About the role:Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have research, market predictions and best practices for a broad range of world-leading organizations. A Senior Director possesses a keen eye for identifying gaps, problems and solutions within their market. They use their knowledge to help clients make better decisions, solve complex issues and execute new practices that propel clients’ businesses toward critical objectives. A Senior Director publishes these insights as pragmatic and provocative research. Additionally, they reinforce Gartner’s value every day by engaging clients via in-person and virtual meetings, sales support visits, Gartner conferences and industry events. This includes writing about, presenting and advising organizations about market trends, technologies, vendors and best practices in analytics & AI. What you will do: Create high-quality, clear, actionable, “must-have research” content based on research best practices and methodologies in analytics, AI and data science. Specific focus areas will include strategy, business value, best practices, market trends, technologies and vendors. Identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive the strategy forward.Cover specific Analytic & AI topics and adjacent areas while maintaining a view across a broad spectrum of the market, and produce innovative, thought-leading, impactful, analytically-deep, fact-based research. Provide clients and prospects with actionable analytics & AI-centric advice via virtual or face-to-face interactions.Create and deliver presentation materials for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, webinars and client briefings.Provide high-quality and timely research peer review. Provide mentorship and support to team members.Predict how specific markets are developing, help clients in their selection process and assist vendors in overall positioning.Actively