Workflow Design Studio – Service Designer/UX Design Strategist

Solution Consulting (pre-sales)

Location: Tokyo (Japan)

The Team

The Workflow Design Studio reimagines customer experiences to drive innovation. The Studio is a specialized team of Service Designers, Developers, and Architects practicing Design Thinking who work with our customers and colleagues during the pre-sales process to co-create innovative solutions to key business challenges. Following a human-centred approach to innovation, the Studio draws from the diverse skill sets of each member to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements for business success.

The Role

Your sweet spot is the intersection of human needs and business impact. You thrive in a fluid work environment, and are a self-motivated partner, leader and hands on maker. You enjoy a highly collaborative team environment, working across a variety of industries, and can synthesizing diverse perspectives.

You'll leverage ServiceNow's Now AI Platform to co-create transformative solutions with enterprise clients.

What you get to do in this role:

Work with sales teams and clients to position our services and identify business problems our team can help solve using our proven, design-led methodologyPlan, facilitate, and co-deliver design thinking led workshops with customers (participants range from end users to C-level) and delivery partnersPrepare, lead end to end engagements organising clients, team members with structured plansArticulate and logically communicate concepts with technical and non-technical audiencesCo-create future state solutions with customers and colleaguesTransform co-created future state narrative design into an experience, enhance and refine through validation of design concepts.Design impactful ways of relating ideas and concepts to executive audiencesSynthesize, collaborate to create engagement stories and artefacts to share with the wider community and product teams.Share the engagement stories to drive awareness and demandPresent at executive briefings and marketing eventsThought lead, continually improve our methods and processesStay current with ServiceNow product developments, complementary technology and external trends in order to identify opportunities to broaden the use of the Now Platform outside of typical domains In order to be successful in this role, we need someone who has:

5+ years of experience working as part of a sales/consulting organization preferably working with enterprise software products5+ years of Service Design experience with the ability to envision and inspire holistic customer-centric, AI-enabled solutionsSelf-starter able to create and foster relationships with key stakeholders and co-workersCurrently living in Japan and are fluent in business-level JapaneseComfort and ease in customer-facing meetings (pitching and planning sessions)Experience facilitating client-facing workshops to successfully progress initiatives into the next phase of their lifecycleAbility to work within a multi-discipline team focused on delivering high-quality output in short timeframesExperience in conceptualization, design strategy, UX and direction of solution prototypesExperience designing AI-powered workflows, including how AI agents, automation, and data services augment human roles.Strong capability to design across service layers: customer journeys, business processes, organizational systems, and enabling technologies.Familiarity with AI-powered design and collaboration tools (e.g., Figma, Miro, Adobe XD or similar).Proficiency with modern design and collaboration tools including Figma (e.g. Figma Make), Miro (Miro Assist), Adobe Creative Suite and experience with AI-powered design assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Midjourney or similar)Solid project management skills and collaborates well with diverse disciplines in a dynamic environmentStrong storytelling and communication design skills

Nice to haves:

Understanding of enterprise AI platforms (ServiceNow, Microsoft, Salesforce or similar), their AI capabilities and how they shape workflow transformationFamiliarity with governance, compliance, and responsible AI practicesUnderstanding of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2+) and inclusive design principlesExperience working on consumer digital productsProduct/business strategyHands on experience with mobile, web application, conversational and responsive web UX/UI design

Relevant Mindset

Confident, collaborative, and flexible as a member and discipline leader in an interdisciplinary team where teamwork is imperative to drive better customer outcomesAn endless supply of passion and curiosityWillingness to travel up to 40% of the year to on-site customer engagements (depending on demand) Work Personas

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Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or nationality, ancestry, age, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.

Accommodations

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