Senior Director Analyst, AI-Native Software Architecture & Development

About the role:

• Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have research.
• A Senior Director serves as a leader within Gartner’s Business Technology Insights (BTI) sector.
• Analysts are a trusted source of advice for clients.

What you will do:

• Create innovative, thought provoking, and highly leveraged “must-have research” insights within our Software Engineering Architecture & Development group.
• Build on this and other Gartner research insights by speaking with clients directly, presenting at global conferences and going on-site for client engagements.
• Analyze clients’ issues in depth to identify their root causes and overall needs, and then help them reframe their thinking to drive their solution strategy

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree and at least 12 years of experience in a related field.
• Knowledge and direct experience with leading LLMs including OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini is essential, as well as the associated markets of AI Agents and Code Assistants for developers.
• Strong organizational and project management skills: ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables, including when authoring major works such as a Magic Quadrant for Agentic Coding.