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The Architect translatescomplex business, risk, regulatory, and technical requirements into solutionarchitectures, implementation strategies, workflows, integrations, reporting,and automation aligned with Templar Shield standards and ServiceNow leadingpractices.\nThe Architectworks directly with stakeholders across risk, compliance, internal audit,cybersecurity, privacy, legal, technology, finance, and operations. This roleprovides architectural direction throughout discovery, design, configuration,testing, deployment, stabilization, and adoption while helping clientsestablish and mature sustainable governance, risk, compliance, audit, andresilience programs.\nThis is asenior, technical, client-facing consulting role that provides designauthority, leads Engineers, and works with Managers to ensure successfuldelivery. The Architect also helps clients evaluate and implement AI-enabledIRM capabilities using ServiceNow Otto, AI Control Tower, intelligentautomation, and agentic workflows. These capabilities must be designed withappropriate security, privacy, governance, explainability, human oversight, andresponsible-use controls.\n\nRequirementsPrimary Responsibilities:ClientConsulting and Solution Leadership\nLead discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, requirements workshops, maturity assessments, design sessions, and solution reviews with business, technical, and executive stakeholders.\n\nDevelop a clear understanding of each client’s business objectives, risk and compliance obligations, governance structure, operating model, technology environment, program maturity, and desired outcomes.\n\nTranslate complex business, risk, regulatory, operational, and technical requirements into scalable solution architectures, implementation strategies, roadmaps, and future-state operating models.\n\nServe as a trusted advisor by explaining architectural options, technical dependencies, implementation risks, design tradeoffs, and recommended approaches to client stakeholders.\n\nMaintain alignment among client stakeholders, Managers, Engineers, product teams, and third-party vendors throughout solution design and delivery.\n\nServiceNow IRM Architecture andDelivery\nLead the architecture, design, and delivery of ServiceNow IRM solutions across Risk Management, Policy and Compliance Management, Audit Management, Third-Party Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, Operational Resilience, Regulatory Change Management, Issues Management, and related capabilities.\n\nDefine solution architecture across IRM applications, including data models, security, risk taxonomies, control structures, assessment methodologies, issues, indicators, approvals, workflows, integrations, and reporting.\n\nDetermine the appropriate use of out-of-the-box functionality, configuration, integration, automation, or custom development based on client requirements and ServiceNow leading practices.\n\nProvide architectural oversight and targeted hands-on support across ServiceNow IRM applications while guiding Engineers responsible for configuration, development, testing, and deployment activities.\n\nAdvise clients on governance, risk management, regulatory compliance, internal controls, policy management, audit, third-party risk, business continuity, operational resilience, and sustainable IRM program management.\n\nIntegration, Data, Reporting, andAutomation\nDesign integrations between ServiceNow IRM and enterprise platforms, data repositories, regulatory-content providers, risk and compliance tools, security technologies, financial systems, and other business applications.\n\nDefine integration patterns, APIs, data mappings, transformation rules, reconciliation logic, synchronization schedules, error handling, monitoring, and support requirements.\n\nDevelop data architecture and governance strategies that support accurate risk, control, policy, audit, issue, assessment, indicator, entity, and regulatory information across IRM applications.\n\nDefine reporting and analytics strategies, including key performance indicators, key risk indicators, dashboards, data sources, audience-specific views, Performance Analytics, and executive reporting.\n\nEvaluate ServiceNow Otto, AI Control Tower, automation, and agentic workflow capabilities for IRM use cases while ensuring appropriate security, privacy, governance, explainability, human oversight, and responsible use.\n\nTechnicalLeadership and Quality Assurance\nDevelop and maintain solution architecture documents, integration designs, data models, process flows, functional specifications, architectural decisions, implementation guidance, and supporting technical documentation.\n\nEstablish technical standards and review configurations, workflows, integrations, data models, automation, and reporting for security, scalability, performance, maintainability, and upgrade compatibility.\n\nProvide technical direction to Engineers and consultants, assign design and configuration activities, resolve complex technical issues, and validate completed work.\n\nDefine solution acceptance criteria and oversee system, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing, deployment readiness, production transition, and post-deployment stabilization.\n\nIdentify architectural risks, technical debt, assumptions, dependencies, and complex design issues and work with Managers and client stakeholders to develop mitigation plans and guide clients away from unnecessary customization.\n\nPractice and Sales Support:TheServiceNow IRM Architect supports Templar Shield’s business development andpractice growth by providing solution leadership and subject-matter expertisethroughout the sales process.\n\nSupport Practice Leads in identifying, qualifying, shaping, and expanding ServiceNow IRM opportunities within new and existing client accounts.\n\nParticipate in pre-sales discovery sessions, solution demonstrations, technical workshops, capability presentations, and executive discussions.\n\nLead solution scoping and contribute to architecture approaches, staffing models, delivery plans, effort estimates, pricing inputs, proposals, Statements of Work (SOWs), and responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs).\n\nDevelop solution approaches that clearly define scope, assumptions, dependencies, integration requirements, risks, staffing needs, and delivery estimates.\n\nHelp develop reusable service offerings, implementation methodologies, reference architectures, integration patterns, demonstrations, accelerators, templates, and training materials.\n\nTechnical Knowledge and Skills:Candidates must demonstratestrong solution architecture, platform, and IRM knowledge, including:\n\nStrong knowledge of ServiceNow IRM applications, data models, workflows, workspaces, and related platform capabilities.\n\nExperience designing solutions across Risk Management, Policy and Compliance Management, Audit Management, Third-Party Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, Operational Resilience, Regulatory Change Management, Issues Management, or related applications.\n\nStrong working knowledge of ServiceNow platform architecture, application scope, data models, security, access controls, reporting, dashboards, and platform governance.\n\nAbility to evaluate requirements and determine the appropriate use of out-of-the-box functionality, configuration, integration, automation, or custom development.\n\nExperience designing IRM workflows, assessments, risk and control processes, policies, audits, issues, indicators, approvals, taxonomies, attestations, and related automation.\n\nExperience defining enterprise integration strategies using REST and SOAP web services, APIs, Integration Hub, MID Server, import sets, transform maps, and established ServiceNow integration patterns.\n\nAbility to develop reporting and analytics strategies, including key performance indicators, key risk indicators, dashboards, executive reporting, Performance Analytics, and supporting data sources.\n\nExperience reviewing solution designs, configurations, integrations, automation, and data models for security, scalability, performance, maintainability, and upgrade compatibility.\n\nFamiliarity with data migration, Automated Test Framework, source control, application deployment, update management, release management, and ServiceNow upgrade practices.\n\nWorking knowledge of JavaScript, Flow Designer, Integration Hub, business rules, and other ServiceNow scripting and automation capabilities.\n\nFamiliarity with ServiceNow Otto, AI Control Tower, and AI-enabled or agentic workflow capabilities, including the governance, security, privacy, explainability, human oversight, and responsible-use considerations associated with their implementation.\n\nQualifications\nFive or more years of ServiceNow platform experience, including experience in a Solution Architect, Technical Lead, or comparable architecture role, with at least three years focused 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