Senior Software Asset Management Specialist

The Senior Software Asset Management Specialist will join the Enterprise Software Management team to enable strategic business objectives, increase software value, and promote open-source alternatives. Key responsibilities include software request process, software governance, reporting, and vendor audits.

Requirements

• 8-14 years of experience in IT with 3-5 years of proven experience of managing and implementing Software Asset Management or related IT Discipline
• Understanding of license metrics e.g., core, processor, user
• Experience in Tier 1 or 2 Publisher licensing metrics, data collection and Effective License Position (ELP) creation including Tier 1 product lines and multiple licensing models
• Analytics – the ability to work through dry documentation and spreadsheets, extracting key information, analysing and modelling
• Hardware analysis knowledge – awareness of the importance of hardware devices such as client endpoints, server endpoints, virtualisation, mobile devices, BYOD, etc. and the ability to utilise the data in a commercially useful manner
• Contract/EULA analysis understanding – awareness or working knowledge of asset related contract, financial and procurement terminology and SAM related language
• Discovery tool experience, e.g., Microsoft SCCM, ADDM, Microsoft MAP, Active Directory, ePO
• Licence Management tool experience such as Flexera FNMS, ServiceNow SAM Pro, Snow Software
• Knowledge of cloud and virtualisation and its impacts for ITAM – Citrix, VMware, Oracle
• Analytical abilities, including excellent Excel skills
• Good presentation skills, both in reporting and in presenting in person
• Agile mindset
• Business skills
• Commercial awareness.
• Inter-departmental relationship management capabilities.
• Analytical abilities, including Excel skills
• Meticulous and precise approach.
• A team player who is self-motivated.
• Drive and initiative.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Clear thinking under pressure.
• Ability to make decisions based on quick analysis and industry experience
• Good presentation skills, both in reporting and in presenting in person
• Proven record to work across multiple workstreams delivering to agreed timelines
• A sense of ownership
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to take initiative and work autonomously
• Results-oriented
• Ability to influence and persuade