Director, IT Strategy Consulting, Cyber Security

Who we are:

Gartner’s Consulting business is an extension of Gartner’s industry-leading IT Research. From CIOs to leaders in business and government, we help Gartner clients across enterprises translate insights into transformational actions and achieve their mission-critical priorities. Leveraging the breadth of Gartner’s resources, Consulting is growing rapidly, with unlimited potential to continue expanding our client base.

What we do:

In our Technology Strategy Consulting business, we help the C-suite make the right decisions based on how technology can transform their businesses. In today’s world, a consulting firm that is “born digital” (with the ability to directly leverage the full power of Gartner’s research and insights) is relevant to the most important strategic decisions any business will make.

We deliver value to clients in areas such as IT Strategy Consulting, Benchmarking, Analytics, and Optimization. Typically, this helps Gartner’s clients to execute on their strategic priorities, across all sectors, including:

• Digital Acceleration and Transformation
• Enterprise Enablement
• Big Data and Analytics
• Applications Rationalization
• Cloud Modernization
• Sourcing and Ecosystem Optimization
• Contract and Cost Optimization
• Cybersecurity and Resilience

Due to its current success, Gartner is in the process of expanding its high-performance EMEA Cybersecurity Resilience Consulting practice and is seeking a Director for UKI.

We help leading organizations and their executives, CIOs, and CISOs collaborate and optimize their cybersecurity resilience defensibility in an evolving digital and uncertain world. Gartner's trusted data-driven insights give executives confidence to prioritize and make informed decisions about cybersecurity resilience.

In today’s world, a consulting firm that incorporates security as part of its “DNA” (with the ability to directly leverage the full power of Gartner’s security and risk management research and insights in the context of business and technology initiatives) has relevance to the most important strategic decisions any business will make. We work with clients to:

• Prioritize what to accelerate and where to invest to improve cybersecurity resilience while enabling the business
• Enable culture hacks to accelerate change and embed security throughout the organization
• Support digital momentum and value realization in a secure manner

What you’ll do:

Our Consulting Directors are responsible for subject matter expertise, high-level project delivery and oversight, client relationship management, and sales support. You will oversee teams and advise clients at the highest strategic level on both big-picture and tactical matters, focusing on how technology enables a wide range of business outcomes.

• Selling cybersecurity and resilience consulting engagements in collaboration with other Partners
• Developing, building, and maintaining C-level client relationships.
• Delivering board-level engagement reports and presenting key findings to board-level executives and stakeholders.
• Managing, mentoring, and growing Gartner consultants
• Developing thought leadership in at least one core security domain (e.g, Strategy, Operating model, SOC, Threat Modelling, or Security Architecture)
• Developing, building, and enhancing the Gartner brand with CISOs and leaders across our clients in UKI

What you’ll need:

• Proven security consulting experience at a senior level
• Proven track record of helping to achieve sales targets - essential
• Superior communication, presentation, and facilitation skills both written and oral
• Technical security exposure and experience recognized in the industry
• Relevant security qualifications (e.g., CISM, CISSP) – highly desirable.
• Senior consulting experience from a cybersecurity consulting firm
• Delivery of large transformation programs, interfacing with other technology streams (e.g., digital, cloud modernization, apps)
• Excellent people skills and customer relationship track record
• U.K. Security Clearance Required