Sr Principal, Qualitative Research

About the role:

We're seeking an experienced Senior Principal in the Human Resources Research Practice to contribute to the Employee Experience (EX) key initiative. This initiative supports organizations in crafting employee experience strategies that align with EVP promises, foster a culture of engagement, and enhance employee retention, ultimately driving both talent and business outcomes.

A Senior Principal’s job involves managing end-to-end research by investigating, analyzing, and writing about critical issues facing senior-level executives, leveraging both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Additional responsibilities include fostering the discovery of innovative ideas and insights while mentoring junior researchers to build a strong pipeline of research leaders and deliver exceptional quality to our clients. Ultimately, a researcher’s aim is to support world-class clients with actionable business insights and best practices, helping them tackle complex challenges and drive meaningful transformations within their organizations.

Gartner's research is often cited in major news outlets including Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, and The Economist, allowing our firm to extend our impact even further.

What you will do:

• Collaborate with a research team through Gartner's proprietary research process including hypothesis generation, primary and secondary research, and root cause analysis to identify best-in-class solutions

• Drive key findings from complex datasets and use findings to develop analytically sound, logically ordered research pieces

• Independently create and manage such key research deliverables for HR leaders on the topics of EX, including large research studies, articles, white papers, case studies, presentations and webinars, guidebooks, templates, round-table discussions, or custom, in-bound research requests

• Conduct interviews with senior executives, academics and industry experts in search of innovative ideas

• Develop insights that are practical and actionable (not academic) to be grounded in clients’ workflows

• Be a key member of the Research team, by contributing and owning entire project life-cycles - from conception to completion and improving the quality of intellectual debates

• Present research findings and closely collaborate with senior management and stakeholders, defend key ideas, and advance insights iteratively based on feedback

• Mentor, develop, and motivate one or more researchers across the entire project life-cycle

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, master’s preferred

• 7+ years of relevant experience

• Experience and comfort with analyzing, synthesizing, and distilling large amounts of quantitative and qualitative information

• Strong appetite to dive deep into a given terrain to develop expertise and distill key findings

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with particular attention to precision of language and ability to organize information logically

• Intellectual curiosity and dedication to mastering complex environments; Aspiration to continuously learn and improve

• Ability to manage projects and drive ideas forward to advance initiatives

• Strong organizational skills: ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality material

• Ability to work both independently as well as part of a team

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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 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 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 92,000 USD - 131,000 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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