Sr. Director Analyst - AI-Ready Finance Data & Analytics (Remote - US)

Senior Director Analyst — AI-Ready Finance Data & Analytics   This is an individual contributor role, based remotely in North America.

Gartner Analysts are industry thought leaders who create must-have insights, market predictions and best practices for a broad range of world-leading organizations. A Senior Director serves as a leader within Gartner’s Business and Technology Insights (BTI) group, establishing themselves as a trusted authority within their research domain.   This Senior Director will help lead Gartner’s research at the intersection of Finance, Data & Analytics, AI and enterprise transformation. The role focuses on helping organizations establish AI-ready data foundations, modern governance practices and contextual data architectures that enable better decisions and scalable AI adoption.   The analyst will engage regularly with CFOs , Finance Transformation and other Finance leaders (less frequently with   CDAOs,   other CxOs and   Data & Analytics leaders ),   helping them navigate emerging challenges related to AI-ready data, governance, metadata, semantics , data products   and enterprise decision-making.

We're looking for a highly curious and forward-thinking leader   who   has a strong, informed perspective on how trusted, contextualized data accelerates the scaling of AI across enterprises.     You understand how data governance, metadata, semantics, data products, knowledge management and modern data architectures work together to enable   analytics ,   ML , determinative AI,   generative AI and agentic AI at scale.   You enjoy developing new ideas, challenging assumptions and helping executive leaders address difficult and ambiguous strategic questions.

Contribute to   Gartner’s research agenda on AI-ready data within finance and adjacent business functions.   Develop thought leadership on AI-ready data architectures,   data quality,   semantic layers, knowledge graphs, metadata management and data products.   Advise CFOs,   other finance leaders, other CxO s and transformation leaders on building trusted data ecosystems   and quality   that support AI and analytics.   Research emerging trends including active metadata, semantic architectures, multimodal data, data observability and agentic AI enablement.   Create practical frameworks, maturity models, toolkits and benchmarks that help organizations assess and improve AI readiness.   Deliver compelling conference presentations, webinars, workshops and executive client interactions.   Support Gartner clients through inquiry, advisory engagements and strategic discussions.   Collaborate with analysts across Finance, Data & Analytics, AI , PBF (planning, budgeting and forecasting)   and Technology practices.   Help shape Gartner’s long-term point of view on how organizations operationalize AI-ready data.

1 2 + years   of experience in data management,   data governance,   analytics, AI strategy, enterprise architecture, finance transformation, consulting or related leadership roles.   Deep expertise in multiple areas including data governance, metadata management, data products, knowledge management, semantic architectures and AI-ready data practices.   Strong understanding of modern data management architectures, including data fabrics,   data mesh,   data products, semantic layers and data ecosystems.   Ability to translate complex technology concepts into clear business guidance.   Demonstrated thought leadership in emerging data, analytics or AI disciplines.   Demonstrate executive presence; can immediately establish credibility with executives and additional stakeholders .   Strong organizational skills; ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables .   Demonstrate excellence in research and writing ability .   Strong written and verbal proficiency, analytical and