Sr Director, MDM Engineering

About the Role

Gartner is seeking experienced senior technology leaders to join the Master Data Management team within the Data and Analytics organization. This team builds data products and delivers insights used across Gartner. As a hands‑on technical leader, you will lead a cross‑functional development team to improve and manage customer‑domain data assets that support broad business use.

• Lead high‑performing engineering teams to design, build, and deliver innovative software and data products.
• Collaborate with application developers, product owners, architects, and infrastructure teams to translate complex requirements into scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Define and implement best practices for automation, operational standards, and cloud deployment.
• Facilitate problem‑solving discussions to ensure solutions address the underlying business and technical challenges.
• Design deployment, security, and availability strategies for cloud‑based products.
• Work with peers to improve systems, processes, standards, and tools that increase team effectiveness and product quality.
• Partner with other Gartner IT teams to leverage shared capabilities, including AWS infrastructure and SaaS platforms.
• Align with the Master Data Management product team to define and execute a cohesive technology roadmap and lead engineering efforts to deliver it.
• Oversee technical activities across estimation, planning, design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Mentor and develop engineers by providing actionable feedback and identifying career growth opportunities.
• Propose and implement technical solutions to ensure and continuously maintain high‑quality customer master data.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or a related discipline, with 15+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
• 15+ years of software development experience, including hands‑on technical contributions and leadership.
• Proven people‑management skills with a strong emphasis on coaching and mentoring.
• Solid technical experience with React, Java, Spring, Python, AWS services, and modern application architectures (microservices, cloud‑native, RESTful APIs).
• Demonstrated experience building data products on cloud data platforms, including ETL and data‑engineering tools.
• Practical experience applying AI/ML and generative AI techniques to augment data products and workflows.
• Strong foundation in application architecture, software‑development lifecycle (CI/CD, Dev Ops), and quality practices.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and conducting code and design reviews.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence IT and business stakeholders to drive adoption and innovation.

• Competitive compensation.
• Limitless growth and learning opportunities.
• Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities, and more.
• A collaborative and positive culture – a diverse team of professionals that are smart and driven.
• A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
• Flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in dynamic offices.
• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
• Extensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with corporate match, immediate vesting.
• Health‑and‑wellness‑related allowance programs.
• Parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Gartner Gives Charity Match and more.

Gartner believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is 140,000 USD – 218,000 USD. 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 may participate in an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role‑based, uncapped sales incentive plan.

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