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ServiceNow - Senior Manager- Technology Consulting

  • Posted 1w ago
  • Hybrid
  • Full Time

Wellington

Job Description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi

With your contribution and my contribution, together we will thrive.

Hei Oranga Iwi | The opportunity

EY's ambition is to be the leading ServiceNow partner in Oceania for AI-enabled business transformation. We help organisations navigate their most complex transformation challenges by combining deep ServiceNow expertise with people and organisational change, business design, and cyber, risk and assurance capabilities.

Our ServiceNow practice is growing, and we're looking for a Solutions Architect who can operate at the intersection of architecture, delivery, and business development. You'll shape end-to-end ServiceNow solutions for clients across New Zealand and Australia, lead complex multi-workstream transformations, and play a key role in pre-sales activities — helping us win the work as well as deliver it.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology, delivery, and commercial leadership. You'll be equally comfortable defining platform architecture and governance, leading delivery teams, developing client relationships, and engaging with executive stakeholders on their transformation agenda.

This is a hybrid position based in Auckland or Wellington.

Ko Tō Rourou | Your key responsibilities

Solution architecture and delivery

  • Lead the design and delivery of end-to-end ServiceNow solutions across ITSM, ITOM, CSM, HRSD, SPM, IRM/GRC and emerging AI capabilities, ensuring solutions are scalable, sustainable and aligned to ServiceNow leading practice.
  • Provide architectural leadership across complex, multi-workstream engagements, defining solution standards, integration patterns, data models, governance frameworks and delivery approaches.
  • Serve as the technical design authority and trusted advisor for clients and delivery teams providing guidance, oversight and escalation support across programs.
  • Advise with clients on platform strategy, roadmaps, technical debt reduction and governance models that maximise business value and long-term platform adoption.

Pre-sales and business development

  • Lead the solutioning of new opportunities, shaping winning proposals, estimating effort, defining delivery approaches and developing compelling architectural responses to bids, RFPs and RFIs.
  • Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and confidently present solutions, outcomes and recommendations to executive and C-suite audiences.
  • Collaborate with EY account teams and ServiceNow to identify, qualify and pursue strategic growth opportunities across New Zealand and Australia.
  • Contribute to the growth of the practice through go-to-market offerings, thought leadership, industry insights and innovation accelerators.

People and practice leadership

  • Lead, coach and mentor consultants and managers, fostering a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, learning and career development.
  • Drive capability growth across the practice through recruitment, coaching, certification uplift and knowledge sharing.
  • Champion delivery excellence, quality outcomes and a culture of continuous improvement, helping to strengthen EY's reputation as a leading ServiceNow transformation partner.

Ngā Pūkenga | Skills and attributes for success

Here's our wish list — but don't worry if you don't tick every box. We're interested in your strengths, what you want to learn, and how far you want to go.

  • Extensive industry experience, experience in technical leadership - leading larger teams
  • Significant experience in ServiceNow development, implementations with a deep understanding of platform architecture
  • Experience in IT solution architecture and understanding of enterprise architecture.
  • Strong proficiency with JavaScript, AngularJS, and other ServiceNow supported technologies.
  • Strong understanding of ITIL processes
  • Demonstrated ability to map solutions to address client business issues and problems
  • Experience leading distributed and offshore delivery teams.
  • Demonstrated experience in pre-sales, solutioning, and proposal development.
  • A consulting background with strong commercial acumen and stakeholder management skills.
  • Exceptional problem-solving capability and ability to think strategically.
  • ServiceNow certifications in System Administrator, Application Developer, Implementation Specialist, or CTA are highly desirable.
  • Experience in strategy, business development, finance and budgeting desirable

Ko Taku Rourou | What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

  • Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences www.ey.com/nz/careerdevelopment
  • Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
  • A comprehensive benefits package : From a yearly wellness incentive to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including up to 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally www.ey.com/nz/benefits

Inclusiveness is core to who we are and how we work together, driving value for our people and for our business. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or +64 9 300 7044 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

He rourou kai kei ō ringa hei tākoha? Tēnā haria mai!

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today

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EY | Building a better working world

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

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Desired Hard Skills

  • Solution Architecture
  • Pre-sales
  • Javascript
  • ITIL processes
  • ServiceNow development

Desired Soft Skills

  • Mentoring
  • Leadership
  • Problem-solving
  • Stakeholder management
  • Strategic thinking

Benefits & Perks

Culture

  • 📚 Career Break
  • 🤱 Extended Parental Leave
  • 📆 Paid Volunteer Leave
  • 🏘 Work from Home
  • ❤ Care and Appreciation
  • 👶 Childcare Support
  • 💯 Employee Mentoring Program
  • 🩺 Health Insurance
  • ⚖ Work-Life Balance Support
  • 🧠 Mental Health Workshops
  • 💚 Counselling Services
  • 💪 Physical Health Workshops
  • 🌿 Wellness Program
  • 🏥 Subsidised Health Insurance
  • 📈 Professional Development
  • 🛂 Visa Sponsorship
  • 🏎 Competitive Salary
  • 🎉 Employee Discounts and Rewards
  • 🎖 Long Service Rewards
  • 📣 Referral Bonuses
  • 🚚 Relocation Support
  • 🏆 Performance Bonus
  • 💻 Company Supplied Technology
  • 🖥 Computer Assistance
  • 📱 Discounted Phone or Internet Plans
  • ⌨ Home Office Budget
  • 🩸 Free Period Products
  • ⏰ Flexible Work
  • 🍇 Fruit Box
  • ☕ Work Café
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  • 🌈 Rainbow Tick
  • 🌿 Indigenous Rights
  • 💸 Living Wage
  • ⛔ Animal Free Products
  • 🌐 INZ Accredited Employer

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