ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) Demand Manager
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Job Purpose and Impact
The ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) Demand Manager will own and operationalize CargillNow portfolio management to enable successful ServiceNow Product delivery across HR, Digital Technology & Data, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and future platform capabilities. Reporting to the Senior Director, CargillNow Experience, this role will run the demand lifecycle end to end in ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM): intake, assessment, prioritization, governance, and hand-off to product roadmaps.
This is a hands-on role for someone who has run SPM Demand Management in a large enterprise and wants to make it the backbone of how a global platform decides where to invest establishing an enterprise framework for all CargillNow demand, a transparent scoring model that business leaders trust, a governance cadence that produces decisions, and reporting that shows where platform investment goes and what it returns.
Key Accountabilities
- Demand Intake & Evaluation: Own intake and assessment of all CargillNow requests (enhancements, new capabilities, integrations, and core platform changes) in ServiceNow SPM Demand Management, ensuring demand has a clear problem statement, accountable business owner, sizing, and expected value before it is prioritized.
- Prioritization Model: Design and run a scoring model (e.g., SPM assessments and scorecards) weighing business value, strategic alignment, effort, risk, dependencies, and capacity; facilitate prioritization with functional leaders.
- Backlog Management: Keep the CargillNow demand backlog current, accurate, and decision-ready; consolidate duplicates and retire stale demand.
- Governance: Run the demand governance cadence (intake review and prioritization forums): prepare decision materials, facilitate, record decisions, and enforce portfolio standards.
- Roadmap & Release Alignment: Partner with Product Managers to translate approved demand into platform roadmap and release planning, maintaining traceability from demand to delivery.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Partner with leaders, product managers, and global business and technology stakeholders to communicate demand decisions, manage expectations, and keep the demand lifecycle transparent.
- Reporting & Analytics: Build and maintain ServiceNow dashboards and metrics (Platform / Performance Analytics) on demand volume, cycle time, backlog health, throughput, and capacity.
- Value & Benefits Tracking: Document expected outcomes and success metrics for proposed initiatives and track realized value after delivery to inform future investment decisions.
- Risk & Dependency Management: Proactively identify risks, conflicts, resource constraints, and cross-functional or global dependencies; drive resolution and escalate when needed.
- SPM Configuration & Continuous Improvement: Partner with platform team to configure and evolve SPM (demand forms, workflows, assessments, workspaces), and continuously improve processes, templates, and tools to reduce cycle time and increase stakeholder satisfaction.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum of five years of experience in IT portfolio, demand, or product management, including 3+ years hands-on with ServiceNow SPM (formerly ITBM).
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Experience as a ServiceNow SPM Product Owner, Business/Process Owner, who has designed and operated Demand Management processes in production (not solely as an end user)
- Experience owning demand intake, prioritization, backlog management, and portfolio governance in a large, global enterprise
- Track record leading cross-functional initiatives with geographically distributed business and technology stakeholders, influencing without direct authority across organizational levels
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- ServiceNow certifications: Certified System Administrator (CSA) and/or Certified Implementation Specialist – Strategic Portfolio Management (CIS-SPM)
- Experience with broader SPM capabilities such as Project Portfolio Management, Resource Management, Strategic Planning / Alignment Planner, Agile Development, or Innovation Management
- Experience building executive-level portfolio reporting with ServiceNow Performance Analytics or Platform Analytics
- Agile or SAFe portfolio experience; SAFe, Product Owner, or PMP certification a plus
- Exposure to generative AI capabilities on ServiceNow (e.g., Now Assist) applied to demand or portfolio workflows
- Experience leading change management for platform adoption or process transformation
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Relocation assistance within the U.S. will be provided for this position. Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position.
The expected salary for this position is $97,000 - $140,000. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal performance.
At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).
Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.
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