VP, Platform Engineering

We offer a hybrid work environment. This position must sit near our Center of Excellence located in :

All potential candidates should read through the following details of this job with care before making an application.

Irving, TX

About Gartner IT :

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner.

Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.

The Vice President for Gartner.com Platform Engineering will lead a team responsible for building and maintaining the tools and APIs that power the personalized client experience for the www.

gartner.com website. This includes architecting and building APIs for Identity Management, Content, Entitlement as well as Recommender and Search Engines.

The ideal candidate will be someone who has experience in building and maintaining a platform of reusable components that support a broad set of applications and user experiences.

They have built and maintained scalable, performant and resilient systems that empower web and mobile applications. They should have demonstrable experience innovating with technology to meet business needs.

What you’ll do :

• Manage teams of developers and data engineers that build and maintain critical APIs and services used across Gartner’s client-facing applications.
• Define project deliverables, schedules, and testing, launch and release plans.
• Hiring, performance management, and career development.
• Define system architecture and technologies.

What you’ll need :

• Master / Bachelor of Science in Computer Science / Engineering, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in a management position leading teams of engineers.
• Significant experience working directly with Product Development in problem solving.
• Excellent understanding of Database Design and Data Management concepts and strategies.
• Significant experience in platform engineering.
• Experience building Recommender and Search Engines.
• Experience supporting highly performant and available web APIs with a global client base.
• Experience using AWS cloud-based infrastructure.
• Excellent understanding of Agile practices and significant experience using Scrum.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral, written, and group presentations).
• Strong Project Management skills.
• Excellent prioritization skills.

Who you are :

• A Technologist, passionate about using technology to solve complex problems.
• A Mentor, someone who will lead their team of developers technically and professionally.
• Collaborative and able to work across teams and organizations.
• Detail-oriented and Quality focused.

What we offer :

In addition to an outstanding work environment with rapid advancement potential, Gartner associates enjoy exceptional compensation and benefits, including :

• An upbeat, positive culture. Integrity, objectivity, collaboration, results, and a no-limits mindset are central to our values.
• Limitless growth. A strict Meritocracy.
• We work with you to help you meet your goals and advance within the company.
• Encouraged to be innovative and challenge the status quo.
• Exposure to industry-leading training and development.
• Performance-based recognition and rewards.

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 160,000 USD - 238,000 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.

The policy of Gartner is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.

Gartner is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers, including job seekers with disabilities.

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You may request reasonable accommodations by calling Human Resources at +1 (203) 964-0096 or by sending an email to [email protected].

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