Industry Architect - CRM & Industry Workflows, Telco

Overview

As an Industry Architect - Telco, you will play a vital role in our CRM strategy by supporting our enterprise customers throughout their Service Now journey, defining the business value and tailoring end‑to‑end solution architecture to their specific needs, business model, value chains, and streams. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders to understand their strategic objectives, bring industry best practices for common challenges and use cases, map these to Service Now Industry Solutions, and help the customer understand the value of Service Now compared to competitors.

We approach our distributed world of work with flexibility and trust. Work personas (flexible, remote, or required in office) are categories that are assigned to Service Now employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here. To determine eligibility for a work persona, Service Now may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest Service Now office using a third‑party service.

• Consult and Advise:
  Engage with senior VP+ stakeholders to understand their short‑term and long‑term goals and challenges, providing expert advice both in pre‑sales and delivery capability on how Service Now can optimize their operations.
• Solution Design:
  Design and architect end‑to‑end solutions using Service Now Industry products that align with business requirements and Industry best practices, with strong focus on service management, customer service, automation, and user experience, clearly defining the value of Service Now.
• Process Improvement:
  Proactively analyze the current state and identify new options for improving ways of working to achieve or exceed business results. Make sense of complex or contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with IT, operations, business stakeholders, product, and other external and internal teams to ensure that solutions are aligned with business needs and are implemented effectively. Constantly position effective cross‑product solutions for the industry.
• Industry Best Practices:
  Drive and develop plans for the adoption of Industry Best Practices across Service Now products at process, solution architecture and technical leadership in the configuration, customization, and implementation of Service Now Industry Solutions.
• Thought Leadership:
  Keep up to date on the emerging and latest Industry & competitive trends, the latest Service Now capabilities, trends, and best practices, sharing regularly this knowledge with the team and clients.

• Strong understanding of industry‑specific knowledge, including system architecture, use cases, workflows, personas, compliance, and industry standards (e.g. 3
  
  GPP, TMF, and MEF) typically found in the ecosystem.
• Experience in a wide variety of Telecommunications networking technologies such as 5G, fiber optic, mobile edge computing, IP and optical networking, SD‑WAN, cloud and data center technologies, satellite, etc.
• Service Now Knowledge:
  Familiarity with Service Now, especially in Customer Service Management, Field Service Management, or IT Service Management, is a plus. Willingness to learn and become certified in Service Now if not already.

• Consultative Mindset:
  Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to think strategically and drive complex projects from concept to completion.
• Stakeholder Management:
  Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Technical Acumen:
  Understanding of integration, data models, and process automation, with the ability to communicate technical concepts to non‑technical audiences.
• User
  
  Experience:
  
  Ability to deliver solutions that provide best‑in‑class user experience with a focus on ease of use, logical process flows, accessibility, and productivity.
• Analytical
  
  Skills:
  
  Experience in analyzing business processes, creating workflow diagrams, and documenting requirements in a clear and concise manner.
• Certifications:
  
  Competitive certifications, such as Salesforce certifications (e.g., Service Cloud…