Principal, Research

**Description**:
**About the role**:
As a Principal Researcher, you will conduct research and analysis on the personal devices markets to provide guidance to Gartner clients.

The mission of the Quantitative Innovation Practice is to provide clients with foundational and innovative quantitative insight and advice on technology market dynamics, the competitive environment, customer buying preferences and behaviors.

**What you will do**:

- You will work on personal devices research and market sizing/forecasting both in terms of devising assumptions and modelling outputs, based on: Personal technologies and devices vendors strategies, financial & market dynamics across industries and geographies
- You must demonstrate a firm grasp of commercial realities, as you will be assessing the market opportunity, presenting powerful competitive analysis and customer opportunity assessments.
- You will write insightful and actionable advice to clients in a variety of roles within technology and service providers, including CEOs, general managers, product and marketing leaders.
- You will have regular contact with the Gartner clients, advising technology and service providers and end users on our forecast models and trends.

**What you will need**:

- Highly numerate with excellent critical thinking skills. Must be able to quickly grasp and articulate the fundamentals of a market and what drives supply and demand side behavior.
- 5-7 years of relevant industry experience
- Experience of market sizing and forecasting.
- Passion for predictive thinking, complex forecast analysis and discussions
- Strong sense of ownership and ‘get-it-done’ attitude.
- Ability to work independently, while also being intrinsically motivated to collaborate across teams and support the workflow of others, in a multicultural global team
- Strong organizational skills: ability to work under tight deadlines and produce high quality deliverables
- Bachelor's Degree and/or advanced professional qualification(s) in related field. Proven record of academic achievement at highest level. Master's Degree in related discipline (or MBA) an advantage

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Job Requisition ID:76992