Universal Music Group

Senior Engineer, ServiceNow Custom App Lead

Universal Music Group$120K — $145K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in enterprise platforms or service management environments
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with ServiceNow capabilities, preferably HRSD
  • Experience managing domain backlogs, KPIs, and stakeholder outcomes
  • Proficient in defining requirements and leading user acceptance testing (UAT)
  • Deep understanding of ServiceNow design patterns, favoring configuration over customization
  • Skilled in stakeholder management and translating business needs into measurable outcomes
  • Experienced in working with global teams across different time zones

Responsibilities

  • Own stakeholder relationships, backlogs, and KPIs for HRSD and ServiceNow workflows
  • Define comprehensive end-to-end service journeys and reporting requirements
  • Drive intake, prioritization, and delivery readiness with clear acceptance criteria
  • Collaborate with the Platform team to ensure secure and upgrade-safe designs
  • Facilitate adoption and change enablement through training and communications
  • Coordinate effectively with global teams to align on delivery and releases
  • Lead continuous improvement efforts post-release

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 100% coverage for outpatient in-network mental health services
  • Fertility coverage for eligible participants
  • Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness-related services up to $720/year
  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
  • 401(k) plan with immediate vesting
  • Flexible PTO for exempt employees and generous PTO policies for non-exempt employees
  • Paid Winter Break and Company Holidays, including Juneteenth
Full Job Description

The Senior Engineer, ServiceNow Custom App Lead is accountable for stakeholder engagement and outcomes for ServiceNow custom workflows and applications (including HRSD and other business workflows built on the platform).

This role owns the domain backlog and KPIs, defines end-to-end journeys and approval models, and ensures solutions are designed for supportability, compliance, and upgrade safety.

Working as part of a globally distributed ServiceNow team, the role partners closely with platform leadership and delivery resources to drive predictable delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement across multiple time zones.

How you'll CREATE:

  • Own stakeholder relationships and outcomes, backlog, and KPIs for HRSD and ServiceNow custom applications/workflows

  • Define end-to-end journeys, approvals, fulfilment steps, and reporting requirements for each service

  • Drive intake, prioritization, and delivery readiness (stories, acceptance criteria, UAT coordination, sign-off)

  • Partner with Platform team to ensure designs follow standards, are secure, and are upgrade-safe and supportable

  • Drive adoption and change enablement (communications, training needs, and post-release continuous improvement)

  • Collaborate effectively with a global ServiceNow team across time zones; align delivery with release cadence and handoffs

Bring your VIBE:

  • Strong stakeholder management; able to translate business needs into clear services and measurable outcomes

  • Service design capability: map journeys, approval models, exceptions, and operational support requirements

  • Strong understanding of ServiceNow configuration and design patterns; preference for configuration over customization

  • Ability to manage intake/prioritization and drive UAT/sign-off to achieve predictable delivery

  • Ability to operate effectively in a global, multi-timezone team with structured coordination and handoffs

  • 5+ years of experience delivering business workflows on enterprise platforms or service management environments

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience delivering ServiceNow capabilities (workflows, catalog/approvals, reporting; HRSD preferred)

  • Experience owning backlog, KPIs, and stakeholder outcomes for a domain or product area

  • Experience defining requirements, acceptance criteria, and leading UAT coordination and business sign-off

  • Experience partnering with platform teams to ensure secure, supportable, and upgrade-safe solutions

  • Experience working with globally distributed teams across multiple time zones

Perks Playlist:

Join an entrepreneurial, global organization where authenticity, boldness, creativity, connection, drive, and insight arent just valuestheyre how we work every day. Here are some of the ways we support you along the way (and just a few of the benefits we offer):

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

  • Including 100% coverage for out-patient in-network mental health services

  • Fertility coverage for eligible medical plan participants

  • Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)

  • Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement

  • 401(k) with 100% immediate vesting on the first 5% of your contributions, plus an additional UMG contribution

A variety of ways to prioritize much-needed time away from work including:

  • Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees

  • 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees

  • 2-weeks paid Winter Break

  • 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)

  • Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)

  • Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent

Check out our full overview of benefits on the of the career site.

Disclaimer: This job description only provides an overview of job responsibilities that are subject to change.


Job Category:

Technology

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group (UMG) is a global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate Vivendi. The company was founded in 1934 as Decca Records and has since grown to become the largest music company in the world, with a market share of over 30%. UMG owns and operates a wide range of record labels, including Capitol Records, Def Jam Recordings, and Island Records, and has a roster of over 4,000 artists. In addition to music production and distribution, UMG also operates several other businesses, including music publishing, merchandising, and film and television production.
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