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Sr Principal – Senior Principal – Software Asset Management
| Company | Northern Trust |
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| Location | Chicago, IL, USA |
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| Salary | $137400 – $240400 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Management, or a related field and 10 years of related work experience (of which 5 years must be post-baccalaureate, progressive related work experience)
- Must have 5 years of consulting experience or internal consulting experience
- Must have 5 years of experience managing a team
- Experience leading a Software Asset Management program
- Experience presenting to Executive management
- Excellent communication skills
- Complete understanding of software lifecycle management
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to respectfully deal with colleagues at all levels within the company and represent the company externally
- Excellent ability to schedule meetings in a global environment being respectful of time zones
Responsibilities
- Lead the optimization of analysis, design, or re-design of SAM, APM to support the effective operation of controls supporting the Software Asset Management function
- Collaborate with team members to optimize key data reports to inform insights that contribute to improvement in processes that deliver efficiencies
- Lead roadmapping activities to deliver best-in-class capabilities to support ITAM with focus on Software Asset Management and Application Portfolio Management
- Develop and maintain working relationships across multiple functions to support software asset management throughout its lifecycle
- Measure improvements to SAM through meaningful metrics, KPIs, KRIs and KCIs
- Work with stakeholders to continuously improve and innovate software asset management processes and best practices
- Build a collaborative and product relationship with team members managing the enterprise license position for software publishers across all divisions
Preferred Qualifications
- Software Asset Management and discovery tools experience (FlexeraOne, ServiceNow Discovery, SCCM, ServiceNow APM and SAM products and data architecture)
- Experience interpreting licensing terms and conditions
- IAITAM, CSAM certification or similar certification
- Intermediate/Advanced Excel skills
- Good working knowledge of all major operating systems and hardware platforms
- Excellent understanding of ISO 19770 framework to capitalize on building a strong SAM program
- Strong understanding of ITIL
