Hiring: Sr Consultant - IT Strategy Consulting - AI Company: Gartner Location: Sacramento, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 10:01:39 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Azure, Databricks, Foundry, Microsoft Excel, Snowflake, Vertex AI About the job Experience: •7 years of experience in management consulting, technology strategy, data/analytics, or enterprise transformation, with meaningful recent exposure to AI/data. Required Skills: •Gartner Consulting is seeking a Senior Consultant with strong fluency in artificial intelligence to serve as a core delivery leader on high-impact client engagements. Sitting between Consultant and Engagement Manager levels, this role blends hands-on analytical work with emerging workstream leadership •Own one or more workstreams within a broader engagement—managing scope, timeline, analysis, and quality with limited oversight. •Conduct primary and secondary research: client interviews, workshops, data collection, benchmarking, and synthesis into clear insights. •Build the core analytical and storyline artifacts: maturity assessments, current-state diagnostics, agentic process reinvention, use-case prioritization matrices, roadmaps, and business cases. •Distinguish signal from noise in a fast-moving AI landscape, ensuring recommendations are tangible, specific, and grounded in client context. •Technical knowledge of one or more AI-enabled platforms (e.g., Copilot Studio) •Support AI strategy, operating-model design, data-readiness, and responsible-AI governance workstreams with credible technical depth. •Connect AI solution choices to business value, cost, risk, and change-management considerations. Qualifications: •4–7 years of experience in management consulting, technology strategy, data/analytics, or enterprise transformation, with meaningful recent exposure to AI/data. •Strong structured-thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to own analysis independently. •Solid technical literacy—able to engage credibly with technical teams while communicating clearly to business audiences. •Hands-on experience building generative AI solutions and/or agents using one or more core AI platforms (e.g., Amazon Bedrock, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, Google Vertex AI, OpenAI Enterprise, Claude for Enterprise). •Excellent storytelling, analytical modeling (Excel/Power BI), and written/verbal communication skills. Ability to develop bespoke interactive dashboards/tools is a plus. •Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree a plus. •Exposure to agentic AI, LLMOps, or enterprise data platforms (e.g., Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, etc. ) is a plus. •Operational familiarity with Gartner research, frameworks, and methodologies. •At Gartner, Inc. (NYSE:IT), we guide the leaders who shape the world. •What makes Gartner a great place to work? Compensation: •$7,200 per year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!