SAP NS2 ServiceNow Process Solution Architect

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION

SAP is the global market leader for business software and related services. SAP National Security Services Inc. ® (SAP NS2®) is an independent U.S. subsidiary, offering SAP solutions with specialized levels of security and support to meet the requirements of U.S. national security and critical infrastructure customers.

All internals must have manager’s approval to transfer.

Must be a U.S. Citizen.

 

ROLE: ServiceNow Process Solution Architect

 

REQUIREMENTS:

• Extensive experience in business transformation, process architecture, business process re-engineering, process improvement, operating model design, or related disciplines

• Demonstrated ability to assess complex business processes, identify root causes and systemic issues, and design scalable and sustainable future-state processes

• Strong understanding of end-to-end process design, value streams, roles and responsibilities, decision points, controls, performance measures, exceptions, and governance

• Experience assessing process maturity, identifying capability gaps, and developing target-state maturity models and transformation roadmaps

• Strong business acumen and ability to connect process design to strategic objectives, operational performance, user experience, risk, and measurable business outcomes

• Strong functional understanding of the ServiceNow platform and broad knowledge of CSM, ITSM, SPM, CMDB, ITOM, IRM, SecOps, and related capabilities

• Ability to identify opportunities for workflow automation, self-service, improved user experiences, stronger controls, and AI-enabled capabilities while collaborating with ServiceNow Platform Architects and technical teams

• Strong understanding of process standardization, simplification, scalability, governance, controls, automation, and continuous improvement

• Understanding of the process, data, knowledge, governance, and organizational foundations required to successfully adopt automation and artificial intelligence

• Exceptional stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, and negotiation skills, including the ability to challenge assumptions, navigate competing priorities, manage resistance, and build alignment around a shared future-state vision

• Strong understanding of Organizational Change Management (OCM), including stakeholder engagement, communications, training, enablement, and adoption

• Strong knowledge of ITIL processes and experience working within Agile/SCRUM delivery environments

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Serve as a senior process architecture and transformation advisor for business initiatives enabled by the ServiceNow platform

• Partner with business leaders, process owners, and stakeholders to understand strategic objectives, operational challenges, risks, and desired business outcomes

• Lead current-state discovery and process assessments, including evaluation of roles, responsibilities, handoffs, decision points, controls, pain points, exceptions, and performance measures

• Assess process maturity and organizational readiness and help stakeholders establish practical target-state maturity levels and transformation roadmaps

• Facilitate the design of future-state processes that are simplified, standardized, scalable, measurable, controlled, user-centered, and positioned for automation and AI enablement

• Challenge the assumption that current-state processes should be replicated in ServiceNow and help stakeholders distinguish between true business requirements, required controls, historical practices, and unnecessary complexity

• Identify opportunities to eliminate redundant activities, excessive approvals, unclear ownership, manual handoffs, and other barriers to effective and scalable operations

• Navigate competing stakeholder priorities and facilitate decisions regarding process standardization, ownership, governance, controls, performance measures, and operating models

• Translate business objectives and future-state process designs into clear business capabilities, functional requirements, and desired outcomes that can be enabled through ServiceNow

• Partner with ServiceNow Platform Architects and technical teams to translate future-state process designs into scalable platform solutions while maintaining a clear distinction between process architecture and detailed technical architecture

• Develop process architecture artifacts, including current-state and future-state process maps, value streams, maturity assessments, capability assessments, operating models, and transformation roadmaps

• Define measurable success criteria to evaluate process effectiveness, automation, adoption, user experience, compliance, and business outcomes

• Prepare processes for AI and automation by improving standardization, data and knowledge quality, decision logic, governance, ownership, and exception management

• Evaluate AI and automation opportunities based on business value, process maturity, organizational readiness, risk, and feasibility, prioritizing process simplification before automation

• Incorporate OCM into future-state design and partner with business leaders and change, communications, training, and enablement resources to support business readiness and sustained adoption

• Facilitate executive briefings, stakeholder workshops, process design sessions, maturity assessments, and decision-making forums

• Collaborate with business analysts and product owners to translate future-state designs into prioritized requirements and provide process guidance throughout Agile/SCRUM delivery

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 7 - 10+ years of progressive experience in business transformation, process architecture, business process management, management consulting, business analysis, operating model design, service management, or related disciplines

• 5+ years leading complex business process transformation, process architecture, or business process re-engineering initiatives

• Significant experience with the ServiceNow platform or comparable enterprise workflow and automation platforms

• Demonstrated experience designing future-state processes, conducting process maturity assessments, and developing transformation roadmaps

• Proven ability to facilitate complex stakeholder discussions, challenge current-state practices, and achieve alignment among stakeholders with competing priorities

• Experience partnering with senior leaders, technical architects, and delivery teams to translate business strategy and process design into functional solutions

• Experience with OCM, Agile/SCRUM, ITIL, process automation, AI-enabled workflows, or process improvement methodologies

 

QUALIFICATION:

• Minimum 4-year University degree or equivalent work experience

• ServiceNow CSA, Business Analyst, or relevant CIS certification preferred

• ITIL certification strongly preferred

• Prosci or equivalent OCM certification strongly preferred

• Lean, Lean Six Sigma, BPM, Design Thinking, service design, PMP, Agile/SCRUM, SAFe, TOGAF, or business architecture certification beneficial

• English: Fluent

• Travel: 0-10%

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Requisition ID: 459617 | Work Area: Information Technology | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid