Duration:- Long Term Contract
As a Software Asset Manager / Auditor you will be involved in the management of software acquisition, compliance, maintenance renewals, life cycle planning and costing.
Specifically you will:
· Facilitate the business’ needs for ongoing technical support and upgrade protection on selected products by ensuring that maintenance, support and upgrade protection renewals are managed/handled/ordered in advance of their expiration.
· Identify savings opportunities for renewals, software licensing, and services. Follow through with vendors to obtain identified savings.
· Manage contracts and relationships to maximize value creation and costs for software licensing, maintenance, and service offerings.
· Collect information for budgeting, software compliance & inventory, contract summaries, and cost comparisons.
· Enter and maintain information in a database format to address budgeting, software compliance & inventory, contracts, and cost. Assist in the development of reporting to address management requirements to obtain information.
· Communicate through email, individual interview, group meetings, and presentations to end users, management, developers, and vendors.
· Respond to requests from end users, managers, developers, and team members for specific IT Software Asset Management data information.
Key Competencies:
Implementation/Execution: You are good at organizing and managing multiple priorities and/or projects by using appropriate methodologies and tools.
Innovate: You introduce new ideas and processes which improve performance and productivity.
Problem Solving: You are a problem solver with the ability to encourage others in collaborative problem solving. Acting as both a broker and consultant regarding resources, you engage others in problem solving without taking over.
Role Essentials:
· Experience interpreting licensing terms and conditions
· Experience managing enterprise software asset management programs for major enterprise
· Experience in software audit and vendor "true-up" with major publishers such as IBM, Oracle, SAP and Microsoft
· Experience maintaining information in SAM tool to address budgeting, software compliance & inventory, contracts, and cost
· Experience in developing reporting to address management requirements, license optimization, and data integrity • Identify savings opportunities for renewals, software licensing, and services
· Experience in manage contracts and relationships to maximize value creation and costs for software licensing, maintenance
· Strong understanding of software asset management best practices
· Certified Software Asset Manager (CSAM) is preferred