Marketing Program Manager

What makes Gartner GSSO a GREAT fit for you? 

Global Sales & Services Operations (GSSO) is the team that helps shape Gartner's mission-critical sales and services priorities and works with sales and services leaders to drive tactical and analytical insights. As an associate on the GSSO team, you'll be at the forefront of the ongoing transformation of Gartner's sales and services teams, which are delivering approximately $4.9B in annual revenue and working to drive sustained double-digit growth. You will partner with business leaders across Gartner to support global sales and services teams comprised of nearly 9,000 associates who sell to and service every major function, industry and market sector around the world. 

About this role:

This role is part of the Global Marketing team in GSSO. The Global Marketing team is focused on driving topline revenue and increasing seller productivity.

Our Experiential Marketing team is tasked with creating programs that help convert prospects into clients through experiences that clearly demonstrate Gartner’s value proposition. The Marketing Program Manager is a highly collaborative, business-savvy, innovative professional who has solid experience in building marketing programs, enabling Sales, and driving business impact. You will be responsible for developing and executing a clearly defined strategy in a manner that drives revenue growth for the business. 

What you’ll do: 

• Act as regional lead for program strategy and execution of core Experiential Marketing prospect engagement programs – virtual and in-person – which are designed to showcase the value of Gartner to highly qualified prospects.

• Work closely with regional Sales Operations and Sales leadership to enable the Sales organization to maximize their success with Experiential Marketing programs.

  • Act as main point of contact for the salesforce within select regions (i.e., Europe).

  • Ensure that requests for participation in marketing programs meet the qualification criteria and set clear expectations for these qualification requirements with all relevant stakeholders.

  • Act as center of excellence (e.g., adapt program strategy to the region’s needs, lead Sales training, develop communications, support best practice execution, etc.).

• Work closely with other regional Experiential Marketing program leads to ensure consistent execution across regions and sharing of best practices globally.

• Partner with peers in Integrated and Digital Marketing teams to create a seamless experience in pre-event marketing campaigns and communications, onsite experiences (when in-person) and post-event communications.

• Execute programs for a portfolio of events/experiences throughout the year. Manage programs according to playbooks provided by global leads and act as the main point of contact for your region.

• Responsible for measurement and success of programs, including reporting, analysis, and interpretation of trends. Leverage the positive impact of the programs and continuously innovate to improve the prospect experience.

• Coordinate the needs of various stakeholders and ensure consistency and optimum utilization of Gartner resources (Analysts, budget, locations, etc.).

• Collaborate with key stakeholders including Sales leadership, Sales organization, Research & Advisory, Service Delivery, Conferences, and more, working cross-functionally to accomplish goals.

What you’ll need:

• 5-8 years of business, project management, and/or marketing experience.

• Demonstrated business acumen, a track record of excellent performance meeting targets and objectives.

• Demonstrated experience partnering with, coaching, supporting, and enabling Sales organizations.

• Experience executing multiple highly complex and/or strategic programs and activities.

• Strong attention to detail, ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex issues and design appropriate solutions.

• Strong communication skills, including ability to tailor communication to audience to achieve desired results.

• Strong cross-functional collaboration acumen, working with multiple levels.

• Strong problem solving, strategic and critical thinking, analytical skills.

• Strong project management skills, event planning and organization skills.

• Limited travel required (10-15%)

What you will get:

• Competitive salary, generous paid time off policy, charity match program, Medical, Dental & Vision Plans, Parental Leave, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), 401K matching and more!

• Collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity

• Professional development and unlimited growth opportunities

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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 business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 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.

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Our vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. 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.

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It’s an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that’s reshaping the way we operate. If you’re passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that’s guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.

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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.

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