The Product Owner for the ServiceNow Global Configuration Management Database (CMDB) Program plays a strategic leadership role in shaping and executing the roadmap for CMDB capabilities across the enterprise. This role partners with global stakeholders, data stewards, and data consumers to ensure the CMDB evolves to meet business needs, supports IT operations, and delivers reliable data for decision-making. Key responsibilities include managing the lifecycle of Configuration Item (CI) classes, implementing Critical Data Element (CDE) changes, and reporting platform health to executive leadership.
ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities
Product Ownership: Work with stakeholders to define and communicate the vision and roadmap for the ServiceNow Global CMDB, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, IT strategies, and platform capabilities.
Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with IT, business, and compliance stakeholders to gather requirements, prioritize features, and manage the product backlog.
CDE Change Management: Oversee changes to existing CI classes, including updates to Critical Data Elements (CDEs) to improve data quality and governance.
Executive-Level Health Reporting: Oversee the development and delivery of executive-level reporting on CMDB health, including data quality, completeness, and usage metrics.
Enterprise Alignment: Ensure CMDB initiatives align with enterprise architecture and IT service management goals.
Documentation Maintenance: Maintain documentation of roadmap items, CI class definitions, and platform changes.
Continuous Improvement Leadership: Support continuous improvement efforts to enhance CMDB usability, automation, and integration.
Application Support: Serve as a point of contact for CMDB-related issues, providing timely resolution and support to end users and IT teams.
Qualifications
BA/BS in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience in ServiceNow Configuration Management, with at least 2 years in a Product Owner or similar leadership role.
Strong understanding of ServiceNow CMDB architecture, data models, and platform capabilities.
Experience working with global teams and managing enterprise-scale CMDB implementations.
Familiarity with ITIL framework and configuration management processes.
Key Competencies
Ability to communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical users.
Ability to translate business needs into actionable roadmap items.
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining data accuracy and system reliability.
Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Eagerness to stay current with ServiceNow platform updates and platform evolution.
The Yum! Brands story is simple. We have the four distinctive, relevant and easy global brands – KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill -- born from the hopes and dreams, ambitions and grit of passionate entrepreneurs. And we want more of this to create our future!
As the world’s largest restaurant company we have a clear and compelling mission: to build the world’s most love, trusted and fastest-growing restaurant brands. The key and not-so-secret ingredient in our recipe for growth is our unrivaled talent and culture, which fuels our results.
We’re looking for talented, motivated, visionary and team-oriented leaders to join us as we elevate and personalize the customer experience across our 48,000 restaurants, operating in 145 countries and territories around the world!
We put pizza, chicken and tacos in the hands of customers through customized ordering, unique delivery approaches, app experiences, and click and collect services and consumer data analytics creating unique customer dining experiences – and we are only getting started.
Employees may work for a single brand and potentially grow to support all company-owned brands depending on their role. Regardless of where they work, as a company opening an average of 8 restaurants a day worldwide, the growth opportunities are endless. Taco Bell has been named of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World by Fast Company; Pizza Hut delivers more pizzas than any other pizza company in the world and KFC’s still use its 75-year-old finger lickin’ good recipe including secret herbs and spices to hand-bread its chicken every day.
Yum! and its brands have offices in Chicago, IL, Louisville KY, Irvine, CA, Plano, TX and other markets around the world. We don’t just say we are a great place to work – our commitments to the world and our employees show it. Yum! has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and ranked among the top 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine in addition to being named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. Our employees work in an environment where the value of “believe in all people” is lived every day, enjoying benefits including but not limited to: 4 weeks’ vacation PLUS holidays, sick leave and 2 paid days to volunteer at the cause of their choice and a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program; generous parental leave; competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as a 6% 401k match – all encompassed in Yum!’s world-famous recognition culture.
Skills Required
- BA/BS in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience in ServiceNow Configuration Management
- At least 2 years in a Product Owner or similar leadership role
- Strong understanding of ServiceNow CMDB architecture and data models
- Experience managing enterprise-scale CMDB implementations
- Familiarity with ITIL framework and configuration management processes
Yum! Brands Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Yum! Brands and has not been reviewed or approved by Yum! Brands.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Corporate roles include four weeks of vacation, year‑round half‑day Fridays, company holidays, dedicated “Live Well” days, and paid volunteer days. These policies contribute meaningfully to overall compensation value for corporate employees.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Offerings include free access to mental‑health counselors, onsite/virtual wellness tools, onsite gyms in select offices, and wellbeing discounts. Smoking‑cessation and weight‑management programs further bolster lifestyle support.
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits span family‑planning coverage such as adoption, fertility, and baby‑bonding leave. Corporate materials also note enhanced parental leave for U.S. corporate employees.
Yum! Brands Insights
What We Do
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 55,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the Company’s concepts – KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and the Habit Burger Grill. The Company's KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut brands are global leaders of the chicken, Mexican-style food, and pizza categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill is a fast casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more. What makes Yum! a great place to work? It's our people. As the world's largest restaurant company, we invest in people capability so that our global workforce can make the most of their careers. With ongoing opportunities for personal and professional success, we've built a culture that rewards and recognizes great effort while providing the flexibility that is so important to all of us.
