Senior Director Analyst – Digital Workplace AI and Agent Architect

About the role

Gartner is hiring a Senior Director Analyst for its Digital Workplace practice, focused on Digital Workplace AI and Agent Architect topics. The role is remote, based in Texas, and sits in the Research and Advisory sector. The Director produces research, market predictions and best practices, advises clients through meetings, sales support visits and conferences, and acts as a credible voice in the market.

Key responsibilities

• Create innovative, thought-provoking research content and develop new research ideas and actionable approaches for clients.
• Analyze client barriers and needs, and present provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders to shape the research agenda.
• Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts, and give clients and prospects actionable advice through virtual or face-to-face interactions.
• Create and deliver presentation materials for Gartner events, conferences and client briefings.
• Support research and sales by acting as the voice of the market and helping research teams create content.
• Review research content, propose process improvements, and mentor and coach junior team members.

Required profile

• Hands-on practitioner background in advanced technical roles such as Application Architect, Digital Workplace Architect, Microsoft 365 Architect or CTO of a smaller organization.
• Ability to bridge technical engineers and senior IT architects, with strong executive presence.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; graduate degree preferred.
• 15+ years of relevant field or industry experience.
• Strong communicator, able to present at large and small events and work independently in a multicultural global team.

Required skills

• Subject matter expertise in three or more areas, such as enterprise applications and collaboration tools, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Google Gemini and OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise deployment and governance, and coworking tools.
• Enterprise AI assistant governance tools such as Microsoft Agent 365, OneTrust AI or TrueFoundry.
• Low-code and citizen developer tools such as Microsoft Power Platform, Mendix and Outsystems.
• Experience with collaboration platforms (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Box, Zoom, Slack) and cloud governance tools (Avepoint, Syskit, Rencore, Powell).
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365 Government (GCC/GCC High) and multi-tenant environments.

What we offer

• Base salary estimated at 172,000 to 202,500 USD, with possible variation.
• Annual bonus or an uncapped sales incentive plan.
• Hybrid work, generous PTO, 401k match up to 7,200 USD per year and the option to buy company stock at a discount.