STEP Learning Strategy & Design, Sr Manager

Company Description

It all started in sunny San Diego, California in 2004 when a visionary engineer, Fred Luddy, saw the potential to transform how we work. Fast forward to today — ServiceNow stands as a global market leader, bringing innovative AI-enhanced technology to over 8,100 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 500®. Our intelligent cloud-based platform seamlessly connects people, systems, and processes to empower organizations to find smarter, faster, and better ways to work. But this is just the beginning of our journey. Join us as we pursue our purpose to make the world work better for everyone.

Job Description

The Team 

The Global Learning & Development (GLD) team designs, develops and delivers learning solutions for ServiceNow’s Success, Technology, Experience, and Platform (STEP) Organization. GLD sits within the ServiceNow’s Global People organization, supporting the Chief Product Officer / Chief Operating Officer in driving operational excellence within the STEP learning community. We are passionate about making ServiceNow an incredible workplace for every employee. We partner with leaders across the organization to support their business priorities through innovative training programs for their teams.

The Role

As the Senior Staff, Learning Strategy you will be a key member of the Global Learning and Development (GLD) team, partnering with STEP leaders, key stakeholders, and GLD partners to own and evolve our STEP-Wide learning experiences that focus on preparing employees for the skills of the future, including AI and other emerging talent trends and priorities. You own the end-to-end learning journey for your programs, setting the vision via Curriculum Blueprints and Persona Learning Journeys.

You will apply your expertise in human-centered design, adult learning principles, and instructional design methodologies to strategize, design, develop, and deliver innovative learning experiences that drive business impact and performance, and motivate your team to do the same to serve internal customers. You and your team will collaborate and build strong working relationships across the organization to ensure end-to-end alignment from concept to delivery, including maintaining scope and budget, and  meeting delivery timelines and commitments.

What you will be doing:

• Shape the long-term strategy/roadmap for STEP-Wide learning programs, including School of AI and other high priority skills.
• Act as a mentor and lead Learning Strategist for the team responsible for design and development of innovative, effective, and highly scalable, global learning solutions for employees across ServiceNow, using current learning technologies and instructional design methodologies to meet business objectives
• Create immersive, engaging, and effective learning experiences through various formats (on-demand learning, virtual instructor led and in-person), including graphics, audio, and video support, and motivate your team to do the same in partnership with the instructional design and media development team
• Work with the team to create and estimate designs within budgeted hours/dollars that meet stakeholder delivery timelines and commitments, while managing resource capacity
• Partner with senior leadership and domain experts across ServiceNow to understand the learning needs and build effective solutions that drive impact
• Stay informed on industry advancements, anticipate how changes in the organization or industry may impact the team and programs, and identify innovative approaches to take our products and experiences to the next level
• Evaluate learning program efficacy
• Engage with vendors as needed to scale and augment team capacity

Qualifications

The ideal candidate is a resourceful, independent problem solver with a willingness to adopt creative approaches. The candidate will have proven ability to drive a team toward the achievement of KPIs, monitor metrics, analyze trends, and make data-driven decisions to optimize individual and team performance. Experience managing large, multi-audience, highly complex learning teams in a project based, budget driven environment is required.

We also require a minimum of a bachelor’s degree with 10-12 years of professional or equivalent experience in learning solutions design and development.  Experience and knowledge of AI is required.

To be successful in this role you have:

• Proven ability to work in inclusive, high-performing teams, driving accountability, maintaining a high level of productivity, and resilience in dynamic environments.
• Passion for developing learning experiences with an understanding of audience needs and thoughtful AI-driven user experiences.
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