Executive Talent Research Partner

The Role:

The Executive Talent Research Partner is responsible for researching and maintaining in-depth knowledge of the talent marketplace for Gartner’s ongoing needs at the OC, OC-1 and OC-2 levels. They work in close partnership with Executive Search Partners to deliver the very best talent and hiring experience for Gartner’s needs. The “Researcher” plays a critical role in each step in the talent advisory process---from identifying leaders, monitoring market trends and staying ahead of industry changes to providing the infrastructure to build and manage candidate pipelines. They will play a key role in standing up new “knowledge management” capabilities for the Executive Search function. They will also interact with peers across TA and will gain a wide variety of experience and exposure across key strategic initiatives and projects.

What You’Ll Do:

Talent Intelligence and Market Knowledge

• Drive competitive talent intelligence research and analysis across a wide range of industries and geographies, mapping the executive talent landscape to bring market insights to the table.
• Capture, analyze and maintain accurate candidate market and talent intelligence data
• Based on in-depth research, conduct market research to identify talent trends and opportunities and prepare compelling “executive level” reports and presentations.
• Partner with executives and leadership teams across Gartner to inform and educate these groups on talent trends and market data that will positively influence business decisions.
• Align content and intelligence with the specific needs of key leadership talent initiatives

Executive Talent Sourcing and Candidate Management

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to create talent pipelines for succession planning and key organizational needs.
• Work closely with Executive Search partners to align research outputs with strategic briefs.
• Create and utilize market mapping and other analytical approaches to understand overall talent based on role/region to influence sourcing strategy
• Continually expand network through leveraging user groups, blogs and networking events
• Strategically target relevant talent pools and actively pursue all channels (professional networks, social media, and association affiliations) to source, assess and convert best-in-class talent for executive level roles.
• Build innovative and high-quality hiring strategies led by data and market intelligence, lead a selection process that adopts D&I best practices, and ensure exceptional candidate experience through the hiring journey.
• Design and execute bespoke and inclusive search strategies for OC, OC-1 and OC-2 leaders across multiple functions and geographies to identify and proactively engage the top talent in the industry by developing and maintaining a network of potential prospects for executive-level positions.
• Manage candidate relationships throughout the entire life cycle of the search and keeping the Executive Recruiter abreast of candidate updates.
• Partner effectively with HR and hiring managers throughout the search process, consulting on best practices and talent market insights, while providing a differentiated experience to leaders and candidates alike.
• Position and effectively articulate Gartner’s employer brand and value proposition with industry leaders.
• Support Executive Search Partners in the development of position specification(s) and a focused search strategy.
• Conduct in-depth interviews to assess candidate qualifications against position specifications.
• Assist Executive Search Partners in preparing materials such as kick-off decks, candidate assessment documents, and search status reports to present to both senior hiring managers and HR leaders.

Candidate Database Management & Tools Development

• Enable Beamery and other tools to serve as sources of truths to house our data and function as a platform to cleanly track executive search activity and automate where possible.
• Consolidate all candidate information and set up a consistent and scalable process to accurately capture data, analyze, and report.
• Partner with the HRIS to audit the systems and tools and develop enhancements for capturing data related to search execution.
• Maintain knowledge repositories or databases, organizing and overseeing internal information systems or tools.
• Support innovation and continuous improvement, aligning knowledge output with strategic goals and practice evolution.
• Maintain dashboards customized for leadership audience. These dashboards track activity on individual searches and provide insights into our executive candidate populations.
• Track compensation trends and executive movement.

What You’Ll Need:

• 8-10 years’ professional experience or a minimum of 6 years transferable recruiting experience handling the full life cycle recruiting across complex roles and differing profiles from within a global Retained Search Firm.
• An undergraduate BA/BS degree is required.
• Preferred previous experience in executive level recruiting with hiring manager contact up to senior most organizational level
• Proven track record of success self-sourcing and using all available network-ing/social channels to build candidate pools.
• This position requires process and detail orientation, strong Excel and PowerPoint experience, and the ability to prioritize and balance multiple requests across different topics and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to successfully work with senior executives and their respective teams
• Ability to collaborate effectively, maintaining relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders, and understand techniques to influence and build positive relationships.
• Exhibits skill and developing mastery of professional communications, displaying adeptness in writing, articulating, and delivering information with confidence and impact.
• Proven success simultaneously managing multiple projects and working across teams.
• Experience identifying market trends and researching information effectively through various channels.
• Ability to analyze, organize and synthesize large volumes of information into insights.
• Experience working with Beamery or other CRM/candidate database.
• Unstructured problem solver – able to work in the grey with limited context, while identifying sustainable solutions to solve complex business issues

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Who Are We?

At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world.

Our mission relies on expert analysis and bold ideas to deliver actionable, objective insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 client enterprises in ~90 countries and territories. We do important, interesting and substantive work that matters. That’s why we hire associates with the intellectual curiosity, energy and drive to want to make a difference. The bar is unapologetically high. So is the impact you can have here.

What makes Gartner a great place to work? 

Our sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. How far you go is driven by your passion and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

What do we offer? 

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.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 85,000 USD - 116,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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