Strategic Engagements Director (EMEA)

• Reporting to the AVP Strategic Customer Engagements , the misionof the EMEA Strategic Engagements Director is to drive ServiceNow’s long-term revenue growth and profitability through larger and more strategic transactions across our Europe, Middle-East and Africa business
• The leader will act as an in-region deal expert, responsible for driving end-to-end deal strategy, developing creative commercial structures, and leading complex negotiations for our most strategic deals
• The EMEA Strategic Engagements Director will help define and follow a consistent programmatic approach to help the regional sales organizations and cross-functional deal execution teams to close some of our most complex and strategic deals
• The role will utilize collaborative account planning, out-quarter pipeline development, opportunity review cadences, deal coaching and choreography, and thought leadership, to ensure relevant parties are involved in the right way and at the right time to maximize market opportunity and accelerate the sales cycle to close larger deals successfully
• The EMEA Strategic Engagements Director (Elevate) will become an expert in the contractual aspects of ServiceNow’s business, and be able to articulate value and structure long-term, complex, multi-product agreements to enable presentation of the right deal to the customer
• The role also contributes to continuous improvement efforts for the Global Strategic Customer Engagements (Elevate) team and participates in ServiceNow’s overall transformation effort to establish the best Enterprise salesforce in the industry
• Drive large and complex strategic deals: validate and engage on opportunities where we intend to build > $10M+ NNACV opportunities, tracking deal progression, and escalating risks/needs to senior leaders as needed
• Champion all collaborative, integrated GTM activities for our Global Industry & Strategic Growth business, including account planning sessions, strategic pursuits, WIN Forums, review cadences or other GTM activities
• Drive big deal thinking and best practice sharing across the strategic engagements team (deal structures, operational opportunities, references and content on attractive themes like Digital Transformation or Artificial Intelligence)
• In partnership with the Account Executive, serve as a primary point of contact for the Customer from deal qualification through close
• Be the voice of the field sales to corporate to continually improve and ensure successful outcomes for our most strategic customers
• Represent ServiceNow in senior customer facing roles as sponsor, strategist and negotiator

Benefits

• Generous family leave
• Matched donations
• Annual learning stipends
• Flexible PTO
• Competitive retirement plan
• Paid volunteer time

Continuous improvement and growth mindsetInternational work experienceDemonstrated coaching and mentoring experienceExperience in Large Deal or Corporate Strategy/Business Development experience, supporting complex transactions such as M&A, IP Acquisition, Revenue Share Models, etc. a plusOrganizational and analytical skillsAbility to interface and negotiate with senior client executivesExcellent presentation and communication skills5 + years of consultative direct sales experience into Enterprise accounts, preferably selling SaaS and with progressive client-facing responsibilitiesConversant in all emerging trends in IT and BusinessStrong leadership, problem solving, and decision-making abilitiesExperience within a large organization; ability to quickly establish trust-based relationships internally to get support for customer sales objectivesExperience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI’s potential impact on the function or industryExtensive experience in the software industryTeam player of unquestionable integrity, credibility, and characterInstant customer credibility with a record of building customer relationshipsLarge & complex closed deals > $10M +Fluent in French and EnglishCustomer Feedback & NPS

Continuous improvement and growth mindsetInternational work experienceDemonstrated coaching and mentoring experienceExperience in Large Deal or Corporate Strategy/Business Development experience, supporting complex transactions such as M&A, IP Acquisition, Revenue Share Models, etc. a plusOrganizational and analytical skillsAbility to interface and negotiate with senior client executivesExcellent presentation and communication skills5 + years of consultative direct sales experience into Enterprise accounts, preferably selling SaaS and with progressive client-facing responsibilitiesConversant in all emerging trends in IT and BusinessStrong leadership, problem solving, and decision-making abilitiesExperience within a large organization; ability to quickly establish trust-based relationships internally to get support for customer sales objectivesExperience in leveraging or critically thinking about how to integrate AI into work processes, decision-making, or problem-solving. This may include using AI-powered tools, automating workflows, analyzing AI-driven insights, or exploring AI’s potential impact on the function or industryExtensive experience in the software industryTeam player of unquestionable integrity, credibility, and characterInstant customer credibility with a record of building customer relationshipsLarge & complex closed deals > $10M +Fluent in French and EnglishCustomer Feedback & NPS

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