Licensing Specialist (Regular)

• Develop and manage license consumption metering processes for products in scope (licenses, software, consumption based, etc.). Conduct regular audits and assessments to ensure compliance with software licensing terms and conditions. Identify any potential compliance gaps or risks.
• Develop and implement license usage policies and guidelines to ensure compliance and optimize license utilization. Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to define policies that align with business needs and industry best practices
• Analyze license usage data to identify opportunities for optimization. Identify underutilized licenses, explore license reassignment options, and make recommendations for optimizing license allocation and usage
• Operationally manage contracts and relationships to maximize value creation and costs for software licensing, maintenance, and service offerings
• Maintain centralized repository of license contracts, agreements, POs, invoice files. Ensure that all documents are up to date, properly described, and easily accessible for reference
• Contribute to the preparation and monitoring of the consolidated budget for software products and licenses
• Act as a main contact when external audits occur
• Support the strategic, tactical, and commercial discussions along with decisions that affect software and licenses (according to the vendor interaction model)
• Advise relevant project, program, infrastructure and application portfolio managers on software licensing and compliance, recommended actions that will optimize the software portfolio
• Stay updated within the area (new licensing models, trends and be part of communities etc.)
• Run internal licensing portfolio governance; provide reports on license compliance, budget follow-up, report optimization efforts and cost savings achieved through license management activities. Provide insights and recommendations to stakeholders, management teams, based on data analysis to support decision-making processes

Employer requirements

• Proven professional history within license management and administration, software licensing, software asset management for end user/desktop software and mid-tail software products and services
• Proven track of end user/desktop software and mid-tail software licensing principles and contractual aspects expertise
• Experience from leading in a global context, cross cultural awareness, and skills.
• Experience with ITSM and SAM tools is an asset (SAM Pro, FNMEA, FNMS, FlexeraOne)
• Clear sens of end-to-end ownership management and initiative/proactiveness skills
• Ability to identify, understand, and prioritize the interests, needs and concerns of various stakeholders, including executive level, from the SAM perspective
• Excellent communication & presentation skills
• Clear sense of end-to-end ownership
• Comfort with multi-source data analysis
• Technical background is an asset
• Relevant university degree
• Complete proficiency in English is a requirement