THE CHALLENGE
A platform this critical can't run without an owner.
Staffing an experienced, qualified, full-time ServiceNow Platform Owner is hard — and leaving the role unattended carries real risk to security, compliance, and the value you're meant to be getting from the platform.
Many organizations land somewhere in between: a Platform Owner exists on paper, but doesn't have the bandwidth or specialized skill set to cover governance, security, data strategy, and vendor management all at once — so something always slips.
THE KT2i SOLUTION
One team. Every Platform Owner responsibility, covered.
KT2i's Platform Owner as a Service provides a team of experienced ServiceNow resources — led by a Certified Master Architect and Certified Platform Owner — who together manage every responsibility of a single Platform Owner role. Tailored to your organization, short-term or long-term, as a standalone owner or layered alongside your existing staff.
This service was designed by our in-house Certified Master Architect, Patrick Latella — a subject matter expert who has contributed directly to ServiceNow University's development of the Platform Owner career path.
THE KT2i ADVANTAGE
Flexible, optimized, and built around your needs
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Flexible and optimized to fit your needs
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Ensures the security of your ServiceNow environment
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Maintains the functionality & performance of the platform
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Ensures data quality & AI readiness through prescriptive governance
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Provides the strategic guidance to drive business outcomes
KEY PLATFORM OWNER RESPONSIBILITIES
Nine responsibilities. Three disciplines. One accountable team.
Govern
Direction & Decision-Making
ServiceNow Governance
Ensure value realization by defining the decision-making process, properly scoping efforts, and enforcing the highest quality development.
Strategic Alignment
Ensure ServiceNow investments and efforts deliver desired outcomes and achieve business objectives.
Operating Model
Open the channel for ideation to empower the business to request new capabilities that drive new outcomes and increased value.
Secure
Protection & Platform Health
Platform Security
Harden the attack surface by enforcing least-privilege access policies, strict integration security policies, and close collaboration with the Security Team.
Data Strategy
Establish a solid data foundation to drive automation and accurate decision-making, guiding the population of a trustworthy, AI-ready, service-aware CMDB.
Platform Administration
Manage cloning & upgrades, ServiceNow subscription and licensing compliance, and user administration.
Optimize
Growth & Adoption
Implementation Model
Assess and manage customizations to optimize platform scalability, while driving new opportunities for expanding the ServiceNow footprint and value realization.
ServiceNow & Vendor Management
Orchestrate communications with ServiceNow Support and collaborate with vendors to align workstreams.
Organizational Change Management
Align the "people" side of digital transformation to ensure adoption, empower fulfillers, and guide executive sponsorship and leadership.
VALUE REALIZATION FROM DAY 1
A prescriptive roadmap, not a slow ramp-up
Phase 1 — Stabilize Instances & Confirm Solid Foundation
- Assess instances for version alignment
- Engage leadership & define objectives
- Align DEV teams
- Establish Operating Model & Governance Model
Phase 2 — Harden Attack Surface & Define Strategic Roadmap
- Strengthen security policies
- Confirm access to ServiceNow Support
- Establish relations with ServiceNow Account team
- Define 12-month value-based timeline
Phase 3 — Continuous Value Realization & Increased Adoption
- Continuous increased value / OCM
- Establish & support ServiceNow Center of Excellence & Innovation
- Drive adoption across the enterprise
- Maximize value of ServiceNow licensing
WHY KT2i
Deep industry experience. Real ServiceNow expertise.
KT2i brings together a team that ensures the right expertise is applied to every critical Platform Owner responsibility — combining deep business and industry experience with extensive delivery and implementation experience, AI-focused, to achieve your outcomes today while building for tomorrow.
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ServiceNow Certified Master Architect on every engagement
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ServiceNow Certified Platform Owner leadership
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Certified Implementation Specialists across the ServiceNow product suite
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ITIL, CMDB/Asset Management & AI adoption expertise
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Service designed by Patrick Latella, contributor to ServiceNow University's Platform Owner career path
Precision-driven. Result-oriented. Let's accelerate your roadmap.
Talk to us about staffing your ServiceNow Platform Owner role — short-term, long-term, or alongside your existing team.

