Senior ITIL / Service Management Consultant
Location: Bengaluru / Hybrid | Engagement: Contract / Consulting | Experience: 10+ years |
Project: ServiceNow Implementation
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior ITIL / Service Management Consultant to lead the IT Service Management process transformation as part of our enterprise-wide ServiceNow implementation covering ITSM, ITAM, ITOM and App Engine.
The consultant will establish a standardized, scalable and mature IT Service Management operating model aligned with ITIL 4, industry best practices, automation, AI-enabled operations and pharmaceutical regulatory requirements. The role will work closely with IT leadership, process owners, ServiceNow implementation partners and business stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Define the ITSM operating model, governance framework and ITIL 4-based process standards.
- Assess current ITSM maturity and redesign processes for the future-state ServiceNow environment.
- Lead process design for Incident, Major Incident, Service Request, Service Catalog, Problem, Change, Knowledge, SLA, Configuration/CMDB and Release Management.
- Define process ownership, RACI, KPIs, KRIs, SLAs and OLAs.
- Translate ITIL processes and business requirements into ServiceNow solution and workflow designs.
- Ensure maximum adoption of ServiceNow Out-of-the-Box capabilities and minimize unnecessary customization.
- Establish integration across ITSM, ITAM, CMDB and ITOM, including Discovery, Service Mapping and Event Management.
- Lead Summit-to-ServiceNow process transformation and migration, ensuring inefficient legacy processes are not simply replicated.
- Identify opportunities for workflow automation, self-service, AI/GenAI and agentic capabilities across ITSM, ITAM and ITOM.
- Establish IT Asset Management processes covering hardware, software, lifecycle, compliance and governance.
- Support CMDB governance, Configuration Management and ITOM operating model design.
- Develop process documentation, SOPs and governance artefacts required for validation, audit and regulatory compliance.
- Establish a continuous improvement framework and Service Management maturity roadmap.
Required Experience
- 10+ years of IT Service Management / ITSM transformation experience.
- Strong practical knowledge of ITIL 4 and enterprise ITSM operating models.
- 5+ years of ITSM Platform implementation/transformation experience.
- Strong experience in ITSM process design and ServiceNow ITSM capabilities.
- Good to have experience with ITAM, CMDB and ITOM; Discovery and Service Mapping experience preferred.
- Proven experience in migrating ITSM platform.
- Strong stakeholder, vendor and implementation-partner management experience.
- Good to have experience working in pharmaceutical, life sciences, healthcare or other regulated environments is highly desirable.
- Understanding of CSV/GxP, change control, auditability, data integrity and controlled documentation is an advantage.
Certifications
ITIL 4 Foundation Mandatory
- ServiceNow Certified System Administrator / ITSM Implementation Specialist and ITIL 4 Managing Professional are preferred.
Ideal Candidate
- The ideal candidate is a Service Management transformation expert, not merely a ITSM Platform configurator someone who can challenge existing processes, establish ITIL best practices, drive standardization, and translate business requirements into a scalable, automated and AI-enabled operating model.