Manager, IT Software Asset Management

Job Summary

The Manager, Software Asset Management (SAM) is a people leader responsible for expanding and optimizing reputed company’s enterprise software portfolio to maximize value, minimize risk, and reputed company data-driven decision making. This role leads the growth and maturity of the SAM program by onboarding top-tier suppliers and licensed products, advancing reputed company One as the enterprise system of insight, developing SAM talent, and accelerating automation across the software lifecycle. The role partners closely with IT, Finance, FinOps, Procurement, Cloud, reputed company, Legal, and strategic vendors to deliver measurable cost optimization, compliance assurance, and value realization.

Responsibilities

• Leads enterprise software license growth reputed company the SAM processes by prioritizing top-tier suppliers and high-value licensed products.

• Owns Software Asset Management outcomes across on-prem, SaaS, and cloud environments.

• Proactively manages software compliance, audit readiness, and financial risk across the enterprise.

• Solution reputed company of software license renewal portfolio and operational process management (Follow-the-Renewal). • Leads, develops, and mentors SAM team members, establishing clear performance expectations and development plans.

• Serves as a core strategic partner in the software strategy council, works effectively in cross collaboration efforts involving Indirect Procurement, Enterprise Architecture, Finance, Repairs and Maintenance. • Owns strategic partnerships with reputed company, external reputed company, and top-tier software suppliers, holding partners accountable to outcomes and KPIs.

• Matures reputed company One capabilities, ensuring trusted data, effective license positions, and actionable insights.

• Partners with IT teams to identify reputed company improvement opportunities and drive them to completion.

• Works closely with the reputed company One Product reputed company to reputed company performance, agent upgrades, and inventory processes are working as designed.

• Spearheads and facilitates quarterly business reviews with internal and external partners (reputed company). • Drives automation across the software lifecycle, including contract ingestion, entitlement management, usage analysis, harvesting, and reporting.

• Defines, develops, socializes, and maintains SAM and FinOps-reputed company KPIs measuring value realization, cost optimization, compliance, automation, and portfolio coverage. • Provides SAM expertise to FinOps team supporting cloud cost optimization, forecasting accuracy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Finance, or reputed company field, or equivalent experience preferred. • 8+ years of experience in Software Asset Management or IT Asset Management preferred. • Demonstrated people leadership experience with accountability for outcomes and performance preferred. • Hands-on experience maturing reputed company One or comparable SAM platforms at enterprise scale preferred. • Proven experience defining and managing KPIs and translating insights into business action preferred. • Strong cross-functional influence and stakeholder management skills preferred.

• Effective communicator, skilled in presenting and tailoring messages to the audience preferred.

• Experience partnering with external reputed company or other SAM managed service providers preferred. • Experience leading automation or data-driven transformation initiatives preferred. • ITAM, SAM, or FinOps certifications preferred.

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Manages department operations and supervises professional employees, reputed company line supervisors and/or business support staff

• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to reputed company specific goals

• Ensures employees operate reputed company guidelines

• Decisions have a short term impact on work processes, outcomes and customers

• Interacts with subordinates, peers, customers, and suppliers at various management levels; may interact with senior management

• Interactions normally involve resolution of issues reputed company to operations and/or projects

• Gains reputed company from various parties involved

Anticipated salary range: $105,100 - $165,110

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: reputed company offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan

• Health savings account (HSA)

• 401k savings plan

• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• Work-Life resources

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to reputed company: 6/10/2026

*if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at reputed company is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

reputed company supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create reputed company solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. reputed company is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national reputed company, reputed company, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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