Director, APEX M&A Operations

About the Role

Think of this role as the mini-COO of ServiceNows integration portfolio working hand-in-hand with the Sr. Director of Strategic Operations. This role owns integration business end-to-end from shaping how acquired companies are integrated into ServiceNow building playbooks and consistent practices to streamline future integrations to identifying owning and driving to resolution specific process areas critical to the outcome of integration in addition to partnering with the team and leadership to drive the strategic priorities of the COO Office and being accountable for whether integration outcomes are actually achieved.

This is a business ownership role not a program management role. The person in this seat makes decisions drives clarity and holds the portfolio accountable. They operate at the intersection of strategy and execution setting direction with the IMO steerco and ensuring the organization delivers against it. This role will own the outcomes sometimes managing a process day-to-day sometimes overseeing direct or indirect team members or

You will need to be equally fluent in the boardroom and in the weeds able to advise the President & COO on integration strategy one hour and resolve a cross-functional escalation the next. This requires someone with strong business judgment high executive presence and the credibility to drive decisions across a matrixed organization without direct authority.

This role reports to the Senior. Director APEX IMO
 

What You Will Do

Integration Business Ownership

• Own end-to-end accountability for integration outcomes across the APEX portfolio from close through end-state integration
• Define what success looks like for each integration: set the business objectives establish success metrics and hold workstream owners accountable to results
• Drive the integration strategy in partnership with the IMO leader including decisions on scope sequencing resourcing and trade-offs
• Serve as the primary business decision-maker on integration questions that span functions; escalate only what requires executive resolution
• Identify risks before they become problems exercise business judgment to distinguish between noise and issues that threaten integration value

COO Strategic Programs & Executive Engagement

• Serve as a senior operator for the COO Offices strategic agenda not managing the OKR program itself but driving the executive alignment organizational change and cross-functional momentum that determines whether COO priorities actually land
• Own the relationships and working rhythms that connect the COO Office to the rest of the company: ELT engagements VP-level stakeholder relationships and the informal influence networks that move things when formal authority cant
• Lead the COOs participation in company-wide strategic cadences summer strategy annual planning leadership offsites and QBRs ensuring the COO agenda is well-represented well-prepared and lands with impact
• Drive organizational change and alignment on the COOs highest-priority cross-functional initiatives identifying where the organization is stuck building coalitions to move it and holding progress accountable without creating bureaucracy
• Identify shape and launch new strategic opportunities for the COO team this person expands the teams capacity to take on more not just execute whats already on the list
• Prepare and own executive-facing materials for Amit Anne and ELT audiences these go out with minimal revision; you write at that level natively

COO Team Capability & Organizational Leadership

• Build the COO teams strength and institutional capability identify gaps develop talent and create conditions where the team consistently punches above its weight
• Lead and develop direct reports including the Sr. Staff PgM; ensure the team is focused growing and working on the right things
• Represent the COO Office in cross-functional forums you carry the credibility and judgment to speak for the team in high-stakes settings
• Step into hands-on execution when there is a gap you know when to lead from the front and when to delegate

Qualifications :

What You Will Need to Be Successful

• Experience operating at the executive interface you have managed VP and C-suite relationships navigated political complexity and driven alignment across matrixed organizations where you had no direct authority
• Deep understanding of how large companies make decisions and move: you know how to work the formal and informal systems when to escalate and when to resolve and how to get things done in a complex enterprise
• Track record as a business owner you have been accountable for outcomes made hard calls and built something meaningful not just supported someone else who did
• M&A integration experience: you understand the full lifecycle and what drives or destroys value post-close; you can connect integration execution to the broader COO strategic agenda
• Executive presence and communication: you operate credibly with ELT audiences produce materials that require minimal revision and know when to push and when to listen
• Strong people leadership: you develop others build trust quickly and expand the capacity of every team you join
• High adaptability and resilience this environment moves fast and shifts direction; you bring others along rather than getting disrupted
• MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred

Basic Qualifications:

• 12 years in management consulting corporate strategy chief of staff or senior strategic operations roles with a demonstrated track record of driving organizational change and executive alignment not just delivering programs
• Bachelors degree required

Why This Role

• You will run the integration portfolio of one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies in the world work with direct visibility to the President & COO that determines whether billions of dollars of acquisition value is realized.

• This is a role with real scope real authority and real impact. The team is lean and the bar is high. If you want to own something meaningful and grow with it this is it.
   

For positions in this location we offer a base pay of $180200 - $315400 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

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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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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time