Senior Principal Analyst, AI Cybersecurity, Remote United States

Job Description The successful candidate has a background in artificial intelligence, data science, and/or data security. The candidate will focus on research and advice for clients who face challenges in artificial intelligence from a cybersecurity perspective. The successful candidate ideally has experience specifically with applying cybersecurity to AI and AI Governance.

What You Will Do:

• Develop “must have research” and ideas and offer compelling, actionable approaches to clients' needs through written deliverables

• Lead compelling interactions (virtually or in-person) to identify the root cause of a client’s challenges and reframe thinking to drive strategy forward

• Bring provocative, independent insights to Gartner leaders that can evolve the course of a research agenda

• Research, analyze and predict market trends and shifts to provide clients and vendors with actionable insights

• Create and deliver high-value presentation materials for Gartner events, industry and professional association conferences, and client briefings

• Support Research and Sales: provide sales support serving as voice of the market to help research teams create content and to drive engagement with clients to make progress against their critical priorities to grow their business

• Provide high quality and timely peer review for research content

• Build credibility as an industry expert to represent Gartner research, methodology and strategy - specifically in AI Cybersecurity topics

• Actively participate in innovation, ideation, and research discussions and collaborate effectively with peers in the research community

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Graduate degree preferred

• 12 plus years of enterprise experience in one or more of the following disciplines:

• Risk management with a full or partial focus on information risk or IT risk

• Cybersecurity role with full or partial data security or application security focu

• Data science or artificial intelligence architecture or implementation

• Experience or current interest in the following research areas:

• Evaluating controls frameworks and standards for securing AI

• Evaluating technology markets that support securing AI

• Applying cybersecurity controls to AI and generative AI

• Excellent writing ability – must be able to create detailed but easy-to-understand written research to lead clients to success

• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage clients and respond effectively to questions

• Superior analytical skills while applying conceptual models, recognizing patterns and defending conclusions

• Ability to work independently while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% (where applicable and when safe to travel)

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 business and technology insights, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to 20,000 associates globally who support over 13,000 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 vast, virtually untapped market potential offers limitless opportunities – opportunities that may not even exist right now – for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. How far you go is driven by your passion...