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# Adding additional managers

# Adding additional managers {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
* 
* Updated August 1, 2024
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 minutes to read

Appointing additional managers in your organization ensures the continuity of work in
the absence of a primary manager.

You can appoint additional managers for the external assignment groups of contractor
companies.  
Roles and responsibilities of additional managers:

Internal manager
:
    * Onboard contractor companies and their employees
    * Approve or reject onboarding agent requests
    * Assign work to the contractor companies and their workforce
    * Track the progress of work order tasks assigned to the contractor companies using the Contractor dashboard.
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External manager
:
    * Onboard agents for contractor companies
    * Assign and manage work order tasks to the contractor agents using the Field Service Contractor portal.
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Note:  
An off-boarded agent automatically gets deleted from the additional manager role if assigned to. For more information, see [Offboard agents on the Field Service Contractor Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/7ByRtnJ3TTj6fpdTgioF3A "Offboard agents of the contractor company to terminate their services.").

## Add additional internal managers {#ariaid-title2}

Appoint additional internal managers for an outsourced service provider to manage
contractor companies and their employees in the absence of its primary internal contractor
manager.

### Before you begin

Assign wm_int_contractor_manager role to the employee of an internal company whom you
want to add as additional internal manager. For more information, see [Assign a role to a
user](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_AssignARoleToAUser&version=xanadu&pubname=xanadu-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US).

Role required: admin, wm_admin, or wm_int_contractor_manager

### Procedure

1. Navigate to AllApplicationOutsourced Field Service Providers.
2. Select a contractor company from the Outsourced Service Providers list.
3. In the Internal Contractor Managers related list, click Edit.
4. In the Collection list, select the desired user, and then click Add.  
   Note:  
   Collection list displays the users with wm_int_contractor_manager role only.
5. Click Save.

### Result

The additional internal manager is added to the company.

## Add additional external manager {#ariaid-title3}

Appoint additional external managers for an outsourced service provider to manage the
agents and work of contractor companies in the absence of a primary external manager of the
contractor company.

### Before you begin

Role required: admin, wm_admin, or wm_int_contractor_manager

Assign wm_ext_agent role to the employee of an external company whom you want to add
as additional external manager. For more information, see [Assign a role to a
user](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=t_AssignARoleToAUser&version=xanadu&pubname=xanadu-platform-administration&ft:locale=en-US).  
Note:  
The agent to be appointed as an additional external manager, should be the member of the assignment group of the same outsourced service provider.

### About this task

Internal manager of a company can onboard field service agents for contractor companies and also appoint them as additional external managers to manage the managerial activities of contractor companies.

External manager of the
contractor company can also assign additional manager role to a field service agent
while on boarding them or later. For more information, see [Onboard agents on the Field Service Contractor Portal](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/ePk6mwUmEqUsS2MK69yHAA "Onboard a Field Service agent so the contractor company can assign outsourced work order tasks to be performed at the customer location by that agent.") and [Assign additional manager assignments to an agent](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/zk6sVv15JRNAifHbz31DCQ "As a manager of a contractor company, you can assign additional manager role to the agents in your teams.").

This procedure
explains how an internal manager can onboard additional external manager using ServiceNow AI Platform.

### Procedure

1. Navigate to AllApplicationOutsourced Field Service Providers.
2. Select a contractor company from the Outsourced Service Providers list.
3. In the Groups related list, open the assignment group for which you want to appoint an additional manager.  
   For example, Acme Services.
4. In the Additional Managers related list, click Edit.
5. In the Collection list, select the desired user, and then click Add.
6. Click Save.

### Result

The additional external manager is added to the company.

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