Software Asset Manager at Kforce Inc in Westlake, Texas

Job Description:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Kforce has a client in Westlake, TX that is seeking a Software Asset Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Handling key relationships with peer roles across the enterprise, including: Business Application Owners, Service Catalogue Manager, Software Product Owners, and Procurement representatives


• Accountable to ensure new entitlement purchases, true-ups, and maintenance renewals, including maintenance of contract pricing and negotiated terms


• Collaborate to ensure licensing contracts are optimized based on usage and predicted consumption


• Understand impact of maintenance/assurance, support contracts and requirements


• Leading analysis, design, and requirements for IT SAM process improvements and feature enhancements


• Handle lifecycle stages of software assets from initial request - purchasing, deployment, maintenance - through removal from service


• Ensuring quality of software asset records within the Asset Management Repository, including Software Discovery Models, Software Product Models and Software Entitlements


• Discover and establish a full inventory of software deployed


• Identify and correlate hardware and devices of the deployed software


• Identify number of licenses, licensing scheme / type, and utilization of each discovered software


• Identify publishers for whom we do not have full license spend and see high-level where we are non-compliance


• Identify licensed applications, and identify vendor, count, cost per license, and current license holders; Categorize all license usage: assigned in-use, assigned unused, unassigned, expired


• Develop and analyze reconciliation reports to resolve required actions to address non-compliant software installations


• Performing reconciliation by comparing entitlements with discovered software installations to resolve effective license positions for each in-scope publisher

REQUIREMENTS:

• Undergraduate degree, or equivalent experience


• Self-motivated teammate who brings energy, enthusiasm, and intellectual curiosity to the role


• Outstanding execution skills and attention to detail


• Strong quantitative and qualitative problem-solving skills


• Effective in finding opportunities for improvement, prioritizing options, and recommendations


• Experience leading day-to-day operational activities for a Software Asset Management (SAM) program


• Experience managing IT assets throughout their full lifecycle


• Solid understanding of software licensing models, including for large vendors (IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, etc.)


• Experience with asset discovery tools and managing associated data; to analyze and identify potential gaps


• Significant experience with SAM related platforms, tools, and integrations - including ServiceNow SAM and Ariba


• Experience as a member of vendor audit activities, including leading software publisher audits to closure

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless
and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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