What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Asset Management Lead/SME position at Omm IT Solutions?
PLEASE NOTE:
- It is a 100% onsite position in Woodlawn, MD,
- Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a public
trust clearance.
- Candidate must be willing to work on-site in 5 days a
week.
- Local Candidate Preferred.
Key Required Skills:
- The Software Asset Management Lead is responsible for
assisting client with their software asset lifecycle program, ensuring strong
governance, regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and cost optimization. This
role works with team of technical professionals and partners closely with
Infrastructure, Security, Procurement, Finance, and Risk Management to protect
enterprise assets and reduce operational and compliance risk.
- Experience in managing the end-to-end Software Asset
Management (SAM) lifecycle, including procurement, deployment, maintenance,
utilization, and retirement of software assets across the enterprise
- Experience in utilizing ServiceNow Asset Management (SAM
PRO) for tracking and managing SW assets.
- Develop and maintain policies, procedures, and standard
operating controls to mitigate cybersecurity, endpoint, and physical asset
risk.
- Strong verbal and written communications.
Position Description:
- Manage the end-to-end Software Asset Management (SAM)
lifecycle, including procurement, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and
retirement of software assets across the enterprise.
- Provide leadership and guidance to work provided by a team
of technical professionals.
- Ensure accurate inventory reporting, reconciliation, and
documentation to support regulatory and financial requirements.
- Identify and recommend automation and tooling enhancements
to improve governance and reporting maturity.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve software asset
management process maturity.
- Track software entitlements, monitor license usage, and
conduct internal audits to ensure compliance and cost-efficiency.
- Perform in-depth data analysis in ServiceNow to provide
visibility into software usage and compliance status.
- Compile financial, contractual, and inventory analysis data
to support enterprise IT asset lifecycle management.
- Recommend and help enforce SAM policies and procedures to
ensure software compliance and mitigate audit risks.
- Respond to internal and external audit requests; investigate
licensing discrepancies and resolve compliance issues.
- Support onboarding of new enterprise software titles into
ServiceNow SAM Pro, including gathering requirements, conducting stakeholder
interviews, and documenting business and technical needs.
- Collect, analyze, and maintain data on software usage,
versioning, contract end dates, and license information to ensure accurate
asset tracking.
- Assist in developing strategies for software consolidation,
licensing compliance, and cost reduction initiatives.
- Analyze business processes, data flows, and operational
reporting.
Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
- Master's and 5+ years of experience, Bachelor's and 7+ years
of experience or 13+ years in lieu of a degree.
- 7+ years of experience with Enterprise-Wide Software Asset
Management
- 5+ years of experience with ServiceNow Software Asset
Management (SAM Pro) and Hardware Asset Management (HAM Pro) implementations.
- Knowledge of enterprise software licensing, contract
management, and asset lifecycle processes.
- Familiarity with asset data normalization, catalog items,
workspaces and compliance dashboards.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail in data
management.
Required Skills:
- Master's and 5+ years of experience, Bachelor's and 7+ years
of experience or 13+ years in lieu of a degree.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills,
problem-solving.
- Proficient in Excel and reporting tools
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Desired Skills:
- Experience building and maturing enterprise IT Asset
governance programs.
- ITIL certification.
- Governance, audit, or risk certifications.