Principal Product Owner - ServiceNow
About The Position
Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve. The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.
Requirements
- Minimum of 10+ years of ServiceNow experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of hands‑on experience working with ServiceNow in a senior product, functional lead, or platform ownership capacity.
- Demonstrated experience managing enterprise‑scale platforms with multiple stakeholder groups and competing priorities.
- Strong understanding of ServiceNow usage to deliver outcomes, including: Workflow orchestration, forms, data models, CMDB, and integrations
- Core modules such as ITSM, ITOM and ITAM,
- Reporting, dashboards, and data quality considerations
- Strong product mindset with the ability to frame problems, define outcomes, and prioritize based on value and risk.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts in clear, executive‑ready language
- CSA and CIS in ITSM, Data Foundations (Must have)
Nice To Haves
- CIS in Event Management and Service Mapping (preferred)
- ServiceNow Technical Architect certification (preferred)
- ServiceNow AI capabilities implementation
Responsibilities
- Define and own the product vision, multi‑year roadmap, and strategic outcomes for assigned ServiceNow product areas.
- Translate enterprise and business priorities into clearly defined product outcomes, ensuring alignment with technology strategy, risk posture, and regulatory expectations.
- Make informed product decisions on capability usage, configuration vs. customization, and technical tradeoffs, balancing speed, sustainability, and platform health.
- Define and govern the service architecture within ServiceNow, ensuring services are clearly defined, structured through consistent taxonomies, and mapped to capabilities and existing workflows.
- Ensure service and catalog design aligns with CMDB integrity, data quality, reporting needs, and downstream integrations.
- Drive simplification and rationalization of services to reduce duplication and complexity.
- Act as the primary product authority for business leaders, and technology partners.
- Lead structured discovery and prioritization discussions focused on ServiceNow usage beyond request‑based demand fulfilment.
- Manage stakeholder expectations through transparent communication, product roadmaps, and value‑based prioritization.
- Maintain a deep, working understanding of ServiceNow platform features, including workflows, data models, CMDB concepts, integrations, reporting, and user experience patterns.
- Work with Architecture, Infrastructure, Asset Management teams to define and implement Resiliency boundaries in CMDB.
- Define CMDB governance to improve data quality and communication.
- Guide engineering and delivery teams to maximize out‑of‑the‑box capabilities and enforce standard usage patterns across the platform.
- Ensure solutions adhere to enterprise principles for platform stability, upgrade readiness, performance, and data integrity.
- Own the end‑to‑end product backlog, intake process, and prioritization model across assigned domains.
- Ensure all work delivery meets product readiness criteria, including clear problem statements, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and success measures.
- Balance new demand with platform sustainability, technical debt reduction, and operational improvements.
- Define and track product‑level KPIs such as adoption, cycle time, data quality, user satisfaction, and operational efficiency.
- Regularly review performance metrics to identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, and improved value realization.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
- Pension / Retirement benefits
- Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
Associate degree
