Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering- Applied AI

It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, Service Now is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our Service Now AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better.

We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started.

Join us to put AI to work for people.

Team Bio:

Service Now’s Applied AI Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team is where bold ideas meet transformative action. We partner with our most strategic customers to shape the future of enterprise AI. Together, weidentifyhigh-value opportunities, accelerate business outcomes, and build reusable AI-native solutions that advance the Now AI Platform.

Our mission:

We partner deeply with our customers to build intelligent, scalable AI solutions that solve their most mission-critical challenges. By embedding in real-world complexity, we deliver fast, iterate with purpose, and transform every success into reusable patterns that accelerate transformation across the Now Platform and the broader enterprise.

Why This Role Matters:

Enterprise leadersaren’tjust experimenting with AI—they’re demanding outcomes. The next wave of adoption will be led by those who can move fast, deliver measurable value, and transform 1-off wins into repeatable success.

As a FDE Technical Program Manager,youoperateon the front lines of transformation. Youwill support Service Now’s cross-functional Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) teams in building and delivering intelligent, scalable AI solutions that solve our customers’ most mission-critical challenges.

You'llwork in a fast-paced environment as our FDEteampartnerswith key strategic customers to accelerate time to value. You will provide a proactive, strategic perspective,manage customer relationships, anddrivetactical execution frominitialconception throughFDE build development, delivery, and successful completion.

Who You Are:

You are a dynamic and innovative problem-solver who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments.

You havea strong analyticalmindsetwhile still keeping focus on the bigger picture.

Youhave abackgroundmanaging SDLC processes while keeping a customer-first mentality. You have apassion for AIand scaling innovation. You excel at transforming ambiguity into clarity and have hands on experience driving projects/program send to end.

What You’llDo:

• Work seamlessly with software engineers, product managers, product designers, and customers, to deliver intelligent systems that address mission-critical challenges using AI.
• Collaborate directly with customers to co-innovate AI solutions tailored to their needs, acting as the first point of contact or escalation.
• Develop trusted relationships with key internal and external technology leaders and stakeholders to drive focus on the strategic build objectives and optimize build delivery - this includes supporting and holding resources accountable for their responsibilities within the build.
• Drive large scale, cross-functional, high visibility AI software development builds on condensed timelines.
• Organize complex, ambiguous problems into prioritized milestones, deliverables, and success criteria for your builds, translating business objectives into execution strategy (tactical and strategic).
• Anticipate and remove obstacles that slow down or prevent builds from delivering on objectives, especially on the AI/ML deployment front.
• Help manage risks,…