Senior Staff, Business Engagement Manager (servicenow)

Senior Staff, Business Engagement Manager

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Your New Role… The Senior Staff, Business Engagement Manager will play a critical role in the Enterprise Service Management (ESM) organization, serving as a strategic liaison between the ESM office and key business and technology stakeholders. This position will be based in Atlanta and will focus on developing and sustaining trusted, strategic partnerships that ensure business strategies, priorities, and requirements are accurately captured and effectively integrated into ESM planning and decision-making.

The successful candidate will champion value realization from ESM services, drive alignment through collaborative planning, and enhance the customer experience through strong stakeholder advocacy. They will work closely with service delivery managers, service performance managers, product managers, and project and portfolio managers to ensure services are relevant, high-performing, and strategically aligned.

Your Role Accountabilities…

Strategic Relationship Management

• Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with key business and technology leaders across the enterprise.
• Serve as the primary ESM liaison to assigned stakeholder groups, ensuring continuous alignment of ESM initiatives with business priorities.
• Partner closely with Service Delivery Managers to translate stakeholder strategies, challenges, and goals into actionable inputs for service management strategy, planning, and delivery.

Business Engagement & Influence

• Represent the voice of the customer in service planning discussions, helping to shape ESM services that are relevant, impactful, and value driven.
• Lead regular engagement forums with stakeholder groups to surface needs, gather feedback, and communicate service performance and improvements.
• Use data-driven insights and performance analytics to shape meaningful stakeholder conversations, build credibility, and influence direction.

Service Management Integration

• Collaborate with ESM teams to ensure stakeholder requirements are reflected in service roadmaps, capability development, and operational improvements.
• Support prioritization of initiatives by providing insight into business value, urgency, and strategic fit.
• Act as an advocate for service management principles and processes within stakeholder communities.

Communication & Reporting

• Develop and deliver high-quality reports, presentations, and updates that articulate service performance, trends, and value to business partners.
• Ensure timely communication of projects, demands, defects, and system upgrades that affect stakeholder areas.
• Synthesize complex feedback from multiple business units into clear, actionable insights for ESM leadership.

Continuous Improvement & Enablement

• Identify opportunities to enhance the business engagement model, fostering a culture of partnership, innovation, and continuous feedback.
• Contribute to the development of standards, playbooks, and best practices for stakeholder engagement within the ESM organization.
• Mentor junior team members and promote knowledge sharing and capability uplift across the team.

Qualifications & Experiences…

• 9+ years of experience in stakeholder management, service management, or enterprise relationship management, including at least 3 years in a senior or strategic role.
• Proven ability to build influential relationships and act as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders.
• Strong understanding of IT service management principles and enterprise service delivery models.
• Experience using ServiceNow for service delivery and performance reporting required.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated success in navigating complex, matrixed environments and balancing competing priorities.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Communications, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).

Not Required but Preferred Experience:

• ITIL v4 certification or equivalent experience in service management frameworks.
• Familiarity with Agile or SAFe methodologies and strategic planning practices.
• Experience in the media and entertainment industry or large-scale enterprise environments.

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