Product Director, Global Product Management

About this role

Hiring near our Stamford, CT Center of Excellence with a flexible environment.

The Product Director within Gartner Product Management (GPM) plays a key role in developing and enhancing Gartner's product solutions, ensuring our offerings meet the evolving needs of our clients and drive measurable business impact.

This Product Director role—within Gartner's billion‑dollar High Tech and Invest business—will focus on product development and management for Buy‑side and Sell‑side clients (from Investment Banking and Asset Management to Private Equity and Venture Capital firms). The product director will develop and manage products targeted for investment professionals (Managing Directors, Operating Partners, Portfolio Managers) who make important investment decisions that drive capital markets and manage large investment portfolios using Gartner's unique insights.

In this role, the Product Director will define the overall product vision and manage the product roadmap, launch new products and features, track progress and drive financial impact. They will be responsible for product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including quantitative and qualitative analysis to understand customer needs, identify innovations, and prioritize product enhancements. This is a highly visible role with exposure to Gartner's senior leaders across the entire organization.

• Product Vision and Strategy
  • Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a portfolio of Invest products, aligned to Gartner's growth and client‑impact priorities.
  • Continually learn and obtain feedback on our clients and users of our products—understand their needs, challenges and priorities—to inform product strategy and identify product and feature innovations that will drive client engagement and satisfaction.
  • Understand decision‑making workflows of investment professionals (e.g., screening, diligence, portfolio management, exits) with deep customer obsession that will identify unique product opportunities.
• Product Execution & Iteration
  • Conceptualize, pilot and iterate on offerings that deliver measurable client value and strong product‑market fit.
  • Create, launch, track and iterate on new products and value‑add features that will drive value to our clients; features will cover a wide range of value sources such as technology, data, peer connections and events, expert interactions and new research publications.
• Commercial Impact & Growth
  • Drive go‑to‑market efforts from adoption to retention, identifying and working with cross‑functional partners to reduce barriers to product usage and success.
  • Track critical product and business metrics to continuously iterate and improve value proposition.
  • Partner with Sales and Service to scale client impact, positioning products as essential to their investment workflows.
• Collaboration & Influence
  • Lead brainstorming & collaborative problem‑solving sessions with your partners in Research, Sales and Service delivery.
  • Partner with cross‑functional teams to solve problems, prioritize opportunities and build momentum for adoption and growth.
  • Leverage Gartner's AI‑driven tools to calibrate client‑facing value delivery.
  • Deliver regular updates and insights to key stakeholders and product leadership, ensuring alignment and visibility into progress.

• Customer obsession, product craft and commercial acumen—demonstrated ability to translate insights into products that delight customers and drive business outcomes.
• 7‑10 years of professional experience with meaningful depth in product management, strategy/management consulting and capital market roles (buy‑side or sell‑side).
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytics skills, with the ability to turn insights into actionable recommendations and measurable impact.
• Ability to influence and work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams across all levels of the organization.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), with the executive presence to simplify complexity for senior audiences.
• Practical experience applying AI and emerging technologies to enhance workflows and outputs.
• A bias for action, ability to balance…