IT Software Asset Manager

AAC•Hybrid, District of Columbia, United States, DC

3d•$95,000 - $125,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Provides daily and long-term management of software in the customer environment. Plans, monitors, records, and tracks software licenses to help ensure compliance with license agreements and usage standards, service agreements, maintenance, and warranties. Assists in developing procurement strategies to optimize technology spending across the organization and develops and implements procedures for tracking enterprise IT software assets. The position is currently hybrid, with on-site and remote work, but may change based on organizational needs. The role also works with SAM Pro to create software models, manage entitlements and contracts, review normalization and discovery mappings, and manage software requests and license availability.

Responsibilities

Develop software asset management standards, plans, and procedures.
Enter and maintain software asset information in the approved tracking system for budgeting, compliance, inventory, contracts, maintenance and service agreements, and cost tracking.
Recommend software procurements based on utilization and support needs.
Liaise with other departments to forecast future technology needs.
Identify savings opportunities involving renewals, software licensing, and services.
Define software configuration standards and evaluation criteria for purchasing and acquiring new software assets.
Recommend improvements to enterprise software asset management.
Create custom reports and compare and analyze data from multiple sources.
Create new software models using SAM Pro.
Enter software entitlements and contracts and link them.
Review software normalization.
Review and update discovery mappings to existing software models and versions.
Manage and maintain non-standard and new software requests.
Check license availability for active software models.
Define metrics, gather data, and report on the effectiveness of IT software asset management processes.