Senior Manager, Program Success Learning Strategy

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 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.
As the Senior Manager, Learning Strategy you will be a key member of the Global Learning and Development (GLD) team, partnering with product management and experience leaders, key stakeholders, and GLD partners to own and evolve our onboarding and in-role learning experiences that empower our STEP employees. 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 Get to Do in This Role:

• Shape the long-term strategy/roadmap for onboarding and in-role program development

• Lead a 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

• Assess team members capabilities, skills, and performance. Coach employees toward development that matches their growth goals or performance gaps.

• 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
We are seeking a skilled and experienced player/coach manager who excels in building and leading high-performance teams, while demonstrating the ability to balance hands-on involvement with leadership responsibilities. 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, preferably in a corporate environment with 5 years in people leadership. Experience and knowledge of Product Management and Experience (user research, user design and product content) is ideal.
To be successful in this role, you have:

• Proven ability to lead and inspire inclusive, high-performing teams through change, 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.

• Strong background guiding teams to integrate AI tools and strategies across learning design, delivery, content development, and learner engagement at scale.

• Expertise in developing impactful, audience-centered learning experiences using human-centered design, adult learning principles, and instructional design methodologies (ADDIE, Agile, Kirkpatrick).

• Skilled in using with learning and design tools, including eLearning development tools and learning management systems. Familiarity with Articulate Storyline and Rise strongly preferred.

• Adept at building and scaling complex, multi-audience learning programs-including assessments and certifications-that align to business goals.

• Track record of driving impact measurement through CSAT, NPS, KPIs, and other key business metrics/outcomes to evaluate program effectiveness and inform continuous improvement.

• Skilled in cross-functional collaboration to design learning assets that meet strategic and learner-centered objectives.

• Exceptional facilitation and communication skills-written, verbal, and interpersonal-with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.

• Professional presence marked by empathy, integrity, and diplomacy when working across all levels of an organization and with external partners.

• Growth mindset with intellectual curiosity; open to feedback and committed to continuous improvement.

• A positive demeanor, with a sense of purpose and the ability to have fun

• Solid understanding of the Microsoft Office suite of products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, SharePoint, Teams, Outlook)

• The ability to travel, as needed

Additional Information
Work Personas
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 ServiceNow employees depending on the nature of their work and their assigned work location. Learn more here . To determine eligibility for a work persona, ServiceNow may confirm the distance between your primary residence and the closest ServiceNow office using a third-party service.
Equal Opportunity Employer
ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.
Accommodations
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