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We are looking for a visionary technically deep and engineering-led ServiceNow Platform Owner to lead BlackRock's enterprise ServiceNow capabilities. This is a senior leadership role at the intersection of platform engineering AI-enabled automation and enterprise service management — sitting at the heart of how BlackRock delivers operational resilience service excellence and technology transformation at scale.
As Director and Platform Owner you will bring expert-level technical fluency in ServiceNow and a hands-on engineering mindset to define how the platform is architected evolved and scaled. You will lead a large globally distributed internal team — setting the technical bar embedding AI-first thinking into every layer of the platform and ensuring delivery is grounded in engineering rigour scalable design and measurable business outcomes.
Business Overview
The Service Platform & Observability (SPO) team supports and manages production environments across BlackRock including subsidiaries and clients of BlackRock Solutions. Our scope spans key ServiceNow modules batch orchestrators data transfer services and observability tooling that are critical to business operations and regulatory compliance. The ServiceNow platform is a foundational capability enabling ITSM ITOM ITAM HRSD and enterprise workflow automation across the firm. This role owns that capability end-to-end.
Role Responsibility
Own and drive the enterprise ServiceNow platform technical strategy including multi-year roadmap development module prioritization and architectural direction — ensuring alignment with BlackRock's broader technology and operational resilience goals.
Lead develop and grow the ServiceNow Platform team including engineers developers business analysts and contingent workers fostering a culture of technical excellence accountability and continuous improvement.
Own the technical architecture and engineering standards for the ServiceNow platform — establishing scalable design patterns scripting standards integration frameworks and platform governance that enable high-quality consistent delivery at enterprise scale.
Drive the integration of AI and intelligent automation capabilities into the ServiceNow platform including Now Assist generative AI workflows agentic automation and predictive analytics — ensuring BlackRock remains at the leading edge of enterprise service management.
Define and embed AI-first engineering practices across the team — from prompt-driven workflow design and ML-assisted triage to intelligent observability integrations — making AI a core capability of how the platform operates rather than an add-on.
Establish and enforce platform governance including change control standards CMDB integrity CSDM alignment release management practices and compliance with regulatory frameworks including DORA and internal audit requirements.
Collaborate with senior business and technology leaders across the firm to translate strategic objectives into platform capabilities ensuring ServiceNow investments deliver measurable operational and financial value.
Oversee and mature integrations between ServiceNow and critical enterprise systems including Splunk Grafana PagerDuty Azure DevOps Snowflake and third-party development partners.
Drive cost transparency and value tracking across all ServiceNow enhancements owning the platform's financial posture and ensuring return on investment is clearly articulated to leadership.
Champion platform modernisation including the retirement of legacy tools and processes migration to cloud-native ServiceNow capabilities and adoption of hub-and-spoke operating models for scalable governance.
Represent the ServiceNow platform in firm-wide technology forums and vendor governance meetings including managing BlackRock's relationship with ServiceNow as a strategic partner.
Additional Responsibilities
Maintain visibility into platform availability performance and incident trends with accountability for Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) and SLA compliance across all ServiceNow-supported services.
Ensure the platform's operational health through structured capacity planning proactive risk identification and robust business continuity practices.
Lead regular platform reviews with senior stakeholders providing structured reporting on roadmap progress delivery metrics risks and strategic outcomes.
Oversee the full ServiceNow instance administration posture — including delegation of groups workflow governance ACL management CMDB standards and catalogue integrity — ensuring adherence to best practices at scale.
Drive talent strategy for the ServiceNow team including hiring performance management career development and succession planning for key engineering and delivery roles.
Partner with internal audit risk and compliance teams to ensure the platform meets all regulatory and operational resilience requirements including evidence generation for audit readiness.
Skills / Experience Required
15+ years of technology experience with a minimum of 10 years of deep hands-on ServiceNow expertise spanning architecture development and platform ownership across multiple modules including ITSM ITOM ITAM HRSD and CSM.
Expert-level technical proficiency in ServiceNow architecture scripting (JavaScript GlideRecord REST/SOAP integrations) workflow design CMDB/CSDM and platform security and access control.
Hands-on experience with AI and automation capabilities on the ServiceNow platform including Now Assist machine learning integrations agentic workflows and intelligent alerting — with a forward-looking practitioner-level perspective on enterprise AI adoption.
