Senior Engineering Manager, EX Platform Services

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead the organization responsible for ServiceNow engineering, Quality Engineering, and AI Transformation across internal enterprise systems supporting General & Administrative (G&A) functions including HR, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Workplace, Security, and Corporate Operations.

This role requires a proven leader with strong mandatory ServiceNow experience who can scale engineering teams, modernize enterprise workflows, and drive adoption of AI-powered automation to transform how internal functions operate. You will lead teams of engineers and QA professionals while partnering closely with Architects, Product Managers, Business Leaders, Security, and Data teams to deliver intelligent, scalable, secure platforms.

The ideal candidate combines deep enterprise platform expertise, strong people leadership, operational rigor, and a bold vision for applying AI to internal systems.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Organization Management

• Lead and grow multidisciplinary teams across:

• ServiceNow Development

• Quality Engineering / Test Automation

• AI Automation Engineering

• Build a high-performance engineering culture focused on speed, quality, accountability, and innovation.

• Hire, coach, mentor, and develop managers and ICs.

• Establish clear operating models, team goals, KPIs, and execution discipline.

ServiceNow Platform Leadership (Required Core Expertise)

• Own engineering delivery and platform strategy for ServiceNow solutions across modules such as:

• ITSM

• HRSD

• IRM / GRC

• CSM

• Workplace Services

• Custom Applications

• Lead platform architecture, upgrades, integrations, workflow modernization, and governance.

• Ensure best practices in scripting, APIs, data model design, security, performance, and scalability.

• Drive consolidation of legacy workflows into modern ServiceNow experiences.

• Partner with architects to define enterprise-wide workflow strategy centered on ServiceNow.

AI Transformation of Internal Enterprise Systems

• Define and execute AI strategy for internal business platforms and employee workflows.

• Build AI-enabled capabilities such as:

• Virtual employee assistants

• Intelligent case triage and routing

• GenAI knowledge assistants

• Automated request fulfillment

• HR / Finance service copilots

• Document extraction and summarization

• Predictive insights and workflow recommendations

• Self-healing support operations

• Identify high-ROI automation opportunities across HR, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and Corporate Services.

• Integrate AI capabilities into ServiceNow and adjacent enterprise platforms.

• Establish responsible AI practices covering governance, privacy, security, and model risk management.

• Deliver measurable gains in employee productivity, service efficiency, and operational scale.

Quality Engineering & Operational Excellence

• Lead QA strategy across enterprise systems with emphasis on automation-first quality.
• Implement CI/CD quality gates, regression automation, release readiness, and observability.
• Improve reliability, change success rate, and production stability.
• Own incident reviews, root cause remediation, and continuous improvement.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Product Managers to prioritize roadmaps aligned to business outcomes.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects on future-state enterprise architecture.
• Work closely with HR, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Security, and IT leaders.
• Communicate strategy, ROI, risks, and progress to executive leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 12+ years of engineering experience in enterprise platforms or software engineering.
• 6+ years leading engineering managers and high-performing technical teams.
• 7+ years of hands-on and leadership experience with ServiceNow (Required).
• Deep expertise in ServiceNow architecture, platform development, integrations, workflows, governance, and releases.
• Experience leading QA / Quality Engineering organizations.
• Experience implementing AI / automation solutions in enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of internal systems supporting G&A functions.
• Proven ability to lead large cross-functional programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• ServiceNow CSA, CAD, CIS certifications strongly preferred.
• Experience integrating GenAI / LLM platforms with enterprise systems.
• Experience with Workday, SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Okta, Jira, Salesforce, or similar platforms.
• Cloud experience (AWS / Azure / GCP).
• Experience in large-scale or fast-growth enterprise environments.

Key Competencies

• ServiceNow Leadership
• AI Transformation Strategy
• Enterprise Systems Modernization
• Engineering Execution
• Quality at Scale
• Executive Communication
• Talent Development
• Strategic Thinking
• Operational Excellence

Success Metrics

• Successful delivery of ServiceNow roadmap and modernization goals
• AI automation adoption and measurable productivity gains
• Reduced manual work across G&A organizations
• Improved quality, release velocity, and platform stability
• Stakeholder satisfaction across enterprise functions
• Strong team engagement and leadership bench strength
• Secure, scalable, future-ready internal platforms

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $216,800.00 - $325,200.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5's differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5's benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.