ServiceNow Director - Director Digital Solutions I

ServiceNow Director - Director Digital Solutions I
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Job Overview

The Director of ServiceNow Architecture, Engineering & Delivery is responsible for maturing the enterprise ServiceNow platform across technology delivery, technical foundation, experience, and AI. This role provides leadership for a global ServiceNow organization supporting enterprise workflows and experiences and is accountable for advancing platform governance, engineering standards, delivery predictability, technical quality, platform health, and AI-enabled development in alignment with business, risk, security, and compliance requirements.

The role combines strategic direction, technology delivery accountability, organizational leadership, and program execution. The Director will lead and develop a globally distributed engineering and delivery organization while driving transformation initiatives such as SDLC modernization, architecture and integration governance, automated testing, CI/CD, technical-debt reduction, Employee Center Pro delivery, Now Assist and AI-agent adoption, platform reliability, and partner delivery performance.

Job Title: Director Digital Solutions I

Location: Bangalore

Key Responsibilities

Lead architecture and engineering

• Establish and enforce ServiceNow architecture and engineering standards within enterprise architecture, security, data, integration and UX frameworks.
• Set clear direction for workflow design, integration patterns, configuration versus customization, reusable components and technical-debt reduction.
• Own platform engineering health, including performance, scalability, security, observability, resilience, upgrade readiness and instance hygiene.
• Chair the Platform Architecture Review Board and represent ServiceNow in cross-platform architecture forums.

Own technology delivery

• Lead the global architecture, engineering, integration, quality and delivery organization, with scaled execution anchored in India.
• Own delivery performance across ServiceNow programs and product teams, including planning, estimation, dependencies, risk, quality and release readiness.
• Create a predictable SDLC across intake, development, testing, security, deployment, change control and rollback readiness.
• Advance enterprise-aligned engineering practices, including Azure DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing and shift-left security.

Apply AI across the platform and SDLC

• Translate platform and enterprise AI direction into practical ServiceNow architecture, engineering patterns and delivery plans.
• Lead the implementation of Now Assist, AI agents and integrations with the enterprise AI Agent Fabric.
• Use AI to improve story development, code generation and review, automated testing, documentation, upgrade analysis and release execution.
• Build real AI capability across the team rather than treating AI as a separate initiative.

Deliver an experience-led platform

• Own the engineering and delivery of the company intranet built on Employee Center Pro.
• Ensuring content, knowledge, workflows and services come together as a consistent and effective employee experience.
• Partner with central UX teams and the Associate Experience UX Council to meet established design, accessibility and usability standards.

Build a high-performing global team

• Develop the team we have, strengthen engineering-management depth and create clear growth and succession opportunities.
• Build a culture of accountability, collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Own workforce and capacity planning across architecture, engineering, integration, QA, DevOps and delivery management.
• Determine the right mix of employees, contingent resources, and strategic partners as the platform scales.

Govern partners and measure outcomes

• Hold implementation partners and contingent teams accountable for architecture, engineering, UX, security, quality and release standards.
• Evaluate partner performance, productivity, knowledge transfer and adherence to agreed outcomes.
• Establish an engineering scorecard covering delivery predictability, lead time, test automation, escaped defects, release quality, platform reliability, technical debt and productivity.
• Connect engineering improvements to automation, adoption, user experience, cycle-time reduction and cost-to-serve.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise technology, software engineering, platform delivery or architecture.
• 8+ years of deep ServiceNow experience across architecture, development, platform engineering and governance. Candidates with broader enterprise-platform leadership and at least 6 years of strong ServiceNow experience may also be considered.
• 7+ years of people-leadership experience, including leading engineering managers, architects and globally distributed teams.
• 5+ years leading large-scale engineering or delivery transformation, with measurable improvement in SDLC maturity, release automation, quality and delivery predictability.
• Demonstrated success leading a sizable global engineering and delivery organization, including teams operating through global delivery centers.
• Strong experience establishing architecture and engineering standards and ensuring internal teams and partners consistently follow them.
• Strong knowledge of ServiceNow ITSM, CSM, HRSD, Employee Center Pro, Service Portal and enterprise workflow applications.
• Hands-on experience with Now Assist, AI-agent design and the practical use of AI across engineering, testing, documentation and release processes.
• 5+ years of integration architecture experience across APIs, webhooks, event-driven patterns, ERP systems, cloud platforms, monitoring and telemetry.
• Experience leading architecture, change and release-governance forums and partnering with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, UX and peer platform teams.
• Experience governing systems-integrator and staff-augmentation partners across quality, productivity, standards of compliance and knowledge transfer.
• Strong understanding of governance, risk, compliance, and operational controls in an enterprise environment.
• Proven ability to develop talent, build successors, strengthen leadership depth, and retain high-performing teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience with ServiceNow workflow applications such as Accounts Payable Operations, Manufacturing Commercial Operations and Source-to-Pay Operations.
• Experience integrating ServiceNow with SAP or other enterprise ERP platforms.
• Experience leading multiple ServiceNow product and program teams within a shared enterprise platform model.
• ServiceNow certifications are strongly preferred; ITIL, cloud, architecture or automation certifications are a plus.