Overview
The ServiceNow Technical Lead is the senior technical authority responsible for solution design, architecture governance, technical delivery leadership and platform quality across IT Service Management, HR Service Delivery and broader Enterprise Service Management capabilities. The role ensures that ServiceNow solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable and aligned to enterprise architecture, platform standards and business outcomes.
This role partners with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, Scrum Masters, vendors and business stakeholders to convert strategic demand into technically sound solutions that improve service excellence, employee experience and operational efficiency across IT, HR and enterprise functions.
Responsibilities
Platform Architecture & Governance
Own technical design authority for ServiceNow initiatives across ITSM, HRSD and ESM.
Define and enforce platform architecture principles, development standards, coding guidelines and reusable design patterns.
Review and approve technical design documents, integration designs,
data models, workflow designs and customization requests.
Ensure platform solutions comply with security, identity, access management, data privacy, audit and enterprise architecture requirements.
Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, improve maintainability and increase reuse of common platform capabilities.
Technical Delivery Leadership
Lead technical planning for epics, features, user stories, releases and platform upgrades.
Guide developers and administrators through design, build, test, deployment and hyper-care phases.
Act as escalation point for complex technical issues, production defects, release blockers and integration risks.
Coordinate with Delivery Leads and Scrum Masters to manage technical dependencies, estimates, sprint readiness and release readiness.
Provide hands-on support where required for complex scripting, workflow design, integrations or platform troubleshooti
📌 Senior Manager (India)
🏢 PepsiCo
📍 India