PrincipalSolution Architect, ITSM

ServiceNow; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

ServiceNow is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to consult with customers on implementing Technology Workflow solutions, aligning architectural guidance with business outcomes. The role focuses on solving high-value challenges during sales cycles and direct engagements with customers and partners, advocating customer needs within ServiceNow.

The candidate will bring deep product expertise, strong communication skills, and a track record of leading complex, multi-stakeholder engagements

Qualifications

• 8+ years in consultation and/or configuration implementing complex technologies, incl. integrations and portals.
• 5+ years in ServiceNow Technology Workflow solution suite.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and guiding stakeholders on business processes and technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Support pre-sales activities with sales and partner teams.
• Lead engagement teams to deliver customer outcomes and align workflows with customer technology landscapes.
• Engage senior stakeholders (CXO level) on roadmaps and change management practices.
• Design solutions using Technology Workflows for common use cases and publish learnings for broader consumption.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to promote workflow capabilities and roadmaps.
• Lead learning events and webinars for field delivery stakeholders.
• Mentor other team members and partners in ServiceNow delivery.
• Travel up to 50% annually as required by customer needs.

Skills

Consultation experience

Configuration experience

Solution design

Executive communication

Education

Certified System Administrator

Certified Implementation Specialist (ITSM, ITOM)

Certified Technical Architect

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

This Principal Solution Architect is a functional and technical expert consulting with customers on implementing ServiceNow's Technology Workflow solutions based on leading practices – all with the goal of accelerating and driving customer business outcomes. The role requires the person to be laser-focused on solving for the most relevant customer challenges - providing support during sales cycles, on direct engagements with our Customers and Partners, and advocating for customer needs within ServiceNow (e.g., Product Management, Customer & Partner Excellence, Training & Certification).

The Principal Solution Architect will bring architectural guidance, business acumen in the technology industry, along with deep product expertise, innovation, and knowledge capital to our customers and partners

What you get to do in this role:

• Support pre-sales activities like conducting sales presentations, leading solutioning/scoping discussions/workshops, estimating implementation engagement efforts in partnership with Services Account Executives, Solution Sales Executives/Consultants, Sales Account Executives, and Partner Sales Organizations
• Be a lead member of an overall engagement project team focused on delivering successful and substantive customer outcomes, focused on inter-connectivity between Workflow applications and a Customer’s technology landscape, while informing customer on governance best practices
• Interacts with senior leadership or even CXO roles to support discussions related to their implementation roadmap and change management best practices for implementing applications within a Workflow
• Design solutions using Technology Workflow solutions for common customer use cases, publishing those use cases (to Solution Consultant, Customer Community, etc.) for broader consumption
• Establish mutually beneficial relationships with a Workflow’s product owners and stakeholders, to promote awareness of Workflow Solutions capabilities and roadmaps
• Lead office hours, formal presentations, webinars and other learning events tailored to field delivery stakeholders (advisory, delivery, GTM, etc.) to showcase customer use cases and successes
• Promotes continuous improvement practices for delivery/engagement materials in partnership with related Customer & Partner Excellence Team
• Enable and mentor other members of the ServiceNow delivery team and partner ecosystem
• Up to 50% travel annually, driven by customer needs and internal meetings

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, we need someone who has:

• At least 8 years of consultation and/or configuration experience related to implementing complex, highly-capable technologies; including integrations and portals
• At least 5 years of consultation and/or configuration experience related to implementing the ServiceNow Technology Workflow solution suite
• Vast and varied experience across leading Technology software platforms
• Demonstrated ability to influence and consult senior leaders (identification of needs, providing options with pros, cons and risks), while also providing thought leadership to sponsors/stakeholders in solving business process and/or technical problems
• Customer-centric mentality, willing to go the extra mile for the customer, and will break down all barriers to ensure customer success
• Interacts well with both technical and non-technical customers, attains relevant technical and business requirements, analyzes information, and designs comprehensive solutions
• Capable of developing visually rich and professional conceptual design documents targeted to varying audiences of business and technical aptitude
• Experience conducting solutions presentations and obtaining customer acceptance to solution design
• Strong capabilities in forging trust, engaging a remote or in-person audience
• Strong aptitude toward communicating complex business and technical concepts using visualization and modeling aids. Ability to conceptualize and design sophisticated wireframes, workflows, and diagrams
• A passion to continually study new technologies and functionality, as well as be involved in projects that push the capabilities of existing technologies
• ServiceNow Certifications:
  • Certified System Administrator (required or must be achieved within the first 60 days)
  • At least 2 relevant Certified Implementation Specialist certifications (ITSM, ITOM)
• Desired ServiceNow Certifications:
  • Certified Technical Architect (required or must be achieved within the first 365 days)

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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