Consultant, IT Strategy

Gartner • Chicago, IL

20h • $103,000 - $122,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Consultant, IT Strategy, you will work with senior leaders at client organizations to help shape, manage, and deliver value through technology initiatives and IT strategies. You will contribute to strategic IT consulting engagements for a variety of clients, including IT benchmarking and general IT consulting, and help deliver engagements within established timelines and budgets. The role involves research, analysis, client interviews and presentations, business cases for technology investments, and communicating findings to client management and key stakeholders. Positions are based in Chicago or New York.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of diversified strategic IT experience across technology, organization, and processes.
• Consulting experience in a similar role at a professional services firm, or industry experience at a strategic or management level.
• Analytical skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability, including the ability to respond thoughtfully and quickly to changing client needs.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time.
• Excellent project management skills, teamwork capacity, strong work ethic, and willingness to work in a diverse international environment.
• Excellent written and spoken presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to articulate IT strategies and understand business strategies and how they align.
• Ability to influence and build trust-based, value-added relationships with senior executives.
• Openness to coaching, best practices, and feedback as part of continuous improvement.
• Perseverance, humility, and a positive outlook when facing challenges.
• Senior consultant-level expertise and current knowledge of industry-leading information management technologies.
• Critical and analytical thinking, and openness to out-of-the-box solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Deeper knowledge of one or more of the following: IT strategy; IT organization and governance; enterprise architecture; IT/business process outsourcing; critical program management support (quality assurance, risk, audit); or IT performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and document issues and recommendations using independent judgment concerning engagement areas under review.
• Conduct research, interviews, and presentations for clients, including executive- and board-level audiences.
• Assist with cost-benefit analyses and prepare business cases for technology investments.
• Help coordinate and communicate engagement results through written reports and oral presentations to client management and key stakeholders.
• Contribute to the development of project management, quality assurance, and professional consulting and auditing approaches and methodologies.
• Participate in strategic IT consulting engagements for a variety of clients, including IT benchmarking and general IT consulting, within agreed timeframes and budgets.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and a structured bonus based on individual and corporate performance.
• Opportunities for promotion and a defined career development structure.
• Opportunity to participate actively in the development and future of Gartner Consulting.
• A dynamic, supportive working environment that encourages personal development.
• Hybrid work flexibility, including working virtually when productive and gathering with colleagues in person.
• Generous paid time off.
• 401(k) match up to $7,200 per year.
• Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount.
• Market-leading benefit programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level