Director, Retention Programs in South Nutfield

About the role

The Global Retention Programs team ensure that Gartner's largest clients retain and grow business. They act as internal consultants to Sales and Service leaders and play a critical role in providing Gartner’s Operating Committee with recommendations, insights and opportunities to shape the company’s retention and growth strategy.

What you will do

• Lead cross‑functionally to improve retention and growth within Gartner's largest, most strategic accounts.
• Lead a team of GRP associates focused on Global Accounts, effectively coaching them to mitigate risk and support channel growth by aligning best‑practice retention and growth plays to complex account scenarios.
• Lead strategic projects and initiatives, providing insights to the Operating Committee.
• Influence senior leaders within Gartner, with regular interactions across Sales, Service, BTI, Conferences, Product and other business units.
• Challenge team to innovate client‑facing processes, deliverables, and advise on successful strategies to influence account team actions and success rate with clients.

What you will need

• Bachelor's required; MBA or master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years relevant business experience, including successfully leading strategic transformation initiatives.
• 4+ years Business Transformation experience working with senior executives.
• Previous leadership experience; strong connector of people, concepts, and applications.
• High energy, highly motivated, goal‑oriented; demonstrates a bias for action and disciplined execution.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, driving clarity, and executing in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with and influence senior executives and align diverse stakeholders around strategic priorities.
• Ability to translate complex concepts simply and distill key "so what’s" for an array of stakeholders.
• Ability to toggle between strategic considerations and tactical implications, helping to deliver the approach and execute to create specific deliverables.
• Strong and effective communication skills; ability to present to senior leaders and peers, fostering dialogue and helping to drive decisions.

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.

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.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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