Legal Operations Expert (Director, Advisory - Remote UK or EMEA)

About the role:

As an Advisor in this fully remote position, you will be part of a team that delivers Gartner's research and unbiased insights to executives around the globe. Through constant learning, discovery, and collaboration you’ll not only help our clients execute on their most pressing priorities, but you will also grow your career and the scope of your impact across industries. 

To succeed as an Advisor, you must be passionate about working in an environment where intellectual curiosity, critical thinking and action-oriented solutions are at the core of what you do. 

For this role, you will be working with General Counsel and heads of Legal Operations who are guiding their organizations through critical initiatives like:

• Transforming their legal operations processes

• Improving legal function planning, decision making and workload management

• Building and engaging high performing legal teams

You will also partner with internal stakeholders who are pivotal to the success of our business. Advisors work closely with our research team as part of our communities of practice, bringing client perspectives to help guide the research agenda and client event calendar. Additionally, you will serve as a thought partner to service and revenue partners on client retention and business growth opportunities. 

What you will do:

• Engage senior-level executives by building credibility, effectively diagnosing the causes of clients’ business challenges, and recommending the best course of action based on Gartner’s research. 

• Deliver Gartner’s insights through 1:1 interactions, interactive webinars, and small group forums

• Identify patterns in client needs to help shape the direction of ongoing research and product creation

• Work collaboratively with peers in communities of practice to stay up to date with new trends - both external and in Gartner research - that drive excellence in client delivery

• Contribute to research, webinars and conferences as opportunities arise

• Partner with sales and service partners to increase account growth, retention, and engagement

What you will need:  

• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

• MBA, or law degree is an advantage but not required

• 10 years of experience in a corporate or legal environment with relevant experience in one or more of the following: 

  • Legal department operations and/or strategy

  • Legal and compliance process design and controls

  • Change management

  • Legal and emerging technologies 

  • Legal managed services

  • Legal function consulting

  • Strong communication and presentation skills

• May require occasional travel (<10%)

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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 insight, helping enterprise leaders and their teams succeed with their mission-critical priorities.

Since our founding in 1979, we’ve grown to more than 20,000 associates globally who support ~15,000 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 sustained success creates limitless opportunities for you to grow professionally and flourish personally. We have a vast, virtually untapped market potential ahead of us, providing you with an exciting trajectory long into the future. 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.

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.

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