Director, Data Science

About the Role
This is a senior leadership role on the Global Product Management Data Science team managing the Client Experience Digital Platform the central hub where clients interact with Gartner to unlock value. Our clients are IT and business leaders worldwide relying on the platform embedded in their workflows for critical priorities. Our mission is to accelerate innovation through intelligent digital products that disrupt the market and ourselves constantly seeking data science leaders to champion this vision.

The Director Data Science will lead efforts across personalization recommendation systems and GenAI chatbot tools delivering scalable intelligence that drives hyper-personalized experiences and business outcomes.

What You Will Do

• Lead the data science roadmap spanning personalization recommendation systems and GenAI chatbot development owning strategy for user profiling content matching ranking conversational AI and next-best-action systems.
• Architect AI-powered chatbot systems including intelligent search recommendation engines context-aware retrieval and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for seamless AI agent integration with enterprise systems and external tools.
• Apply transformer-based models LLMs and advanced techniques to enhance recommendation relevance search optimization user personalization and scalable GenAI solutions.
• Leverage internal and external data to model client company priorities competitive landscapes engagement signals and deliver targeted support.
• Collaborate with engineering product UX and business leaders to prioritize ideas launch MVPs iterate rapidly and deliver measurable business value.
• Lead a team of data scientists driving enhancements in accuracy coverage latency scalability stability and adoption while maintaining strong MLOps practices.
• Translate quantitative analysis into actionable strategies pitch high-impact ideas and influence senior leadership on long-term vision and solution roadmaps.
• Stay current on fast-moving AI/ML advancements particularly LLMs conversational AI agentic systems and transformer architectures.

What You Will Need

• 8-12 years of experience in data science machine learning or AI with at least 3 years managing data science and engineering teams.
• Masters Degree or PhD in a quantitative field (math computer science engineering etc.) required.
• Proven leadership developing personalization systems recommendation engines search/ranking solutions conversational AI chatbots and GenAI applications powered by transformer-based models and LLMs.
• Demonstrated success translating business priorities into technical roadmaps driving cross-functional execution and delivering production ML systems with clear business impact.
• Strong communication skills to influence executives translating complex analysis into compelling strategies and value propositions.
• Deep expertise in ML lifecycle Lean product principles MLOps experimentation frameworks and production recommender/GenAI systems.
• Proficiency with Python ML frameworks (scikit-learn NLTK PyTorch TensorFlow Hugging Face LangChain) SQL/relational databases (Oracle) NoSQL/graph databases (MongoDB) vector databases (Pinecone Weaviate) distributed ML (Spark) Linux/shell scripting and cloud platforms (AWS SageMaker Azure ML).
• Working experience in: Large Language Models/Generative AI conversational AI/chatbot development NLP/text mining search & recommendation systems prompt engineering/LLM optimization AI agent architectures.
• Collaborative leader who thrives in feedback-driven cultures with bias for action and client outcomes.

What You Will Get

• Competitive salary generous paid time off policy charity match program Group Medical Insurance Parental Leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more!
• Collaborative team-oriented culture that embraces diversity.
• Professional development and unlimited growth opportunities.

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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 weve grown to 21000 associates globally who support 14000 client enterprises in 90 countries and territories. We do important interesting and substantive work that matters. Thats 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.

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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.

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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.

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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 its productive to do so and getting together with colleagues in a vibrant community that is purposeful engaging and inspiring.

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