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Role Overview: You will be responsible for managing the end-to-end software license lifecycle for desktop applications, ensuring compliance, cost optimization, and alignment with organizational policies. This role involves working closely with application support, procurement, vendors, and security teams to maintain accurate license governance across Windows and macOS environments. Key Responsibilities: - Manage the complete lifecycle of desktop application licenses, including procurement, deployment, renewal, and retirement. - Ensure compliance with software license agreements, vendor contracts, and audit requirements. - Design, configure, and manage central license servers to enable real-time license checkouts and monitoring for floating licenses. - Conduct regular license usage analysis and reconciliation to identify under-utilization or non-compliance. - Coordinate with application packaging and desktop support teams to ensure licensed software is deployed correctly. - Work with vendors and procurement teams on license renewals and true-ups. - Identify opportunities for license optimization, cost reduction, and rationalization. - Prepare regular license usage, compliance, and cost reports for stakeholders. - Maintain accurate license data in asset management and ITSM tools. - Define and enforce license management processes, standards, and controls. - Support application onboarding and offboarding from a licensing perspective. - Collaborate with security and risk teams to ensure licensing aligns with compliance and regulatory requirements. Qualification Required: - 5+ years of experience in Software Asset Management (SAM), IT Asset Management (ITAM), or IT Procurement. - Robust experience in software license management, License file Mapping, Option File Mapping for desktop applications. - Knowledge of major licensing models (per-user, per-device, subscription, concurrent, SaaS). - Hands-on experience with SAM / ITAM tools (ServiceNow SAM, Snow, etc.). - Understanding of Windows and macOS desktop environments. - Experience working with vendors such as Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, VMware, etc. - Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills. Role Overview: You will be responsible for managing the end-to-end software license lifecycle for desktop applications, ensuring compliance, cost optimization, and alignment with organizational policies. This role involves working closely with application support, procurement, vendors, and security teams to maintain accurate license governance across Windows and macOS environments. Key Responsibilities: - Manage the complete lifecycle of desktop application licenses, including procurement, deployment, renewal, and retirement. - Ensure compliance with software license agreements, vendor contracts, and audit requirements. - Design, configure, and manage central license servers to enable real-time license checkouts and monitoring for floating licenses. - Conduct regular license usage analysis and reconciliation to identify under-utilization or non-compliance. - Coordinate with application packaging and desktop support teams to ensure licensed software is deployed correctly. - Work with vendors and procurement teams on license renewals and true-ups. - Identify opportunities for license optimization, cost reduction, and rationalization. - Prepare regular license usage, compliance, and cost reports for stakeholders. - Maintain accurate license data in asset management and ITSM tools. - Define and enforce license management processes, standards, and controls. - Support application onboarding and offboarding from a licensing perspective. - Collaborate with security and risk teams to ensure licensing aligns with compliance and regulatory requirements. Qualification Required: - 5+ years of experience in Software Asset Management (SAM), IT Asset Management (ITAM), or IT Procurement. - Robust experience in software license management, License file Mapping, Option File Mapping for desktop applications. - Knowledge of major licensing models (per-user, per-device, subscription, concurrent, SaaS). - Hands-on experience with SAM / ITAM tools (ServiceNow SAM, Snow, etc.). - Understanding of Windows and macOS desktop environments. - Experience working with vendors such as Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, VMware, etc. - Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
