Senior Consultant, IT Strategy

Gartner • New York, NY

1d • $113,000 - $133,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Consultant working with senior leaders within client organizations, you will help shape, manage, and deliver value by supporting clients in managing technology and defining IT strategies. You will deliver strategic IT consulting engagements for a variety of clients, including IT benchmarking and general IT consulting, within defined timelines and budgets. The role involves client research and interviews, developing recommendations and business cases, communicating engagement results, and contributing to project management, quality assurance, and consulting methodologies. The position is based in New York or Chicago and includes travel of up to 30% of your time.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of diversified strategic IT experience across technology, organization, and processes.
• Consulting experience in a similar role at a professional services firm, or strategic- or management-level industry experience.
• Analytical skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability, including the ability to change direction thoughtfully in response to changing client needs.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time and work in a diverse international environment.
• Excellent project management skills, teamwork capacity, and a strong work ethic.
• Excellent written and spoken presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to articulate IT strategies and understand business strategies and the alignment between them.
• Ability to influence and build trust-based, value-added relationships with senior executives.
• Openness to coaching, best practices, and feedback as means of continuous improvement.
• Consistently high achievement, perseverance, humility, and a positive outlook when facing challenges.
• Senior-consultant-level expertise and currency in industry-leading information management technologies.
• Critical and analytical thinking, and capacity to consider 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, or 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 comprehensive cost-benefit analyses and prepare business cases for technology investments.
• 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 delivering strategic IT consulting engagements for a variety of clients, including IT benchmarking and general IT consulting, within agreed timelines and budgets.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and compensation.
• Structured bonus based on individual and corporate performance; eligible employees participate in an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan.
• Clear career development structure and opportunities for promotion.
• 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.
• Hybrid work flexibility, including working virtually when productive and gathering with colleagues in a shared community.
• Supportive working environment that encourages personal development.

What This Job Offers

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