MVP, Product Management

Gartner•Stamford, CT

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a unique opportunity to make an impact on Gartner’s core business of providing insights to CIOs and top technology executives. We are looking for a bold, creative product leader who can drive the Product Management for our flagship research business and be responsible for innovating our CIO-focused subscription products by leveraging our comprehensive sources of value including insights, tools, experiences and interactions to address the needs of CIOs and senior-most technology leaders. The Managing Vice President (MVP) will be a critical member of the Global Product Management leadership team and should have a passion for building products that deliver high value to target clients across a range of industries, solving hard problems, and prioritizing efforts to maximize client value. This leader must be passionate about delivering value to clients and will be responsible for product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including understanding the client role, quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify and prioritize innovations, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, implementing and launching solutions and new products, and tracking progress and impact. The MVP will be responsible for product innovation and portfolio management for our CIO products and will need to apply lean product principles to new product features and sources of client value. As a leader in our organization, it is important that the MVP consistently exhibits all aspects of the Gartner culture which is based on 5 core values. Integrity: Do the right thing. Objectivity: Be independent and unbiased in everything we do. No-limits mindset: See opportunities where others don't; never settle for the status quo. Collaboration: Work together in teams to accomplish more than what is possible individually. Results: Execute consistently using global best practices.

Requirements

Minimum of 15 years of experience in product management leadership
Strong leadership and team management experience, leading senior level associates (Sr Director +)
Strong domain expertise in the top priorities of CIOs and top technology executives
Strong understanding of product management best practices and product lifecycle
Passion for technology and ability to work with engineering, customer experience, customer research, and other product-related functions to conceive and design innovations with strong product-market fit
Strong quantitative and qualitative business analytics, including ability to turn quantitative analysis into actionable recommendations with measurable business impact
Ability to lead/influence executive and senior level cross-functional teams across the organization and work proactively and collaboratively in a matrixed environment
Demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple complex projects simultaneously
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
A bias for action, including balancing tradeoffs, a willingness to roll up their sleeves and do what it takes to get things done
Ability to work in a culture that thrives on feedback and seeks opportunities to stretch outside comfort zone
Investment in and ability to actively and readily coach/mentor team members

Nice To Haves

Product Management experience in a B2B environment, serving technology executives, and/or in an insights subscription business
Experience in a professional services function (e.g., management consulting) serving senior technology executives a plus
Experience in an insights subscription business a plus

Responsibilities

Owning Product Strategy for the CIO role, including: strategy development, business case or policy development, product build & launch for innovations and implementation
Driving business results for the CIO role, our largest and most strategic client role, including growth in contract value, clients, new business and retention
Incubating pilot products, including identifying & analyzing key business metrics to uncover reasons for success, reasons for obstacles and deliver needed enhancement
Leads strategic project management, via the team, through Product concept through to launch.
Ensuring continued impact and tracking progress of metrics post-launch
The ability to prioritize areas of utmost impact and value for CIO, End User and beyond; presented with meaningful imperatives and data from a wide range of sources.
Identify and organize clear, concise actions with growth mentality and being able to build, measure and learn.
Demonstrate thought leadership on the CIO role to influence executive leadership to take actions to meet client needs and capture market opportunity, and to drive long-term growth and strategic impact
Executive level presentation of Product strategy, roadmap, launch updates to our executive teams, including our CEO, Operating Committee members, and other senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
This will include leading brainstorming & collaborative problem-solving sessions with our Insights, Service delivery, Sales and other teams to finalize product concept, features/functionality and successfully implement products and experiences.
Building high performing product teams that work collaboratively and make an impact for the organization and across Team NCVI