Director, Software Engineering (Conference Tech Platform Integration) (Irving)

Job Description

Hiring near our Irving, TX and Stamford, CT Centers of Excellence with a flexible environment.

About Gartner IT

Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting‑edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome‑driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team.

About the Role

We are seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the Conference Tech platform integrations, to enable a seamless, world‑class experience for C‑level executives. This role will be responsible for leading cross‑regional engineering teams to execute platform integrations, elevate engineering excellence, and deliver high‑quality, scalable solutions aligned with business strategy.

What You’ll Do

• Lead Engineering : Lead a cross regional engineering team to deliver innovative solutions while fostering ownership, accountability, and high performance.
• Drive Platform Integration : Execute the conference platform integration roadmap, influence technology direction, and ensure successful delivery in an agile environment.
• Enable Engineering Excellence : Strengthen SDLC rigor, platform architecture, and engineering discipline, embedding responsible AI practices to deliver secure, scalable, and future ready enterprise solutions.
• Partner & Lead Change : Partner with Conference business and IT leaders to align technology solutions to strategic priorities, and lead change to ensure successful adoption of new platforms, processes, and ways of working.
• Champion Quality : Drive a quality first culture leveraging AI powered, responsible SDLC practices that improve reliability, scalability, and delivery efficiency.

What You Will Need

• Education: Bachelor’s or master’s in computer science or related field.
• Experience: 12–15 years in software engineering, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
• Technical Expertise: Strong execution background in enterprise platform integrations, cloud architecture (AWS), object‑oriented programming – .NET/Java/Ruby, and expertise in building enterprise‑scale API‑centric and event‑driven platforms. Experience leveraging AI powered features within digital platforms to deliver personalized, intuitive user experiences and to improve user engagement and elevate attendee experiences.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to manage distributed teams and drive organizational change. Ability to collaborate across IT and business functions to drive innovation.
• Preferred: Curiosity and drive for continuous learning. Experience leading large platform integration initiatives.

Who You Are

• A strategic leader dedicated to building and sustaining high performing teams equipped for the future.
• Collaborative and adaptable, thriving in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.
• Passionate about technology, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• A trusted, influential communicator who fosters alignment and momentum through integrity, transparency, and clear engagement across technical and business stakeholders.

What you will get

• 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 – join a diverse team of professionals that are as smart and driven as you.
• A chance to make an impact – your work will contribute directly to our strategy.
• Enjoy the flexibility of working from home and the energy of collaborating with peers in our dynamic offices.
• 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year.
• Extensive medical, dental insurance and vision plan.
• 401K 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 much more!

Equal Employment Opportunity

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