SAM Lead

Roles Responsibilities : • Project Management: Lead and coordinate SAM-related projects across various stages (planning, execution, monitoring, closure) within the IT service management framework. • Process Governance: Ensure that SAM processes are followed consistently, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and compliance with ITIL best practices. • Stakeholder Management: Liaise with internal teams, vendors, and business units to ensure SAM processes meet organizational goals and timelines. • Documentation: Maintain comprehensive project and process documentation, including project plans, status reports, risk assessments, and project timelines. • Risk Issue Management: Identify, monitor, and mitigate risks and issues associated with SAM initiatives and ensure project milestones are met. • Process Improvement: Continuously identify opportunities for improvement in SAM practices, tools, and workflows. • Tool Management: Oversee the implementation, configuration, and optimization of SAM tools to support asset and configuration management processes. • License Server management : License Server Setup, Management, Monitoring and Maintenance. • Reporting Analytics: Generate and present regular reports on SAM project progress, asset status, and configuration accuracy to senior management. • Software Licensing Compliance: Ensure that software licensing agreements are adhered to, and develop strategies to prevent non-compliance issues, audits, and associated risks. • Vendor License Management: Manage relationships with software vendors and ensure that contracts and renewals are reviewed, negotiated, and compliant. Skills : • Strong understanding of software asset management processes, including procurement, deployment, tracking, and decommissioning. • Solid knowledge of software licensing models (per-user, per-device, subscription-based, etc.) and compliance standards. • Experience with SAM tools such as ServiceNow, Flexera, Snow Software, or similar platforms. • Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously. • Strong understanding of engineering software applications and licensing models, including CAD, CAM, CAE, and simulation tools • Experience in Windows and Linux system administration, particularly in managing license server systems. • Proficiency in configuring and maintaining license server software and hardware such as FlexLM, CodeMeter, Reprise License Manager, BetaLM, LS-DYNA, ALM, TLM, Altair, or similar. • Manage Audit ensure 100% compliance for all Software Audits. • Familiarity with ITIL and other service management frameworks. Certifications • CSAM • ServiceNow CIS • Microsoft SAM