MVP Business Analytics

Managing Vice President, Conferences Business Analytics

What makes Gartner Conferences a GREAT fit for you?

When you join Gartner, you'll be a part of a team that serves thousands of business and technology leaders at global conferences each year. You’ll work with curious, motivated people, have unlimited career development opportunities, and learn about the latest in technology and business. If you enjoy challenging yourself, connecting with people and pushing the limits of your career, Gartner is the place for you.

About the role:

The Managing Vice President, Conferences Business Analytics & Performance is responsible for strategically leading and transforming our global analytics, reporting, and data science teams to support the Gartner Conferences marketing, sales, and operations teams to achieve their business goals. This individual will play a critical role in evolving our Conferences Data & Analytics capabilities to drive business growth and innovation. This person will have several key responsibilities:

1. Identifying and solving complex commercial challenges using data. This will require working with key stakeholders to define and implement creative solutions to complex, often ambiguous, problems that drive the business forward through increased Conference attendance, retention or Sponsorship revenue. Representative project: Lead a cross-functional team to develop new contact acquisition and engagement process to enable conferences attendee revenue growth.
2. Develop strategies and approaches to analyzing large data sets and develop predictive models that drive improved business performance. This includes serving as a key Conferences thought leader and advocate for the power of data, strategizing on how to make it most impactful, and encouraging data-driven decision making across all parts of the Conferences business. Representative project: Analyzing root causes of retention challenges related to lower-level Exhibitor products and developing a predictive model to identify leading attrition indicators.
3. Manage and lead the development of KPIs, operating metrics, and dashboards that assist business leaders in managing the business. Specifically, this individual will be responsible for the development and delivery of analytical solutions and dashboards to help business leaders leverage their internal data assets for strategic decision making. Representative project: Develop dashboards that enable a clear view on conference ticket utilization for licensed users to aligned conferences.
4. Ensure the integration of data science methodologies into business processes to drive efficiency and effectiveness. This includes directing the data scientist team in developing innovative models to solve complex business challenges. Representative project: Developing a recommendation engine that suggests personalized conference sessions and networking opportunities for attendees, enhancing their overall experience.

Finally, this individual will support and share accountability for achievement of the mission critical priorities of the Conferences business. This includes driving paid conference attendance, accelerating revenue growth of our exhibitor products, improving exhibitor retention, and identifying opportunities to scale.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience: 15+ years of progressive business experience with a strong background in strategy, consulting, data analytics, and data science.

• Exceptional problem-solving capability: You have a proven track record of solving complex problems, thinking creatively and using data to tell a story to influence senior level stakeholders.

• Implement Analytical Best Practices: Develop and enforce best practices for data modeling, analysis, and interpretation to ensure data-driven decision-making. This includes ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and scalability in alignment with product growth and user insights.

• Fast-paced: You operate with a sense of “urgency” and can excel in an execution-focused environment.

• Passion: You are intellectually curious and have the hunger to proactively and independently identify the opportunities where you can drive the most impact for the business.

• Drive / Self-sufficiency: You have a demonstrated ability to own a problem and aggressively drive from problem statement to solution in a self-sufficient capacity, even in a matrixed environment.

• Communication skills: You’re an excellent and structured verbal and written communicator with effective presentation and platform skills.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration: You can foster strong cross-functional collaboration with other departments such as IT, Marketing, Sales, and Product Development.

• Executive presence: You can effectively engage, lead and influence senior Gartner executives - this role offers high visibility and access to senior Gartner leadership.

• Strong core values: You demonstrate integrity, collaboration, a no-limits mindset, objectivity, and consistent results using global best practices.

• Leadership experience: Proven track record of leading high performing teams and influencing key stakeholders across business functions and all the way up the organizational ladder.

• Education: Bachelor's degree and MBA (or advanced degree) required.

About Gartner

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world’s leading research and advisory company. We help business leaders across all major functions in every industry and enterprise size with the objective insights they need to make the right decisions.

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, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive — working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 188,000 USD - 255,990 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.

Gartner is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Company’s career webpage as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling Human Resources at +1 (203) 964-0096 or by sending an email to ApplicantAccommodations@gartner.com.

Job Requisition ID:94901

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