Deal Hub Bid Manager

About this role:

• Deal Hub's objective is to provide Sales timely, high-quality feedback and guidance on all things deal-related, from opportunity to contract signature.  The Bid Manager's primary responsibility is to increase Sales efficiency by significantly reducing the amount of time Sales spends on developing and closing deals.
• Partner with Sales to understand client requirements, evaluate requests against standards, and help Sales leverage best practices to maximize retention and grow the business.
• Prioritize workflow and manage request queue to maximize efficiency and drive urgency of deals.

What you'll do:

• Build trust-based relationships with Sales to drive adoption of best practices in support of Gartner's mission critical priorities
• Partner with Sales and Sales Leaders to understand business context and build smart deal strategies that result in positive outcomes for our clients and Gartner
• Minimize functional handoffs and ensure requests are completed by set due time
• Maintain a clearly documented audit trail of all requests and approvals in CRM system
• Assist Deal Hub Director to mentor, coach and onboard Associates as the function grows and expands
• Contribute to updating and revising the Deal Hub Playbook to ensure globally consistent processes
• Contribute to stretch opportunity projects for Revenue & Deal Operations (RDO) and the global Deal Hub team

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent work experience
• 4 – 6+ years of experience in a Sales, Contracts, Procurement, or other client-facing environment
• Proven ability to build strong cross-functional relationships based on value-add service and effectively interface in a complex, hybrid business organization
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; in particular the ability to convey complex requests in a clear, concise, timely fashion and have difficult conversations
• Exceptional leadership and proven ability to drive a positive team culture and morale
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use active listening skills to understand Sales needs
• CRM (SFDC, Siebel) experience strongly preferred

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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 21,000 associates globally who support ~14,000 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.

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 84,000 USD - 116,000 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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