Associate Director Consulting (ERP)

Description

About us:

Gartner’s Consulting business is an extension of Gartner’s industry-leading IT Research. From CIOs, to leaders in business and government, we help Gartner clients across enterprises translate insights into transformational actions and achieve their mission-critical priorities. Leveraging the breadth of Gartner’s resources, Consulting is growing rapidly, with unlimited potential to continue expanding our client base.
Technology Strategy Consulting. We help the C-suite make the right decisions based on how technology can transform their businesses. In today’s world, a consulting firm that is “born digital”, (with the ability to directly leverage the full power of Gartner’s research and insights) has relevance to the most important strategic decisions any business will make.
We deliver value to clients in areas such as IT Strategy Consulting, Benchmarking, Analytics and Optimization. Typically, this helps Gartner’s clients to execute on their strategic priorities, across all sectors, including:

Digital Acceleration and Transformation

Enterprise Enablement

Big Data and Analytics

Applications Rationalization

Cloud Strategy

Sourcing and Ecosystem Optimization

Contract and Cost Optimization

Security and Risk Management

About the Role

As an Associate Director in Gartner Consulting, you will lead strategic engagements focused on advising our clients in selecting the best fit ERP and enterprise applications and select the right partners for implementation and maintaining to enable business outcomes. This role is about shaping ERP strategy, guiding vendor-agnostic decisions, and ensuring alignment between business needs and technology solutions. You will have to help our clients selecting and managing the right implementation and maintenance providers. You will work closely with senior executives to influence decisions at the highest level and deliver transformational impact.

Responsibilities :

Advise clients on ERP strategy and architecture definition.

Guide clients through vendor selection and roadmap development, leveraging Gartner’s research and frameworks.

Assess risks and perform value assurance for large-scale transformation programs.

Lead multiple strategic projects simultaneously, ensuring impactful advice to our clients.

Act as a trusted advisor to CxO-level executives, articulating how ERP and enterprise applications enable business outcomes.

Collaborate with internal teams to enable new business opportunities through thought leadership and client impact (without a heavy sales focus).

Mentor and inspire teams, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.

What You’ll Need

10+ years of experience in ERP and enterprise applications, with a strong track record in end-to-end ERP programs (from strategy and design through implementation and go-live).

Experience in ERP strategy development, program assurance, and architecture definition across multiple industries.

Proven ability to engage and advise at the executive level (CxO), influencing strategic decisions.

Background in management consulting, with experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder projects.

Strong understanding of vendor selection processes and vendor-agnostic advisory.

Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes in fast-paced environments.

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s/MBA preferred.

Fluent in English and German (minimum C1).

Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to develop and deliver strategic analysis and recommendations to senior executives.

Why Join Gartner Consulting

Impact at Scale: Work with senior decision makers of global enterprises to shape their technology strategies.

Vendor-Neutral Advisory: Provide unbiased guidance leveraging Gartner’s world-class research and insights.

Thought Leadership: Influence industry trends and contribute to Gartner’s intellectual capital.

Collaborative Culture: Join a team of experts passionate about driving client success and exchange ideas with smart and knowledgeable colleagues.

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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 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 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 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.

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.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

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