Gartner - Senior Principal - Team Manager - HR Research

What you will do:

- Learn and execute Gartner's proven methodology for conducting world-class research that helps identify best practice solutions to many of today's biggest business challenges.

- Lead a research team to interpret, collect, analyze, and structure information from HR leaders that are actionable, applicable (not academic), and aligned with their workflows.

- Manage timely delivery of a regular calendar of research deliverables - including whitepapers, presentations, client-shared materials, case studies and best practice documents - on HR topics.

- Ensure the quality of deliverables by undertaking regular checks of the researchers' work by reviewing documents, listening into/shadowing discussions with stakeholders and SMEs.

- Motivate, coach, facilitate, problem solve, address people-related issues, and be actively involved in the day-to-day activities of the team.

- Directly lead, develop, and motivate researchers in your team across the entire project life-cycle - from conception to completion and presentation.

- Closely collaborate with peers and senior stakeholders in India, the US, Europe, and Australia as a part of global research initiatives.

Who you are:

We are looking for creative, analytically strong, articulate, empathetic, and self-motivated individuals who have a passion for guiding and coach teams and would like to develop a strong knowledge of the HR terrain along with building consultative problem-solving skills. Unlike management consulting, investment banking, or law, our strategic research positions do not depend on a special appetite or aptitude for sales or business development. Our search for talent is centered, without exception, on the ability to run deep on a logical, philosophical, or economic problem and resurface with rigorous original insight. Some of the shared characteristics of our successful hires include:

- Proven competence for managing, coaching, and developing a team.

- Strong appetite to dive deep into a given content terrain to develop expertise and distill key findings.

- Ability to gather, analyze, restructure, identify, and create original insights from qualitative and/or quantitative data.

- Strong oral and written communication skills, with particular attention to precision of language and ability to organize information logically.

- Proven competence in meeting deadlines, multi-tasking, and managing work under ambiguity/uncertainty (e.g., changing factors, limited information)

- Aspiration to constantly learn and improve.

Preferred experience:

- Master's (Management, Economics, Sociology, Political Science, MBA, etc.) or PhD degrees in fields such as management, social science, sociology, etc.

- 7+ years of research and/or management consulting experience

- At least 3 years of experience in leading and managing a team of researchers.

- At least 3 years of experience managing research projects end-to-end.

- Demonstrated ability to teach and relay ideas, engage clients, and work in global teams.