Senior Manager, Platform Architecture, Public Sector

ServiceNow; United Kingdom; Hybride; GBP 120 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ServiceNow, a global leader in cloud-based AI-enhanced platforms, seeks a Senior Manager of Platform Architecture for the Public Sector in EMEA. You will lead Platform Architects to deliver strategic outcomes, align architecture with industry priorities, and guide solution design and modernization efforts.

You'll cultivate executive relationships, drive pre-sales support, and foster a customer-first culture while advancing AI and platform innovation across engagements.

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading and developing architecture teams.
• Experience advising Fortune 50–500 and engaging executives.
• Knowledge of AI/automation trends and platform innovation.

Responsabilités

• Maintain Industry Alignment with Major Areas priorities.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of Platform Architects.
• Drive strategic customer outcomes with Enterprise CIO/CTO relationships.
• Provide architectural oversight across engagements and pre-sales support.
• Advocate best practices and AI-powered capabilities.

Connaissances

Leadership

Strategic relationship building

Public Sector domain knowledge

AI/Automation understanding

Outils

ServiceNow platform

Description du poste

Senior Manager, Platform Architecture, Public Sector

• Full-time
• Employee Type: Regular
• Region: EMEA - Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Work Persona: Flexible

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

The Senior Manager of Platform Architecture leads a team of Platform Architects to deliver strategic customer outcomes through architectural excellence and industry alignment. This role ensures alignment with major industry priorities, drives adoption of ServiceNow solutions, and fosters continuous learning in areas like AI and platform innovation. The manager builds andmaintainsexecutive-level relationships,while guiding teams totranslatebusinessobjectivesinto prescriptive roadmaps while guiding solution design, governance, and modernization efforts. Additionally, the role provides architectural oversight across engagements, supports pre-sales motions, and champions a customer-first culture that reflects ServiceNow’s core values.

What You Get to Do in This Role:

Maintain Industry Alignment :

• Maintain connection and alignment to drive success within the Major Industry teams by:
• Ensuringalignment of architectural initiatives with Major Areas priorities
• Align with CEG Segment Leads and Accounts Teams to provide effective staffing across Impact engagements
• Identifyand address skillset gaps where needed to support customers within industry
• Identifyindustry trends and enable and coach platform architects in applying ServiceNow solutions to industry challenges

Lead & Develop a High-Performing Team

• Manage a team of Platform Architects with responsibility for coaching, performanceassessment and feedback,creation ofdevelopment plans, and quality oversight.
• Ensure team delivery excellence, achievement of KPIs, and consistent customer experience across all engagements.
• Ensure proper staffing for all engagements by matching skills, experience, and certifications to project needs,optimizingteam performance and customer outcomes
• Attract, recruit, and hire top talent for Platform Architect and Sr. Manager roles,leveragingindustry networks
• Embed a customer-first mindset and foster continuous learning, especially in AI and platform innovation.
• Foster welcoming culture that embraces and models ServiceNow’s core values.

Drive Strategic Customer Outcomes

• Drive strategic customer outcomes through the coaching and enablement of Platform Architects to:
• Develop and own strategic relationships with Enterprise Architects, CIO/CTO, C-suite executives, and business leaders across 1–4accounts.
• Translate customer businessobjectivesinto a prescriptive, value-focused roadmap jointly developed with Customer Success Executives.
• Identifyopportunities to apply ServiceNow’s AI, automation, and data capabilities to improve business outcomes, workflows, and productivity.
• Execute and deliver Impact Accelerators and Initiatives that are aligned for PA delivery.
• Providecustomers guidance onsolution design, governance, technical decision points, and modernization of legacy architectures.
• Collaborate with Expert Services and/or Partner implementationresourceby providing architectural oversight and best practice guidance.
• Engage in Pre-Sales Support
• Collaboratewith CEG GTM toassistwith Impact pre-sales motions.
• Advocate ServiceNow best practices, AI-powered capabilities, emerging industry use cases, and industry-aligned accelerators.
• Supportpre-sales motions with guidance on customer productadoptionreadiness.

Leadership & Experience

• Proven track record leading and developing high-performing architecture teams

Client Engagement

• Experience advising Fortune 50–500 companies on digital transformation initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to influence and engage C-Suite stakeholders ideally in the Public Sector
• Track record delivering solutions through expert services and/or partner ecosystems

Domain Expertise

• Deep understanding of middle and back-office transformation
• Knowledge of ServiceNow platform (multi-product suite / saas experience preferred)
• Pre and post sales
• Strong grasp of AI/automation trends with ability to connect AI capabilities to measurable business outcomes

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, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, 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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