Software Asset Manager in Bradford

We’ve got an opportunity for a Software Asset Manager to join the Technology team at our support centre in Bradford.

In this role you'll lead on the management of Morrisons’ software assets, ensuring that our software licence entitlement and deployment positions are understood and managed, and advising on the purchase and use of software, helping us minimise expenditure on software and risk of non-compliance with licences, and maximise return on investment in software.

Here at Morrisons our Software Asset Manager gets involved in things like this;

• Advises on the software asset management approach for the business

• Provides regular insights and reporting to key stakeholders around licence compliance and usage, advising Technology leadership team on strategies

• Developing and maintaining working relationships across the business units to ensure that software use is disclosed and controlled

• Developing and communicating the software usage policy

• Regularly reviewing software deployment and usage to identify and outline potential efficiencies and cost savings

• Evaluating, selecting and implementing appropriate IT software asset management tools

• Providing advice on dealing with software regulatory bodies such as the Federation against Software Theft

• Managing the response to software vendor audit or license validation requests, in conjunction with legal and commercial colleagues

• Advising on the company approach to software escrow and coordinate the maintenance of software in escrow

• Conducting software related supplier negotiations, and provide industry insight and detailed input on software entitlement and usage in order to inform software procurement activity and strategy

What skills and qualifications do I need to be a successful Software Asset Manager?

• Strong knowledge of the software marketplace and software licensing models and major software vendors and means of tracking and assessing compliance.

• Strong technical understanding of Technology, including virtualisation and cloud delivery models

• Ability to review and understand detailed and complex software licensing terms and translate into plain English

• Sufficient confidence and commercial experience to successfully negotiate with software licensors

• Solid experience of software asset management and software purchase and licensing gained within a large company

• Experience handling software audits by major suppliers, dealing with software regulatory bodies and implementing and embedding software asset management  policy, process and tools, and delivering substantial maturity improvements

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