Manager, Conferences Business Operations

What makes Gartner Conferences a GREAT fit for you? When you join Gartner, you'll be a part of a team that serves thousands of business and technology leaders at global conferences each year. You’ll work with curious, motivated people and learn about the latest in technology and business. If you enjoy challenging yourself, connecting with people and pushing the limits of your career, Gartner is the place for you.

We’re looking for a highly motivated Manager, Platform Success to help our Conferences teams and partners solve critical challenges and get the most out of our technology solutions. You’ll be a people leader responsible for partnering with cross‑functional teams to understand their goals, document their requirements and drive the execution of that strategy. You must have a customer‑centric focus, technical knowledge deep enough to partner effectively with development resources, and above average communication, facilitation, and persuasion skills. A qualified candidate is process‑driven, analytical, can multi‑task, and takes pride in their work while being able to work in a fast‑paced, self‑directed, and collaborative environment.

What you’ll do:

• Support: Leverage Conferences’ technologies to deliver key experiences and solve critical challenges.
• Interact with conference attendees and Gartner associates onsite to troubleshoot challenges remotely and onsite at conferences globally.
• Execute high‑quality platform configurations with a focus on delivering global consistency.
• Communication: Build trust‑based value‑add relationships with senior leaders.
• Influence and negotiate inbound feature requests through governance with stakeholders.
• Communicate product roadmaps and milestones.
• Innovation: Prototype 0‑0.5 technology and iterate with business partners to establish feasibility and usability.
• Evaluate SaaS solutions against business requirements, propose, and deliver roadmaps and execution of technology evolution.
• Training: Create, update, and maintain documentation of existing business and technology processes as well as new feature releases.
• Partner with Product Owners and teams to write high‑quality user stories explaining business problems.
• Testing: Assess performance and translate information into actionable insights that can easily be understood and used to drive change.
• Organize and drive complex projects, identify emerging issues, and keep core initiatives on track for completion by scheduled date.
• Process QA testing and contribute to UA testing to uphold and achieve high‑quality, low‑defect product development.

What you’ll need:

• Language Skills: Fluent in English.
• Experience: 5‑7 years of business analysis and project management experience.
• Exceptional problem‑solving capabilities: Able to solve complex problems, thinking creatively, and using data to tell a story.
• Drive / Passion: You are passionate about the experience and delivering uncompromising quality. Self‑motivated & accountable, with a high level of commitment to responsibility.
• Communication skills: You’re an excellent verbal and written communicator capable of eliciting client and stakeholder feedback, documenting clear requirements, and providing high quality support.
• Problem Solving: Ability to engage with cross‑functional teams across the organization and work collaboratively to solve complex challenges.
• Leadership: You’ve demonstrated a proven track record of driving continuous product improvements ranging from bug fixes to new features and deliverables.
• Action‑oriented and driven to achieve results and build trust with both business partners and internal developers.
• Influence: You must demonstrate a high level of collaboration and strong negotiation skills.
• Organization skills: Extremely organized with strong time‑management skills.

Who are we?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world. Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission‑critical priorities. Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

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. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Gartner is the world authority on AI. At Gartner, you’ll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients’ AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You’ll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes. It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate. If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.

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.

The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity. Gartner is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Company’s career webpage as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling Human Resources at +1 (203) 964-0096 or by sending an email to ApplicantAccommodations@gartner.com.

About this role

Recruiter provides an absolutely pivotal role in our success story at Gartner. Working in partnership with the business you will be responsible for sourcing and assessing great talent for our organization. Working at Gartner, you will have the fantastic opportunity to see the development of associates you have engaged and feel proud to have been part of their achievements.

What you’ll do:

• Source, qualify and match candidates to defined profiles and specific open requisitions across assigned Business Units.
• Develop a thorough understanding of the profiles for which you are searching by forming and maintaining a relationship with hiring managers.
• Utilize knowledge of multiple recruiting sources and execute innovative recruiting strategies.
• Work with a database for sourcing and tracking of candidates.

What you’ll need:

• 3‑7 years’ experience in a corporate or agency recruitment role.
• A consistent track‑record of success in a metrics or goal‑based talent acquisition setting.
• Strong time‑management and organizational skills.
• Someone with determination and a focus on delivering results.

What we offer:

• A seat to the table to help drive peak performance in a growing, people business.
• Encouragement to be innovative and challenge status quo.
• Exposure to industry leading training and development.
• Performance based recognition and rewards.