Manager, Architecture (BangaloreMumbaiHyderabad)

About the Role

The Manager Architecture will lead a team of Platform Architects within the APAC region driving customer transformation through strategic platform guidance architecture design and best practices. This role combines leadership technical expertise and consulting experience to deliver measurable business outcomes for ServiceNows largest customers with a strong focus on GRR NPS and Adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development

• Build and lead a high-performing team of Platform Architects fostering growth enablement and professional development.
• Promote a culture of collaboration knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
• Customer Transformation & Delivery
• Champion customer success by aligning platform strategy and governance with business objectives.
• Provide strategic and technical leadership to customers partners and internal teams.
• Contribute to customer-facing work (target utilisation: 20%) through direct engagement in complex engagements.

Pre-Sales & Business Development

• Support go-to-market efforts including pre-sales activities scoping and proposal development.
• Partner with Product Sales and Enablement teams to align architecture strategy with broader organisational goals.
• Influence adoption and consumption through strategic architecture guidance.
• Thought Leadership & Innovation
• Develop and refine service offerings best practices and thought leadership content.
• Drive innovation and adoption in ServiceNow deployments.

Key Performance Indicators

• Gross Renewal Rate (GRR) ensuring platform strategy drives retention.
• Net Promoter Score (NPS) delivering exceptional customer experiences.
• Adoption Metrics accelerating product consumption and business impact.
• Team productivity and utilisation.
• Talent development and readiness within the team.

Qualifications :

Qualifications & Experience

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 AIs potential impact on the function or industry.

Leadership & People Development

• 8 - 10 years of proven experience managing teams in a professional services environment.
• Ability to inspire mentor and develop diverse technical and business talent.
• Strong relationship-building skills with internal teams partners and customers.
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace.

Consulting & Delivery Expertise

• 810 years in consulting or professional services with a focus on enterprise transformation.
• Experience managing large-scale customer engagements and executive-level stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Now Create Agile frameworks or similar methodologies.
• Technical Expertise
• Strong understanding of SaaS platforms enterprise architecture and digital transformation.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow or similar platforms is advantageous.
• Ability to design scalable high-impact solutions across Technology CRM Industry or AI & Data domains.
• Exposure to AI integration in workflows and decision-making processes.

Other Qualities for Success

• Transformation mindset focused on long-term business impact.
• Excellent communication skills to simplify complex concepts.
• Passion for innovation and continuous improvement.
• Ability to foster collaboration within a diverse team.

Optional Additions

• Preferred Certifications: ServiceNow Certified Technical Architect TOGAF or similar.
• Travel Requirements: Up to 25% across APAC.

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 creed religion sex sexual orientation national origin or nationality ancestry age disability gender identity or expression marital status veteran status or any other category protected by addition all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements. 

Accommodations

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Export Control Regulations

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time