Program Director

ServiceNow; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 337,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k) Plan with company match

ESPP

Matching donations

Flexible time away plan

Family leave programs

Job summary

ServiceNow is seeking a Program Director (EM) to lead Expert Service engagements, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery and alignment with customer outcomes. You will govern complex programs, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive rapid decision-making while mentoring managers and collaborating with partners and customers.

The role emphasizes AI-enabled workflows, stakeholder engagement, and a start-up pace with large enterprise impact.

Qualifications

• 15 years progressive experience in a professional services organization.
• Experience integrating AI into work processes, decision-making or problem-solving.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.
• Creative, high energy, entrepreneurial spirit; comfortable running initiatives independently.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple Expert Service engagements to deliver on-time, on-budget outcomes.
• Develop plans addressing risks, issues and escalations; drive issue resolution.
• Mentor and lead Senior/Principal Engagement Managers in large programs.
• Guide governance, timelines, scope, risks, and financials of engagements.
• Collaborate with Sales, partner and customer to understand business challenges and value.
• Act as a thought leader using Now Create methodology for long-term customer success.
• Support business development for multi-million-dollar engagements.

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

Role Purpose

Program Directors (EMs) lead and drive multiple Expert Service engagements, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery of solutions to achieve customer business outcomes. They are the key point of communication and coordination for the delivery team, keeping the project on track by establishing and maintaining governance forums, mitigating risks and issues, and driving rapid and effective decision-making, escalating issues as required.

JobResponsibilities

• Manage multiple ES engagement workstreams, leveraging a deep understanding of project impacts, cross effects, and alternative actions.
• Proactively develop and implement plans to address risks, issues, and escalations.
• Drive problem resolution through swift escalation and clear responsibility division.
• Identify discrepancies between actual progress and planned objectives, driving effective resolutions.
• Coach, mentor, and lead Principal Engagement Managers and Senior Engagement Managers in large complex projects.
• Influence, support and provide thought leadership to the customer during times of ambiguity or conflict.
• Lead the delivery team throughout the engagement, often in collaboration with a services partner.
• Manage the engagement governance, timeline, scope, risk, change management, resourcing, reporting and financials.
• Collaborate with the Sales Account Team, partner and customer to understand the customer and the engagement; including business challenges, key stakeholders, issues and business value being delivered.
• Understand the business objectives and align the deliverables accordingly.
• Act as a thought leader, applying expertise from the Now Create methodology and prescriptive guidance to drive successful delivery of the engagement, including long term customer success.
• Accountable for communication and acts as the single point of contact to facilitate collaboration, decision making and customer buy-in on proposed solutions.
• Coach, mentor and manage Customer Outcomes and/or Partner team members to achieve the engagement’s deliverables and enable the customer’s desired business outcomes.
• Typically manages multiple projects simultaneously.
• Identify gaps between actuals and plan of record, propose solutions and drive resolution.
• Lead the delivery team throughout large, complex programs, often with multiple workstreams and in collaboration with a services partner.
• Support Business Development efforts forMulti-Million-dollar engagements.
• Manage the largest and most complex programs for Customer Outcomes Strategic Accounts.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Experience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI's potential impact on the function or industry.
• 15 years progressive experience as part of a professional services organization.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.
• Creative, high energy, entrepreneurial spirit with comfort running initiatives and program independently within a 'start-up paced' environment.
• Demonstrated success driving complex issues through analysis and resolution.
• Experience working collaboratively and cross-functionally.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• ServiceNow certification in aligned workflow.
• Expert in integrating AI tools to optimize workflows, drive strategy, and deliver business value through platforms like ServiceNow.
• Skilled in ethical AI use, technical translation, and stakeholder engagement across both technical and executive audiences.

For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $192,400 - $336,700, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies, and work location. We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs. Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.

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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