Senior Director Analyst – IAM & AI

About the role

Gartner is hiring a Senior Director Analyst for its global Business and Technology Insights (BTI) team, focused on identity and access management (IAM) and AI. The role is remote, based in Texas, and is an individual contributor position with no direct reports. The analyst works with clients daily, by phone, videoconference or at events, and produces research and advisory content.

Key responsibilities

• Research technology, practices and trends to produce thought-leading insights for clients
• Deliver actionable advice and strong positions through various media
• Write advisory research and reference architecture documents
• Guide clients on IAM architecture, deployment and technical capabilities, including identity analytics, agentic AI IAM tools, Microsoft AD operations and migrations, authorization controls and IAM data management
• Answer client questions and present at webinars, video conferences and events
• Respond to press inquiries and occasionally travel regionally and globally

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 15 years of relevant experience, with 12 or more in technical IAM roles
• Ability to establish credibility with cybersecurity and identity leaders
• Strong written and verbal English, public speaking and client engagement skills
• Self-starter who can work independently and collaboratively in a global, matrixed team

Required skills

• Deep knowledge of IAM technologies, product capabilities and deployment best practices
• Plus: user, workload and machine authentication, identity discovery, secrets management, identity threat detection, federated identity, single sign-on, authorization policies, identity governance and privileged access management

What we offer

• Base salary estimated between 172,000 and 202,500 USD, with possible bonus or uncapped sales incentive plans
• Hybrid work, generous PTO and a 401k match up to 7,200 USD per year