Responsibilities :
Interpret software license agreements and identify rules, obligations, and product metrics to ensure compliance with software license
Understand general software Product Use Rights and contractual entitlement requirements for software products and publishers
Collect, cleanse and normalize software and hardware discovery and inventory information
Establish and maintain regular license management processes to review License Position Reports
Maintain regular Hardware Asset Inventory reports to ensure inventory coverage remains high
Assist business and technical teams by monitoring and ensuring contract compliance
Analyze consumption history and trends to understand and support discussion with stakeholders regarding future demand
Communicate regularly with stakeholders to verify future anticipated demand for software and hardware, translate this into budgeting/forecasting guidance for the affected software programs
Conduct regular analysis of actual consumption of pre-purchased inventories to deployment plans
Provide subject matter expertise to the Procurement Department in support of software license and hardware support renewal negotiations with publishers
Support software compliance audits
Interact with stakeholders as a promoter for Software & Hardware Asset Management compliance processes and procedures
Collaborate Group Wide with cross-functional teams to continuously improve existing, or implement new processes, required to sustain the controls necessary to maintain software compliance.
Communicate regularly with stakeholders to ensure all assigned assets are being fully utilized.
Technical and Professional Requirements:
7+ years of business experience related to software and hardware asset management, IT asset management, CMDB or software procurement.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience interacting with multiple stakeholders throughout the company at all levels (including senior management) and across multiple countries
Experience interpreting license and contractual terms/conditions and analyzing purchase records.
Experience in managing license compliance for Tier -1 publishers such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Adobe, and VMware.
Knowledge of a variety of software licensing models and metrics
Provide support for Tiered vendor configurations in the SAM tool.
Working knowledge of SAM or HAM tool(s) i.e AMDB, SAM Pro, & Flexera.
Experience with corporate wide and/or internal departmental software/hardware policy/procedure development and document preferred.
Establish and maintain regular license management processes to review License Position Reports.
Define and enforce policies, standards, and controls for software license compliance, usage, renewals, and provide necessary evidence for regulatory requirements.
Support and guide the HAM team to ensure smooth execution of hardware asset governance processes.
Continuously monitor KPIs related to SAM (technical and operational) and HAM to ensure 100% data quality.
Familiar with discovery tools across platforms including SCCM, JAMF, and ServiceNow.
Knowledgeable in hardware asset lifecycle management, including sustainability concepts and key KPIs to track.
Proven track record in driving cost-saving and cost-avoidance initiatives, with reporting capabilities using Tableau, JIRA and ServiceNow Performance Analytics.