Associate Director - Public Sector

Associate Director, Public Sector Consulting

Gartner Consulting - UK&I

Gartner’s Consulting business is an extension of Gartner’s industry leading IT Research. From CIOs to senior leaders in business and government, we help Gartner clients translate insight into action and achieve their mission critical priorities. Leveraging the breadth and depth of Gartner’s research, Consulting continues to grow rapidly, offering significant opportunity to deepen client impact and expand our footprint.

Public Sector Consulting sits at the heart of this mission. We help senior leaders across government and public services make confident, high value decisions on how technology can transform their organisations. As a digitally native consultancy, Gartner Consulting brings a unique advantage: the ability to directly leverage Gartner’s research and insights to inform the most important strategic decisions our clients face.

About the Role

As an Associate Director, you will advise senior leaders across UK & Ireland Public Sector organisations on technology strategy, digital transformation, operating models, and execution assurance. You will lead complex engagements and build trusted client relationships.

This is a highly visible role for an experienced consultant who combines strong strategy fundamentals, technology insight, public sector expertise and client advisory credibility.

What You Will Do

Senior Client Advisory

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior executives across central government, local government, healthcare, education, defence, and wider public sector organisations.

• Shape and deliver technology and digital strategies aligned to organisational goals such as growth, efficiency, resilience, citizen experience, and innovation.

• Provide technology foresight and market intelligence, grounded in Gartner’s global research, benchmarks, and best practices.

• Lead the delivery of complex consulting engagements, including:

• Enterprise IT and digital strategies and roadmaps

• Digital, data, and technology operating models

• Cloud and applications modernisation

• Enterprise architecture, governance, and decision frameworks

• Digital government and public service transformation

• Programme assurance and value realisation

• Support clients in achieving measurable outcomes, including value realisation, cost optimisation, and execution confidence.

Programme Assurance & Governance

• Advise on the design and improvement of governance models, organisational structures, and sourcing strategies across diverse operating environments.

• Provide independent challenge and assurance at key programme and investment decision points.

• Support major transformation initiatives through benefits tracking, delivery assurance, and risk management.

People & Culture

• Coach, mentor, and support consultants within the UK & Ireland consulting team.

• Contribute to a high performance, inclusive, and collaborative consulting culture aligned with Gartner values.

At Gartner, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where individuals with different experiences, perspectives, and career paths can succeed. We welcome talented professionals from a variety of backgrounds and recognize that expertise can be built through many different personal and professional journeys. Associates are supported through a range of employee resource groups and communities, including Asians & Pacific Islanders (API) at Gartner, the Black Employee Network (BEN), the Collective Abilities Network (CAN), Mosaic at Gartner, Pride at Gartner, Unidos at Gartner, Veterans at Gartner, and Women at Gartner, helping to foster connection, support, belonging, and professional growth across the organization.

What You Bring

You may currently be an Engagement Manager, Principal, Associate Director, or Senior Manager within a consulting firm, advisory environment, public sector consultancy, or government digital/IT transformation function.

Consulting & Strategy Capability

• Strong grounding in management consulting and technology strategy and transformation

• Experience leading client engagements end to end, from problem definition through delivery.

• Confidence operating with senior executive…