Platform Ownership and Development
· Own the end-to-end ServiceNow platform strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, transformation plans, and evolving business requirements.
· Oversee configuration, customisation, and optimisation across CSM, SMP, ITOM, AI Assist and other modules, ensuring best practice.
· Drive platform governance including development frameworks, sprint quality standards, version control, release planning, and design/architecture assurance.
· Identify and champion automation and AI opportunities, including NowAssist, generative AI, and workflow automation to enhance service efficiency and user experience.
· Ensure platform security, regulatory compliance (GDPR, ISO standards), and robust resilience across environments.
· Oversee integrations and API strategies in partnership with architects and technical teams.
· Manage Platform change and risk
Leadership
· Support our multidisciplinary ServiceNow team (Architects, Developers, Administrators) fostering a strong engineering culture and continuous improvement.
· Mentor team members and ensure clear performance governance, role clarity, and skills progression.
· Act as the senior escalation point for issues, ensuring timely and effective resolution.
Stakeholder Collaboration
· Partner with business leaders, product owners and senior managers to gather requirements, shape demand, and translate priorities into a clear roadmap.
· Collaborate with the CTO and CIO on customer facing innovation, portals, and operations
· Work with the Head of Internal IT to ensure underlying infrastructure supports platform performance and availability.
· Support the ServiceNow User Forum and cultivate a network of ServiceNow champions across the organisation.
Performance Monitoring, Reporting and Compliance
· Define and track KPIs including stability, uptime, adoption, feature utilisation, and time to value metrics.
· Provide regular reporting, insight, and improvement recommendations to the CIO and senior leadership team.
· Ensure strong patching, vulnerability management, access controls, and compliance processes.
Innovation, AI and future value
· Drive the adoption of AI, automation, and workflow optimisation using the latest ServiceNow capabilities.
· Lead the creation of AI driven user stories, agent models, and governance practices to safely scale AI across business functions.
· Champion a culture of experimentation, modern engineering, and platform innovation