Brand Strategist

San Diego, CA (Remote)

$124K/yr – $217K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 4 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and evolve ServiceNow's brand strategy through research-driven positioning, architecture, and competitive analysis, while tracking brand health, supporting M&A branding, and enabling cross-functional strategic initiatives.

  • Lead audience research and insights
  • Drive evidence-based brand strategy and performance

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and stress-test brand positioning, architecture, and competitive strategy across ServiceNow's portfolio and business functions, informed by primary research, market data, and competitive analysis.
  • Conduct audience research and buyer insight analysis across key personas and buying groups—including IT, HR, Customer Service, and Security & Risk—to understand their priorities, decision-making criteria, and how ServiceNow is perceived.
  • Build strategic frameworks that guide brand decisions: brand architecture models, category definitions, competitive positioning maps, and persona-based strategy documents.
  • Support brand measurement and health tracking— interpreting brand trackers, correlating findings with other sources and translating metrics into strategic recommendations for leadership.
  • Competitive intelligence analysis, including positioning research, messaging analysis, and landscape mapping that informs our strategic differentiation.
  • Support M&A integration and acquisition strategy through brand architecture assessment, equity evaluation, and integration recommendations.
  • Use primary research (surveys, interviews, focus groups), secondary sources (analyst reports, market data), and campaign performance data to validate and evolve strategy.
  • Experiment with AI tools that accelerate research synthesis, competitive analysis, and strategic modeling, sharing findings and best practices with the team.
  • Support the existing team with ongoing programs and initiatives

Requirements

  • Several years of experience in brand strategy, communications planning, or insights development—at an agency, consultancy, or in-house marketing function. B2B enterprise experience preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience developing brand positioning, architecture strategies, or competitive positioning frameworks grounded in research and market analysis.
  • Strong capability in audience research and insight development—designing research, analyzing findings, and translating insights into strategic recommendations.
  • Solid understanding of brand measurement, tracker design, and how to interpret brand health metrics to inform strategy.
  • Ability to synthesize complex market, competitive, and customer data into clear strategic recommendations for leadership.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills—you can distill complex analysis into compelling strategy documents and present recommendations with confidence to senior leaders.
  • Comfort designing and interpreting primary research (surveys, interviews) and working with research methodologies.
  • Intellectual curiosity about competitive landscapes, market trends, and category dynamics—you read widely and think strategically about how markets shift.
  • Curiosity about AI and enthusiasm for using new tools to enhance research, analysis, and strategic thinking.
  • An eagerness to develop expertise, contribute to cross-functional strategic discussions, and raise the bar on brand strategy rigor.

Benefits

  • We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs.
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ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) makes the world work better for everyone. Our cloud-based platform and solutions help digitize and unify organizations so that they can find smarter, faster, better ways to make work flow. So employees and customers can be more connected, more innovative, and more agile. And we can all create the future we imagine. The world works with ServiceNow. For more information, visit www.servicenow.com.

Founded in 2004
Santa Clara, CA, US
32K employees (2,162 in marketing)
89% recommend to a friend
97% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.1M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.6%
Direct
49.8%
Referral
7.1%
Social
2.1%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~31.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,319 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
20 years
Median Tenure
5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
20

Funding

Total Funding
$83.7M
Last Raise
$11M
Post IPO Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2022
    Post IPO Equity
  • Mar 2012
    Private Equity • $11M
  • Feb 2012
    Private Equity • $17.9M

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