Software Engineering/applications Leadership Advisory - Executive Technology Ser

Enterprise IT Leaders - Global Enterprise - Software Engineering/Applications Advisory

Enterprise IT Leaders (EITL) is an executive-level advisory service that delivers expert insight and guidance tailored to each member's context and most critical initiatives. EITL consists of seven areas of expertise (domains) that cover several areas within IT: Applications, Data & Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure & Operations, Program & Portfolio Management, Security & Risk, Sourcing & Vendor Management. Gartner's Executive Partners team consists of 178 EP's globally who specialize in one of the seven domain areas and equip business leaders with indispensable insights, advice and tools to achieve their mission-critical priorities today and build the successful organizations of tomorrow.

What you'll do:

• Manage a portfolio of 28-30 clients, typically software engineering and applications leaders reporting to CIOs, from global Fortune 100 - 500 organizations.
• Deliver value through regular briefings, on-site workshops, roundtables, webinars and by attending relevant Gartner events, etc.
• Coach and mentor your clients on critical initiatives and challenges for today and tomorrow specifically within the software engineering space.
• Leverage your subject matter expertise along with Gartner's intellectual property and the Enterprise Applications/Software Engineering peer community to deliver value to your members.
• Align your work with your members to the overall objectives of the CIO or enterprise to ensure your focus is on the highest priority initiatives. Track and report value delivered.
• Drive and participate in all phases of the member lifecycle: Understand what is most important for your member, align those initiatives to enterprise or CIO initiatives, engage and deliver value, capture the value as delivered, articulate the value delivered to the member and decision maker and utilize your learning, teaching and coaching skills during the process.
• Responsible for member retention/renewal of the subscription-based service, as a natural outcome of working as a strategic partner and having significant impact on your client's highest priority objectives.
• Host and/or participate in periodic onsite member activities including workshops, presentations, roundtables and webinars for your members.
• Collaborate with other Leadership Partners in the software engineering domain to improve the team's effectiveness and drive innovation as the domain matures and evolves.

What you'll need:

• A university graduate (Masters preferred).
• 20+ years of software engineering leadership experience including having full responsibility for a portfolio of enterprise applications and the application lifecycle including strategizing, architecting, selecting, deploying, operating, evolving, and retiring those applications.
• Direct reporting to a CIO acting as the Director or Leader of Software Engineering or VP of Enterprise Applications.
• Critical thinking and problem solving to assess member situations and provide actionable outcome-based advice.
• High tolerance / evolved ability to lead and manage ambiguous situations.
• Excellent relationship building skills including experience working with Sr. Executives.
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills.
• Experience coaching and mentoring senior executives.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.

Subject Matter Expertise:

We are looking for an individual who has held the role of Director or VP of Software Engineering or Enterprise Applications and has had ownership of the full lifecycle of the application portfolio including strategizing, architecting, selecting, deploying, operating, evolving, and retiring those applications along with demonstrated knowledge of software trends, and emerging best practices for both front-end and "full stack" product design and development and ability to formulate and articulate technology and business adoption scenarios that help Senior technology leaders assess the opportunities, risks, and best approaches for modernizing their software engineering organization. Equally important is having a management consulting background. Experience leading large scale ERP programs that have enabled business transformation is highly desirable. Involvement in digital transformation initiatives and journeys from a project-oriented focus to a product oriented one is also a plus.

In addition we are looking for people with experience/expertise with modern enterprise application lifecycle management approaches, including:

• Moving from a Project to Product Focused Organization
• Leading a Product Organization
• Building Digital Platform(s)
• Transforming Solution Delivery (Agile, Dev Ops, Design Thinking)
• Customer Experience (Sales, Service, Digital Commerce)
• Application Strategy
• Application Rationalization
• Application Organizational Design
• Business Value Realization
• ERP Transformation Initiatives
• Cloud First Initiatives

Equality statement:

The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Gartner affirmatively seeks to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity and values diversity and inclusion.

What makes Gartner a great place to work? Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities - opportunities that may not even exist right now - for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. 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.

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 165,000 USD - 192,000 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.