Sr. Automation Lead–Enterprise Service Workflow (ServiceNow)

London Stock Exchange Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Retirement planning

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) seeks an Sr. Automation Lead to transform enterprise service workflows on the ServiceNow platform.

You will own the automation vision across ITSM, ITOM, and custom processes, guiding federated development teams toward scalable, production-grade implementations with strong reliability and governance. The role demands 15+ years of platform automation experience, deep ServiceNow expertise, and a proven track record delivering AI-driven workflow innovations at

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience leading and delivering Platform automations at enterprise scale.
• Deep hands-on experience with ServiceNow workflows, integrations, automation tooling, and platform architecture.
• Proven success delivering automation and AI-driven initiatives into production at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of SRE principles, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and production operations.
• Experience enabling federated or distributed development models within governed platforms.
• Demonstrated ownership of platform risk management, audit support, and compliance.
• Ability to operate as a senior IC leader, driving alignment and execution across multiple functions.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the automation vision and roadmap for ServiceNow-based service workflows.
• Identify, prioritize, and lead high-impact automation opportunities across ITSM, ITOM, and custom enterprise workflows.
• Define platform standards, reusable patterns, and reference architectures for enterprise service automation.
• Drive adoption of AI-powered capabilities such as Predictive Intelligence, Virtual Agent, AI Search, workflow intelligence, and GenAI experiences.
• Support transformation of CMDB to enable strong foundation.
• Translate business needs into intelligent, outcome-driven workflows that reduce manual effort and improve service quality.
• Establish KPIs to measure automation effectiveness, AI value realization, and operational impact.
• Support production readiness for enterprise workflows, including deployment standards, automated testing, and rollback strategies.
• Enable CI/CD-driven ServiceNow deployments, partnering with DevOps and release teams to improve speed and reliability.
• Ensure automation changes move from ideation to production with minimal risk and maximum observability.
• Functionally lead and influence the SRE practice, embedding reliability into workflow design.
• Define and monitor service-level objectives (SLOs), error budgets, and reliability metrics for ServiceNow workflows.
• Drive platform resilience practices including monitoring, alerting, self-healing automation, and incident avoidance.
• Establish and support a scalable federated automation model enabling product teams, citizen developers, and platform engineers.
• Define governance frameworks, guardrails, and certification approaches that balance speed with platform integrity.
• Promote reuse, API-first design, and composable workflows to avoid fragmentation.
• Support the platform risk posture for the ServiceNow platform, including technical debt, upgrade impacts, and dependency risks.
• Partner with security, risk, and compliance teams to support internal and external audits, control evidence, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure enterprise workflows meet standards for data protection, access control, and operational resilience.
• Act as a trusted platform advisor to senior technology, operations, and risk leadership.
• Clearly articulate trade-offs between innovation, reliability, and compliance.
• Influence outcomes across multiple teams without formal authority.

Skills

SRE principles

DevOps

CI/CD

AI/GenAI in workflows

ServiceNow platform

automation leadership

Tools

ServiceNow

Automation tooling

Integrations

Job description

The Sr. Automation Lead – Enterprise Service Workflow is responsible for transforming enterprise service operations through intelligent automation and AI, powered by the ServiceNow platform. This role owns the functional strategy and execution of enterprise-wide workflows, enabling seamless, scalable, and resilient services across IT, employee, and business operations. Automation Lead will functionally guide SRE practices, enable production-grade automation from federated development teams, and ensure platform stability, risk management, and audit readiness. This role bridges innovation and operational rigor—ensuring advanced automation and AI use cases reach production safely, compliantly, and at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and execute the automation vision and roadmap for ServiceNow-based service workflows.
• Identify, prioritize, and lead high-impact automation opportunities across ITSM, ITOM, and custom enterprise workflows.
• Define platform standards, reusable patterns, and reference architectures for enterprise service automation.
• Drive adoption of AI-powered capabilities such as Predictive Intelligence, Virtual Agent, AI Search, workflow intelligence, and GenAI experiences.
• Support transformation of CMDB to enable strong foundation.
• Translate business needs into intelligent, outcome-driven workflows that reduce manual effort and improve service quality.
• Establish KPIs to measure automation effectiveness, AI value realization, and operational impact.
• Support production readiness for enterprise workflows, including deployment standards, automated testing, and rollback strategies.
• Enable CI/CD-driven ServiceNow deployments, partnering with DevOps and release teams to improve speed and reliability.
• Ensure automation changes move from ideation to production with minimal risk and maximum observability.
• Functionally lead and influence the SRE practice, embedding reliability into workflow design.
• Define and monitor service-level objectives (SLOs), error budgets, and reliability metrics for ServiceNow workflows.
• Drive platform resilience practices including monitoring, alerting, self-healing automation, and incident avoidance.
• Establish and support a scalable federated automation model enabling product teams, citizen developers, and platform engineers.
• Define governance frameworks, guardrails, and certification approaches that balance speed with platform integrity.
• Promote reuse, API-first design, and composable workflows to avoid fragmentation.
• Support the platform risk posture for the ServiceNow platform, including technical debt, upgrade impacts, and dependency risks.
• Partner with security, risk, and compliance teams to support internal and external audits, control evidence, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure enterprise workflows meet standards for data protection, access control, and operational resilience.
• Act as a trusted platform advisor to senior technology, operations, and risk leadership.
• Clearly articulate trade-offs between innovation, reliability, and compliance.
• Influence outcomes across multiple teams without formal authority.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in ServiceNow platform leading, supporting and delivering Platform automations at scale.
• Deep hands-on experience with ServiceNow workflows, integrations, automation tooling, and platform architecture.
• Proven success delivering automation and AI-driven initiatives into production at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of SRE principles, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and production operations.
• Experience enabling federated or distributed development models within governed platforms.
• Demonstrated ownership of platform risk management, audit support, and compliance.
• Ability to operate as a senior IC leader, driving alignment and execution across multiple functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• ServiceNow certifications (CSA, CIS, CAD; CTA highly desirable).
• Experience designing or deploying GenAI-based workflow automation.
• Background in highly regulated industries (banking, financial services, healthcare, utilities).
• Experience modernizing or scaling enterprise ServiceNow platforms.

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