidate Attributes:

This opportunity gives individuals exposure to leadership role and product management across a full range of strategic and management topics in different functional areas. To that end, we are looking for creative, analytically strong, articulate and self-motivated individuals who can lead a team and develop insightful data-led content for our clients.

What you'll do:

This is team manager role with expectations to lead and manage a team of quantitative specialists and develop insightful data-led content.

Primary responsibilities include team management and research content development.

Team Management

- Manage the India-based quantitative research team that is responsible for authoring research, manage quality and productivity of the team, triage requests as appropriate, and oversee day-to-day operations.

- Provide thought leadership and mentorship to team members related to all aspects of quantitative research including survey design, data analysis, content writing, client walkthroughs, and insight generation among others.

- Develop a First Team culture - work closely with peer managers to build trust, encourage teamwork and identify synergies to capitalize for highest impact.

- Team manager will lead associates aligned to IT RBP practice of Gartner and will work closely with QUADS COE and the practice stakeholders.

Research Content

- Lead the design and creation of primary data collection instruments (surveys, web data, etc.), sampling methodologies, and quantitative models

- Conceptualize and create client-facing research deliverables such as client presentations, published research, webinars and tools.

- Build quantitative methodology proposals that use inferential Statistical/Econometric models to validate research hypothesis and create actionable insights for Gartner clients

- Create compelling and unique data visualizations that accurately communicate insights and teaching points to our clients

- Lead and promote best practice in design, execution, process & delivery of products and projects.

What you'll need:

Professional Experience

- MBA or master's degree or Ph.D. in Economics / Statistics / other related fields with significant expertise in data analysis, quantitative research, analytics or benchmarking.

- Minimum 7 years of experience at a leading research / data analytics / business intelligence / consulting firm.

- At least 2 years of managerial experience with direct supervision responsibilities.

Technical Skills and Competencies

Team Manager

- Desire and ability to assume a leadership role in a collaborative, fast-paced multi-cultural environment

- Should have strong project management experience demonstrating the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

- People management skills - Experience of managing teams in a matrix reporting environment

- Excellent verbal & written communication skills, as you will be leading discussions with our global client base and senior leaders across Gartner

Research Content

- Outstanding written communication skills and a drive to create and communicate high-impact storylines through written narratives

- Demonstrated expertise in leading exploratory quantitative research studies and building Statistical/ Econometric models using structured and/or unstructured data

- Strong foundational knowledge and extensive practical experience in running supervised and unsupervised Statistical techniques such as regressions, factor analysis, clustering, etc.

- Mastery in at least one Statistical software package (R, Python, SPSS, etc.)

- Experience in sampling methodologies, survey questionnaire design, and data management

- Demonstrated ability in independently managing multiple high-complexity and data-intensive projects simultaneously

- Creative and independent thinking with superior problem-solving abilities

- Ability to collaborate with globally distributed team members from diverse backgrounds

What we offer:

In addition to an outstanding work environment with rapid advancement potential, Gartner research team enjoys exceptional benefits, including:

- Competitive base salary

- Great on job learning

- Inordinate work life balance

About Gartner:

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. We deliver the technology-related insight necessary for our clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, we are the valuable partner to clients in more than 10,000 distinct enterprises worldwide. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, we work with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, and has 8,300 associates, including over 1,800 research analysts and consultants, and clients in more than 90 countries.

For more information, email info@gartner.com or visit www.gartner.com