Sr. Director, Analyst

Sr. Director, Analyst - Public Cloud Sourcing Expert Focus (Remote: Canada) Apply for the Sr. Director, Analyst - Public Cloud Sourcing Expert Focus (Remote: Canada) role at Gartner. Responsibilities Research and Thought Leadership: Create innovative, thought‑provoking, and highly leveraged “must‑have research” content to help sourcing and CxO clients achieve required business outcomes from outsourced IT services; demonstrate thought leadership in establishing provocative and pragmatic research positions, collaborating across a team of analysts. Advisory Services: Provide high‑quality, actionable advice through various media (written responses, presentations, webinars, or inquiry calls); guide clients in selecting providers for application‑led, cloud‑native transformation projects and ongoing public cloud managed services. Sourcing Strategy and Negotiation: Advise Gartner clients on leading end‑to‑end sourcing projects for public cloud services; formulate and implement comprehensive sourcing strategies focused on public cloud services, identifying best‑fit solutions among cloud providers; advise clients on leading negotiations for multiyear contracts, ensuring favorable pricing, volume discounts, flexible commitment terms, and optimal service level agreements. Contract Management and Risk Mitigation: Advise clients on negotiating optimal contract terms, focusing on cost optimization, vendor performance, and risk mitigation; identify and address contractual risks such as overly rigid renewal terms, audit clauses, and unfavorable escalation of support fees; support clients by reviewing client contracts for outsourced IT services, identifying gaps in the commercial terms or SLAs. Market Intelligence and Analysis: Continuously monitor trends in cloud service pricing, vendor discount programs, and contractual terms, using data sources and benchmark pricing information to drive negotiations. Qualifications Educational Background: A bachelor’s degree in business administration, supply chain management, computer science, or a related field is required; a master’s degree is preferred. Industry Experience: 15+ years of relevant field or industry experience gained either through a sourcing role or within a provider tendering and negotiating the delivery of IT services is required. At least three years of direct experience in IT procurement or strategic sourcing—specifically involving cloud contracts with hyperscale vendors like AWS and enterprise software vendors like Oracle—is also necessary. Negotiation Track Record: Proven experience negotiating high‑value public cloud contracts, demonstrating success in leveraging competitive bidding and cost optimization strategies. Domain Knowledge: Deep knowledge of public cloud optimization and transformation services (PCOTS) is essential, including experience with cloud‑native professional and managed services and utilization of hyperscale cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI); Oracle workload expertise (e.g., PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E‑Business Suite) is preferred. Required Skills And Analyst Capabilities The passion, drive, and enthusiasm to help sourcing executives and CxO clients with their IT services sourcing initiatives. Intellectual agility to learn new topics and develop the necessary expertise to advise Gartner clients on best practices. Demonstrates domain and quantitative expertise: Ability to gather and analyze data to drive insights for new research; work must reflect in‑depth knowledge of the content area. Brings provocative, independent insights to ideation sessions, feeding into new research. Energized by the challenges of taking on client interactions that are not necessarily their primary coverage area, helping Gartner clients whenever possible. Ability to present to small or large audiences in different venues and settings. Comfortable presenting in all settings—from 1:1 conversations to large group, cross‑functional interactions; including the ability to pick up a peer’s presentation and deliver it successfully. Effectively reframes client problems to identify root causes and potential solutions. Organizes efficiently: Must be able to prioritize and manage workflow independently. Consistently keeps work on track to support the goals of the team/business. Collaborates productively: Regarded as a thought‑partner and coach across the practice, leveraging their peer network across Gartner Research to co‑write and/or co‑produce research. Takes feedback on board and applies it positively, constantly striving to improve. Benefits 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. Equal Employment Opportunity The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity. 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