Project Manager

Project Manager

Gartner

About this role:

This role is critical to the High Tech (HT) Practice as it provides the operational backbone for business-critical projects, ensuring disciplined execution, accountability, and timely delivery across complex, multi-stakeholder environments. It enables data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement by translating insights from analysis and best practices into tangible enhancements in process effectiveness, operational efficiency, and business outcomes. By integrating structured project management with scalable processes, and cross-functional partnership, this role will drive business results for HT.

The Project Manager is responsible for:

• Ensuring the Practice executes initiatives with a targeted strategy that will achieve measurable improvements in process effectiveness, process efficiency and client satisfaction. They will achieve this by working closely with Practice Leadership, the Practice Chief of Research, Business Operations Strategy team members, and Practice Support Services to best execute and drive continuous improvement for HT.

A successful candidate must be able to do the following:

• Partner and collaborate with key business partners to capture operational and business requirements and successfully establish and execute on business strategies.
• Lead company-wide projects, in collaboration with team leadership and internal corporate teams focused on operational effectiveness.
• Own multi-year change management projects to launch and reinforce projects to tackle our most urgent challenges. Support the group’s content leadership to regularly track progress against these objectives.
• Manage processes through the effective use of resources and feedback in all processes. Strive for effective and timely issue resolution and root cause analysis.
• Solve complex business challenges by anticipating stakeholder barriers, recommending practical approaches, and designing scalable solutions.
• Display business acumen by building understanding of Research areas supported, internal/external business management and informational needs. Become the go-to person for all related questions and issues.
• Identify and escalate risks (e.g., missed deadlines, resource constraints, execution gaps) proactively to ensure timely visibility and mitigating actions.
• Communicate effectively with project stakeholders, BOSs, peers in HTI, and external partners across BTI.
• Learn the research process and specific needs of the practice with respect to the delivery of consistent high-quality insight to clients.
• Partner with BOSs and PM team to share operational best practices across HT.
• Operate independently to identify obstacles, resolve issues, and sustain momentum against priority initiatives.

What you will need:

The ideal candidate will bring a proven track record of leading projects, influencing stakeholders, and translating plans into measurable execution.

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years' experience working within project management, operations, or general business roles.
• Experience with project and program management.
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to leverage data, tools, and insights to inform strategy and measure impact.
• Demonstrated track record of managing optimized processes, projects and programs in a global environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to develop high-quality analyses and compelling presentations.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas and develop insights into clear and compelling narratives.
• A proactive and self-driven working style.

Gartner

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 contacting Human Resources.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 64,000 USD - 87,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.