Sr. Technical Product Owner, CMDB

Product Owner For The Servicenow Global Configuration Management Database (Cmdb) Program

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.

Key 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.

About Us

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.

Job Info

• Job Identification 4393
• Locations Plano, TX, United States