Sr. Director Analyst, Finance AI Agent Architecture & Strategy (Remote)

About the role

Gartner is hiring a Finance AI Expert for its Finance Practice, a remote position open to US candidates. The role produces published insights and advises Finance leaders (CFOs, FP&A leaders, Controllers, Finance Transformation leaders) on AI-related questions and challenges, covering finance AI vision, strategy, use cases, governance and AI agent architecture.

Key responsibilities

• Create defensible, highly consumable business and technology insights on finance AI priorities and opportunities
• Stay ahead of external AI trends and bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders
• Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts, and give clients and prospects actionable advice
• Create and deliver presentations at Gartner events, conferences and client briefings
• Support BTI and Sales as a voice of the market, and provide timely content peer review
• Represent Gartner's research methodology and strategy, and take part in innovation and research discussions
• Mentor junior team members and improve research processes

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 10-12+ years of experience on finance function and technology topics, with 2+ years in AI for finance
• Exposure to major finance processes (forecasting, planning, budgeting, record to report, transactional finance) and collaboration with IT, Data, Legal, HR and others
• Executive presence and strong research, writing and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and in matrixed, multicultural teams, with up to 10% travel where applicable

Required skills

• AI technology, including machine learning, AI agents, predictive modelling and RAG
• Data science, quantitative analytics, statistics and coding (Python preferred)
• Backgrounds in math, statistics and physics are a plus

What we offer

• Base salary estimated between 172,000 and 202,500 USD, with an annual bonus or uncapped sales incentive plan
• Generous PTO, 401k match up to 7,200 USD per year and discounted company stock option
• Hybrid work, with virtual work when productive