Senior Principal Analyst, IT Procurement in London

About the role: Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have insights, market predictions and best practices for a broad range of world-leading organizations. A Sr Principal serves as an expert within Gartner’s Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group. Utilizing research and analytical skills, a Sr Principal plays a role in producing pragmatic and provocative insights which Gartner clients consume and apply to propel their business toward key objectives. They are a trusted source of advice for clients, reinforcing Gartner’s value every day by engaging them via in-person meetings, virtual meetings, sales support visits and Gartner conferences to discuss complex client challenges and offer appropriate recommendations.

What you will do:

• Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged client-facing research content that contains “must-have insights”
• Develop new insights and ideas through thought leadership and offer compelling, actionable approaches to client's needs and requests that accelerate the client's ability to act
• Develop in-depth analysis to identify the root cause of a client’s barriers or overall needs and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward
• Demonstrate thought leadership in establishing distinctive insights and strong positions across a team of analysts
• Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner content leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda
• Be capable of taking strong positions supported by fact-based evidence as part of mission critical research for Gartner clients
• Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights
• Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice aligned to their designated content area via virtual or in-person interactions
• Create and deliver high value presentation materials on and off stage for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings
• Support BTI (research division) and Sales: Provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help research teams create content and to drive engagement with clients to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business
• Provide high quality and timely content peer review to your analyst colleagues
• Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner insights, methodology and strategy
• Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the Insights community
• Identify research process improvements or develop new processes that help the team and BTI provide excellent service delivery
• Be client-centric while actively seeking to help clients engage regularly and often with Gartner insights and interactions
• Learn new procurement-related topics to keep up with and stay ahead of client, market and technology changes

Subject matter expertise:

• Demonstrated experience having implemented effective IT procurement strategies related to people, process and technology solutions (e.g., category management strategy, source-to-contract, autonomous negotiations, contract lifecycle management (CLM), procure-to-pay (P2P))
• Proven track record of using AI solutions to implement best-in-class IT procurement programs, frameworks, methodologies, and governance structures, including KPIs, talent models, and technology adoption
• Involved in buying AI and other advanced technology solutions
• Familiarity with P2P, CLM, and other procurement-related technology solutions
• Familiarity with—and experience managing—technology vendors
• Deep understanding of what constitutes an effective IT procurement strategy designed to deliver value beyond cost savings, including levers like category management, vendor/supplier relationship management and proactively managing IT vendor/supplier risk
• Strong knowledge of influencing skills, change management, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration in the context of IT procurement success and transformation; in particular, engagement and collaboration with the CPO and the wider Procurement function (direct and indirect)

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred
• 8+ years of relevant field or industry experience
• Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables under scrutiny
• Demonstrate excellence in research and writing ability
• Proficient in analyzing and synthesizing data; can effectively detect patterns and apply frameworks while drawing and defending conclusions to client challenges
• Strong written proficiency; able to identify and take strong, distinctive positions, and articulate them in ways that are easily-consumable and defensible
• Strong verbal proficiency and presentation skills; ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions
• Strong communication skills - able to explain complex concepts concisely and simply
• Subject matter expertise (see above); comfortable presenting at large and small-scale speaking engagements
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Deep knowledge of the global and competitive landscape within subject area as well as the interplay in that market
• Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team
• Learning agility and the ability to navigate complex, matrixed environments
• Ability to represent Gartner's research methodology and strategies effectively at all levels
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25% (where applicable)

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