Software Asset Manager

Minimum 5+ years of Software Asset Management (SAM) experience.

· Experience managing licenses from publishers like Oracle, VMware, IBM, Microsoft, Opentext, and others.

· Proficiency in interpreting Product Terms and managing licensing agreements.

· Ability to navigate publisher portals and interpret usage reports.

· Familiarity with virtual technology terms and entitlement reports analysis.

· Demonstrable experience in designing and implementing SAM Governance, Policy and lifecycle processes aligned to industry accepted standards.

· Strong communication and collaboration skills for effective teamwork across global, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

· Interpret current and past Product Terms for various publishers.

· Manage licensing agreements of various publisher and overseeing renewals.

· Navigate publisher portals and interpret usage reports.

· Manage product licenses on-premises and in the cloud, including BYOL requirements for different cloud providers.

· Analyze entitlement reports and software deployment data for detailed usage reports.

· Collaborate seamlessly with a global, cross-functional team across different time zones.

· Management and administration of tools like SNOW, ServiceNow etc

· Create dashboards and reports with SNOW reporting tools to monitor KPIs, calculate savings, and show the ROI of software asset management programs.

· Provide and troubleshoot early warnings on tool issues.

· Establish and maintain accurate inventories of software assets, including licenses, entitlements, and usage statistics, in cooperation with the procurement, IT, and finance teams.

· Interface with the product vendors to seek technical clarifications on Product related issues faced.

· Identifies and delivers various cost optimization opportunities throughout the asset lifecycle.

· Provide consulting advice on license implications for deployments in Datacenter, EUC estate and Cloud. -Experience in understanding IT Infrastructure, cyber security and network land scape and respective software knowledge is added advantage