Senior Manager, Software Asset Management
About The Position
Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow? A position at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for. Position Summary The Senior Manager, Software Asset Management is responsible for leading a team in end-to-end lifecycle management of an assigned strategic IT Portfolio capability, and will: Be accountable for delivery of accurate application spend forecasts and achievement of in-year and long-term savings targets. Own development of the enterprise Software Asset Management (SAM) strategy and roadmap. Oversee SAM team performance through KPIs (e.g., cost savings, reduce capability overlap, forecast accuracy, timeliness). Define software spend lifecycle standards to guide planning, evaluation and negotiations. Partner with Business Units to understand application demand and facilitate effective spend management.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position.
- Five years of prior people leadership experience.
- Ten years of experience with end-to-end service lifecycle, business process, project or product management.
- Five years of experience with strategic planning, portfolio prioritization, delivery execution, and operations.
- Excellent communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill sets.
- Excellent Relationship Management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results.
- Experience working within a highly regulated industry.
- Ability to deliver value in compliance with policies and regulations.
- Demonstrated ability to apply a customer focus, problem solve, and drive continuous improvement to solutions, systems and processes.
- Demonstrated ability to drive, adopt, and lead others through change in a diverse and dynamic environment.
- Experience with Sourcing and Contract Management.
- Proven ability to attain and hold in-depth acumen in business process, technical knowledge, and architectural topology.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with ServiceNow.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the performance and development of staff.
- Lead priorities and manage work performance of staff, vendors and contractors.
- Provide leadership as needed across multiple sites, and in alignment with Union or other contracts.
- Understand the customers' needs, and partner to deliver innovative solutions.
- Partner with Supply Chain, Finance, Enterprise Security, Audit/Compliance and other internal groups to drive results.
- Ensure products and services operate in a lean, stable, and adaptable manner.
- Ensure product delivery and operation are cost effective and within budget.
- Develop, propose and manage long and mid-term strategic technology plans and roadmaps for assigned products and services
- Drive continuous improvement in IT performance.
- Proactively prevent and support prompt restoration of service disruptions.
Benefits
- Annual Incentive Program
- Medical/Pharmacy Plan
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Care Reimbursement Account
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account
- Short-term disability (STD)
- Long-term disability (LTD)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit programs
- Employee recognition program
- Pension
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Holidays
- Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
- Parental Leave Benefit
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
