Sr Director, MDM Engineering

Hiring near our Irving, TX Center 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:


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.

What you'll do:

• 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.

What you will need:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or a related discipline required, 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 (CICD/DevOps), 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.

Don't meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right candidate for this, or other roles!


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!

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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 and performance.

We hire remarkable people who collaborate and win as a team. Together, our singular, unifying goal is to deliver results for our clients.

Our teams are inclusive and composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and generations.

We invest in great leaders who bring out the best in you and the company, enabling us to multiply our impact and results. This is why, year after year, we are recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Gartner is the world authority on AI

At Gartner, you'll join a company at the very center of the AI revolution. Gartner has proactive, objective guidance throughout clients' AI journeys. We set the standard for how organizations leverage artificial intelligence to drive meaningful impact. You'll have access to unmatched resources, expertise, and technology, and play a key role in helping Gartner and our clients innovate and grow as we leverage AI to transform business and technology landscapes.

It's an exciting time to be at Gartner, with limitless opportunities to make a real impact, grow your skills, and build a lasting, meaningful career in a field that's reshaping the way we operate. If you're passionate about AI and want to be part of a team that's guiding the leaders who shape the world, Gartner is the place for you.

What do we offer?

Gartner offers world-class benefits, highly competitive compensation and disproportionate rewards for top performers.

In our hybrid work environment, we provide the flexibility and support for you to thrive - working virtually when it's productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful, engaging and inspiring.

Ready to grow your career with Gartner? Join us.

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. Please note that 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 will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based, uncapped sales incentive plan. Our talent acquisition team will provide the specific opportunity on our bonus or incentive programs to eligible candidates. We also offer market leading benefit programs including generous PTO, a 401k match up to $7,200 per year, the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, and more.

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