Principal Presales Enterprise Architect

Servicenow; Staines-upon-Thames; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ServiceNow is seeking Enterprise Architects to join our UK IT team. The Enterprise Architecture Team is part of our pre-sales solution consulting group focused on building credibility with the CIO/CTO level by delivering cross-functional strategies and architectural solutions on the platform of platforms vision.

You will lead workshops, communicate high-level architectures, and translate customer business needs into value with ServiceNow’s single cloud platform.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Manufacturing, Consumer Goods, Retail or Service Industries in a strategic architecture presales role.
• Experience in integrating AI into work processes and decision-making.
• Familiarity with the ServiceNow platform and its capabilities to meet requirements.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customer executives in the Enterprise Industry team.
• Identify pain points and translate them into Solutions from ServiceNow.
• Work in a fast-moving, dynamic presales environment with customers, colleagues and partners.
• Lead architecture and design engagements to demonstrate how ServiceNow meets customer needs.
• Understand the customer business and digital strategy and articulate value delivered by ServiceNow.

Skills

Executive engagement

Pre-sales

Solution architecture

AI governance

Relationship building

Problem solving

Industry knowledge

Communication

Tools

ServiceNow platform

Job description

Company Description

It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better. We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started.

Join us to put AI to work for people.

Job Description

ServiceNow is seeking Enterprise Architects to join ourUK&ITeam. The Enterprise Architecture Team is part of our pre-salessolution consultingorganisation focused on building credibility and trust with the technical leaders in our largest customers by developing cross-functional strategies and solutions. Our team brings technicalexpertise, real-world experience, strong executive engagementskillsand an inspirational mindset to help our customers understand the opportunities of the “platform of platforms” vision. We act as technical leaders for our customers most complex solutions, designed to ensure that they can realize the value they need. We do this byleveragingbest practice and industry standards to build customer trust and architect best in class solutions.

While collaborating with customers, partners, and the wider ServiceNow sales team, the right candidate will create and communicate high-level architectures and strategies that are both written and verbal, to audiences up to and including the CIO/CTO level. The Enterprise Architect will articulate the advantage of ServiceNow being built on a single cloud platform consisting of a single user interface, one code base and one data model. The Enterprise Architect will also lead andparticipatein the delivery of workshops, best practice overviews, and educational sessions to existing customers and partners.

What you get to do in this role:

• Engage with customer executives in theEnterpriseIndustryteam whichcomprisesmanufacturing, retail,traveland servicecompanies.

• Identifypain points and opportunities to deliver value and then translate them into solutions from ServiceNow

• Workin a fast movingand dynamicsalesenvironmentwith arange of customer,colleaguesand partners to help them understand the power of the Now platform and the potential opportunities of the future of work

• Lead architecture and design engagements todemonstratehow ServiceNow meets the needs of strategic customers,includingCustomer Experience,AI Governance, Autonomous,IT Transformation, Digital Products/Services, Platform as a Service, Enterprise Service Management, and the co-creation of industry specific solutions.

• Understand the businessand digitalstrategy of the customer and articulate how ServiceNow can enable and deliver value to their organization, seamlessly integrating into their current and future technology landscape

• Understand the detail behind the ServiceNow and platform of platforms architecture and communicate it at various levels

• Work with architecture development methods, modellingapproachesand architecture patterns for integration

• Influence and impactat multiple levels within a customer account (Enterprise Architects, Domain Architects, Directors, VPs, and CXOs) andmaintainthese relationships throughout their customer journey.

• Provide thought leadership and collaborate with internal ServiceNow business units

• Identify,leadand contribute to the creation of best practices, white papers, workshops, etc

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you have:

• Deep experience (8+ years) of working in Manufacturing,Consumer Goods,Retail or Service Industries in a strategic and consultative architecturepresalesrole.

• Experience inleveragingor critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows,analyzingAI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry.

• Familiarityof the ServiceNow platformand associated softwareproductsandtheircapabilityto meet functional requirements

• Familiarity with enterprise systems architecture (ERP, MES, WMS, POS, digital commerce platforms)

• Knowledge of major ERP and enterprise software vendors in manufacturing and retail (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Shopify, etc.)

• Knowledgeand experienceof manufacturing and retail frameworks such as APICS, SCOR, BIAN, and industry-specific standards

• Deepunderstanding of trends like: Supply chain digitalization, inventory optimization, omnichannel retail, lean manufacturing, Industry 4.0, predictive analytics, and demand-driven planning

• Passion and energy for building business relationships and is accustomed to driving the simplification of complex concepts into compelling customer proposals

• Drive for results using out-of-the-box innovative thinking together with excellent problem-solving skills

• An intrinsic ability to understand and prioritize work and is willing to make big bets when the time is right, to invest time and energy in the right areas.

• Willingness to jump-in and roll-up their sleeves alongside customers,colleaguesand partners to get things done faster and better.

• 10 or more years of proven success in influencing senior technology leaders to drive change in a pre-sales, customer, or delivery focused role.

• A track recordof success in using HumanCenteredDesign techniques to explore the customers current reality and set a vision for the future.

• Expertisedesigning,implementingand managing advanced architectures in an application domain and integrating multiple systems or platforms

• Experience with Enterprise Architecture or Application Architecture pre-sales in a software vendor or professional services environment.

• Familiarity with common Enterprise and Industry Architecture frameworks such as: TOGAF, Zachman, IT4IT, BIAN,TMForum, etc.

• Understanding of the business/financial model of manufacturing and retail organizations

• Understanding of supply chain economics and retail business models

• Understanding of regulations in manufacturing and retail (data privacy, environmental compliance, import/export)

• Practical experience with vendors in the Manufacturing and Retail software space

• Practical experience withISV and softwarevendorsrelevant to the industry and customer.

• Excellent understanding of the architectural principles for cloud-based platforms that include SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, and automation

• Experience and understanding of multiple technical domains - application, data, DevOps, AI/ML, integration, big data, mobility, analytics, etc.

• Intrinsically curious and passionate aboutresearching current and emerging technologiesand developing innovative solutions

• Experience presenting architecture concepts, designs, and goals to technology leaders and partners

Additional Information

Work Personas

We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.

Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.

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