ServiceNow Lead / Architect – CSM & Financial Services Operations | Remote U.S.

ServiceNow Lead / Architect – Financial Services Operations (FSO)

📍 Location: Fully Remote (U.S. – preference for NY)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
💰 Base Salary: $150,000 – $170,000
🎯 Bonus Eligible: Yes
🌎 Visa Sponsorship: Available
✈️ Travel: Occasional (as required)

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced ServiceNow Lead / Architect with deep expertise in Customer Service Management (CSM) and Financial Services Operations (FSO).

This role will serve as the technical owner across client implementations — leading architecture, mentoring developers, and driving delivery excellence across enterprise ServiceNow programs within commercial banking and financial services environments.

You will operate at the intersection of solution architecture, technical leadership, and client engagement, ensuring high-quality delivery while scaling best practices across the ServiceNow ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

🔹 Technical Leadership

• Act as technical owner for ServiceNow engagements

• Lead and mentor a team of developers

• Assign development tasks and provide architectural guidance

• Review sprint-level design and code for quality assurance

🔹 Architecture & Solution Design

• Lead requirements discovery sessions with stakeholders

• Design and implement complex ServiceNow solutions

• Architect workflows, case management, and automation across:

• CSM

• Financial Services Operations (FSO)

• Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs

• Lead greenfield implementations and enterprise rollouts

🔹 Development & Platform Expertise

• Build and customize:

• Complex workflows and workflow activities

• Business Rules, Client Scripts, UI Policies, UI Actions

• Script Includes, ACLs, Service Portal components

• Integrate third-party systems using:

• REST

• SOAP

• Scripted APIs

• Flow Designer / Integration Hub

• Manage deployments via Update Sets

• Oversee instance cloning, upgrades, and environment strategy

🔹 Governance & Platform Health

• Monitor ServiceNow health, usage, and compliance

• Lead production support and issue resolution

• Coordinate production and sub-production releases

• Support regression testing and upgrade remediation

• Maintain detailed technical documentation

🔹 Practice & Knowledge Leadership

• Participate in blueprinting workshops

• Assist in project estimation

• Lead knowledge transfer sessions

• Contribute to Center of Excellence (COE) standards

• Support continuous improvement of development best practices

• Lead internal training workshops

Required Qualifications

• 10–15+ years of overall IT experience

• Strong experience in ServiceNow Development

• Extensive experience in:

• Customer Service Management (CSM)

• Financial Services Operations (FSO)

• Proven experience leading client-facing technical projects

• Strong hands-on scripting experience (JavaScript within ServiceNow)

• Experience deploying code across lower and production environments

• Experience with integrations and API development

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Certifications (Required)

• ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA)

• At least one mainline Implementer Certification (FSO / CSM / HRSD / ITSM / GRC)

• Strong preference for Financial Services Operations (FSO) Professional Certification

Highly Preferred Experience

• Case management implementations supporting:

• Dispute Management

• Fraud Claims Processing

• Client Onboarding

• Loan Operations

• Card Operations

• Treasury Operations

• Greenfield implementation of a ServiceNow module

• Experience coordinating platform upgrades and cloning

• Strong understanding of ServiceNow best practices

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Architect-level thinker with hands-on capability

• Strong leadership presence in client-facing environments

• Experience operating in financial services or commercial banking

• Structured, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused

• Comfortable leading distributed teams in agile environments

• Proactive, self-motivated, and solution-oriented

Skill Matrix Required for Submission

Candidates must provide:

1. Total years of ServiceNow development experience

2. Total years of CSM experience

3. Total years of FSO experience

4. Total years operating in an Architect capacity

Compensation & Benefits

• 💰 Base Salary: $150,000 – $170,000

• Bonus eligible

• Full benefits package

• Remote flexibility

• Long-term career growth within enterprise-scale transformation programs

Technical Lead – ServiceNow | London | CSM, CMDB, ITSM, ITOM Expert

Job Title: Technical Lead – ServiceNow

Location: London, UK (Remote / Hybrid)

Salary: Competitive (based on experience & certifications)

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Technical Lead to drive and oversee technical delivery across the full ServiceNow ecosystem. This individual will act as the senior technical authority across multiple implementations, ensuring best-practice architecture, high-quality delivery, and seamless execution of client engagements.

You will lead technical strategy, run workshops, guide architecture decisions, and work closely with consultants, developers, and clients to ensure the platform is designed, built, and delivered to the highest standard.

This role requires strong hands-on expertise across CSM, CMDB, ITSM, and ITOM, with broader module knowledge being a significant advantage. A Certified Master Architect (CMA) or ServiceNow Certified Technical Architect (CTA) is strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Act as the technical authority across ServiceNow engagements, ensuring architectural best practice.

• Lead architecture reviews, platform design sessions, and technical governance.

• Define and maintain technical standards, patterns, and frameworks.

• Ensure platform scalability, performance, and maintainability.

Client Engagement

• Lead technical workshops with clients to understand requirements, challenges, and business outcomes.

• Run roadmap planning sessions and solution design discussions.

• Translate business goals into technical solutions aligned with ServiceNow best practice.

Delivery Oversight

• Oversee end-to-end technical delivery across multiple projects.

• Ensure solution quality, technical integrity, and alignment with client requirements.

• Review and validate stories, configurations, and custom development.

• Provide hands-on support for complex configuration, integrations, and troubleshooting.

Team Leadership

• Guide and mentor developers, technical consultants, and architects.

• Support skills development, certifications, and capability building within the technical team.

• Act as an escalation point for complex technical issues.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Work closely with engagement managers, solution consultants, and project teams.

• Contribute to pre-sales, solution proposals, and technical scoping.

• Stay ahead of new ServiceNow releases, features, and product capabilities.

• Promote continuous improvement in delivery processes, tools, and methodologies.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong technical leadership background within ServiceNow professional services or partner environments.

• Proven expertise across CSM, CMDB, ITSM, and ITOM (mandatory).

• Hands-on experience architecting and delivering complex ServiceNow solutions.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills.

• Excellent understanding of ServiceNow platform architecture, integrations, and governance.

• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable solutions.

• Strong communication, documentation, and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• ServiceNow Certified Master Architect (CMA) – ideal.

• OR Certified Technical Architect (CTA) / Certified Application Architect (CAA) / Certified Implementation Specialist (multiple modules).

• Additional certifications in ITOM, CSM, CMDB, HRSD, SPM, or other modules.

• ITIL certification, Agile/Scrum certification, and cloud knowledge (Azure/AWS) are beneficial.

• Prior experience mentoring technical teams and leading large-scale enterprise implementations.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• A senior ServiceNow expert with a strong blend of architectural expertise, delivery oversight, and client-facing leadership.

• Comfortable leading discussions with senior stakeholders and technical teams alike.

• Passionate about platform excellence, innovation, and raising technical standards.

• Able to operate autonomously, own complex client problems, and drive outcomes.