Demonstrated ability to architect and deliver AI-first platform solutions — including the design of automated triage intelligent routing generative AI-assisted self-service and ML-driven operational insights within ServiceNow.
Demonstrated experience leading and managing large geographically distributed teams of engineers developers and analysts — with a track record of building high-performing inclusive technology organisations.
Proven ability to define and execute enterprise platform strategy including roadmap ownership governance design and senior stakeholder engagement in a complex regulated environment.
Deep understanding of ITIL processes and their application at enterprise scale including Incident Problem Change Request Knowledge Management and Service Catalog governance.
Experience integrating ServiceNow with enterprise observability and DevOps tooling such as Splunk Grafana PagerDuty Azure DevOps Prometheus and Snowflake.
Financial acumen and experience managing platform budgets vendor relationships and cost optimisation programmes — including demonstrable outcomes in spend reduction or value delivery.
Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-relevant narratives for senior leadership audiences.
Experience operating within regulated financial services or enterprise environments with familiarity with frameworks such as DORA SOX or equivalent operational resilience standards.
ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) required; Certified Implementation Specialist (CIS) in one or more modules strongly preferred; Certified Technical Architect (CTA) or Certified Master Architect (CMA) is a significant differentiator.
Preferred Experience
Experience driving ServiceNow platform transformation programmes including legacy tool retirement large-scale migrations or hub-and-spoke governance model implementations.
Familiarity with Agile delivery frameworks and experience leading cross-functional product teams using tools such as Jira Azure DevOps or ServiceNow's native Agile capabilities.
Prior experience in a financial services or investment management environment with an understanding of the operational complexity and regulatory expectations of firms of BlackRock's scale.
Demonstrated experience evaluating and onboarding third-party development partners and managing vendor performance against contractual and quality standards.
Experience with Python or Core Java in the context of ServiceNow integrations and automation pipeline development.
Working knowledge of DevOps tooling including Git Maven Jenkins and Azure DevOps in the context of ServiceNow development lifecycle management.
Why Join Us
You will lead one of BlackRock's most strategically important technology platforms — one that underpins how the firm manages operations responds to incidents automates workflows and delivers service across a global organisation. This is a rare opportunity for a deeply technical platform leader to shape the future of enterprise service management at scale embed AI-driven engineering into the heart of firm operations and build a team and culture that sets the standard for platform excellence. You will work alongside world-class technologists business leaders and risk professionals in an environment that values curiosity technical rigour accountability and continuous innovation.
Our benefits
To help you stay energized engaged and inspired we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan tuition reimbursement comprehensive healthcare support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax recharge and be there for the people you care about.
Our hybrid work model
BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.
About BlackRock
At BlackRock we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients and the people they serve are saving for retirement paying for their children’s educations buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed valued and supported with networks benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
For additional information on BlackRock please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race creed color national origin sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression) sexual orientation age ancestry physical or mental disability marital status political affiliation religion citizenship status genetic information veteran status or any other basis protected under applicable federal state or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.
BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process please email [email protected]. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.
BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law including any applicable fair chance law.
What We Do
As the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock partners with investors around the globe to help them (and those on whose behalf they invest) plan for life’s most important goals – like retirement home ownership and their children’s education. Our clients range from governments foundations and other large institutions to those investing on behalf of individuals including firefighters nurses teachers and factory workers. BlackRock was founded with the idea of creating a better asset management firm — one that was purpose-driven focused on clients and risk management and propelled by data and technology. Our breakthrough Aladdin® platform is BlackRock’s technological backbone helping investors see and manage their whole portfolios in one place – from constructing investments to monitoring risk and executing trades. Used by hundreds of external institutions around the world Aladdin combines powerful analytics and a common language to help investment teams make faster more informed decisions across public and private markets. It’s a key part of our business and one of the reasons we’re trusted to manage more assets than any other investment manager today. At BlackRock we challenge conventions and raise the bar for what’s possible. We harness technology to unlock new solutions simplify complexity and deliver investment strategies that meet people where they are. Whether it’s retirement planning wealth building or navigating market shifts we’re here to help clients invest more easily more affordably and with more choice as we chart a path toward financial well-being together. Learn more: Careers.BlackRock.com
Why Work With Us
Without our people technology is irrelevant. When we combine the power of people with the power of technology we amplify our ability to create better outcomes for our employees clients shareholders and society alike.
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