ServiceNow Business Consultant

The Business Process Consultant is the bridge between a six-month backlog and a coherent delivery plan. You will own intake, refinement, and prioritization of the client's ITSM backlog, turning a queue of accumulated stories, enhancements, and incidents into well-formed, estimable work the development team can burn down predictably. You define the velocity metrics by which this engagement will be publicly judged.

Key Responsibilities

• Backlog Mastery: Inventory, classify, and prioritize the existing backlog (size, age, module, business impact) within the first 30 days; establish the burn-down baseline.
• Requirements Engineering: Convert raw demand into refined stories with acceptance criteria; run refinement sessions with client process owners.
• Process Consulting: Map current-state ITSM processes; identify and quantify process improvements the POD should deliver alongside backlog work.
• Velocity & Reporting: Define and publish sprint velocity, commitment reliability, and quality metrics; own the data behind the weekly client status narrative.
• UAT Orchestration: Design and run the UAT process with client stakeholders; protect releases from scope and quality surprises.
• Stakeholder Management: Work daily with the client's operational lead and platform architect; build the trusted-advisor relationship the incumbent lost.

Required Qualifications

• 9-12 years of relevant experience, including 6+ years in ServiceNow business analysis/process consulting roles.
• Demonstrated ownership of large ITSM backlogs, intake models, prioritization frameworks, and refinement discipline at enterprise scale.
• Strong working knowledge of ServiceNow ITSM data model and configuration concepts (enough to write implementable stories, not just requirements prose).
• ITIL v4 Foundation or higher; ServiceNow CSA preferred.
• Experience defining delivery metrics (velocity, throughput, defect escape rate) and presenting them to client leadership.
• Excellent facilitation and written communication; your stories and your status reporting are the engagement's public record.

Preferred Qualifications

• Regulated-industry experience (medical device, pharma, healthcare).
• Exposure to Now Assist / AI-assisted ITSM workflows and where they change process design.
• Experience working in a co-delivery model with a consulting prime.