Associate Director, Conferences Sales & Service Enablement

This role will be responsible for supporting the Global Conferences relationship with Research Sales and Services and Delivery teams and partnership initiatives. Identify and lead initiatives to support a more effective and aligned partnership with Gartner teams who leverage the conferences platform for retention & growth.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design processes and plans to support timely and relevant sharing of information with sales and service associates
• Partner with Conference Marketing & Sales Operations to drive effective and consistent communications across sales and service organizations. Identify and drive the most impactful ways to communicate regarding our conferences.
• Partner with Conferences Centers of Excellence to streamline communications and sharing of resources to support associate adoption of conference tools and best practices.
• Identify and implement opportunities for more effective communication channels and processes.
• Build relationships with partners in Sales and GS&D communications and operations teams to ensure continued alignment on communications strategies.
• Build process improvements for communicating new conference initiatives and changes or updates.
• Partner with Services and Delivery operations teams to ensure alignment in conference initiatives and execution.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, tool enhancements and develop innovative solutions that drive efficiency within Gartner Conferences and across Sales and Service teams.
• Key stakeholders include all teams in Global Conferences, GTS/GBS Sales & Sales Operations, Services and Delivery, Corporate Communications and Corporate Marketing. Primary external relationships are directly with conference attendees.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 7-10+ business experience.
• Proficiency in developing and leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrates high level of influence at a senior and executive level.
• Strategic leader, with excellent implementation results.
• High sense of urgency, ability to work at a fast pace.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to communicate, collaborate & motivate.
• Exceptional problem-solving capability
• Client focused
• Ability to build and leverage relationships both internally and externally
• Strong executive presence
• Fully competent in Microsoft office
• Strong project management skills, including deadline management
• Passionate, energetic & enthusiastic
• Solution oriented strategic thinker - self-motivated & collaborative
• Curious and inquisitive
• No conference or events experience required.

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