Director Analyst - Data Archiving, Compliance, and Lifecycle Management

About the role: 

Gartner analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have research and provide advice to world-leading organizations. Analysts possess a keen eye for identifying gaps, problems and solutions within the market they serve, and help clients make better decisions relative to their highest business priorities.

As an analyst, you will bring Gartner's research, best practices, and tools to life across a broad range of world class clients. Your focus will be on both the pragmatic research that assists a client in solving today’s problems, and provocative research that challenges a client’s assumptions on how the future will play out. You should be curious, have strong listening skills, and be able to develop compelling research insights to solve large enterprise IT challenges.

Key area of coverage will be in enterprise IT data lifecycle management. You will be advising IT infrastructure and operations leaders responsible for making data archiving, data retention, digital communications governance, and data lifecycle management decisions. You will apply your broad knowledge of technologies, vendors, processes, and best practices to provide actionable insights to our clients.

What you will do:

• Collaboratively write and publish analysis and positions at a regular cadence through evidence-based research

• Provide clients and prospects with actionable advice through virtual interactions

• Communicate complex concepts concisely and with authority

• Engage senior-level executives by building relationships, establishing credibility, conducting substantive content discussions, diagnosing needs, solving problems, and identifying relevant resources

• Perform research by reading, networking with clients, industry contacts, vendors and analysts, and by evaluating and analyzing information

• Develop vendor comparison and market evaluation research documents such as Gartner Magic Quadrants and Market Guides

• Present at conferences as an industry expert

• Partner with sales and service delivery partners to increase account growth, retention, and engagement

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree

• 10+ years of experience in an enterprise IT data lifecycle management role/industry 

• Experience working with major vendors and products in the data lifecycle management, data archiving, and/or data compliance domain (e.g., Smarsh, Proofpoint, Global Relay, Datadobi, Varonis)

• Experience working with digital communications governance solutions that can monitor and enforce corporate compliance policies on employee communication tools such as Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and WhatsApp

• Experience implementing data lifecycle management tools, policies and procedures, such as data discovery, data classification, data retention, and data disposition

• Knowledge of data storage optimization techniques (e.g., tiering, relocation, archiving, deletion) to reduce enterprise data costs and risks

• Understanding of the key considerations and tradeoffs when managing the lifecycle of structured and unstructured data in the public cloud, hybrid cloud, SaaS, on-premises, and edge

• Understanding of emerging data lifecycle management trends, technologies, and innovations

Nice to haves:

• Experience in an enterprise IT backup and data protection role/industry

• Experience working with major backup vendors and products (e.g., Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, Cohesity, Veritas, Dell)

• Knowledge of backup and recovery strategies for hybrid and public cloud workloads

• Knowledge of backup and recovery strategies for SaaS applications, such as Microsoft 365, Entra ID, and Salesforce

• Knowledge of IT disaster recovery strategies, tools, and techniques

• Background in cyber recovery and ransomware protection

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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 insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 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 sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. 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.

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.

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