Software Asset Manager

Greetings from TCS!!! TCS is Hiring for Software Asset Manager Desired Experience: 6-8 Years Job Location: Kolkata · Minimum 5+ years of Software Asset Management (SAM) experience. · Experience managing licenses from publishers like Oracle, VMware, IBM, Microsoft, Opentext, and others. · Proficiency in interpreting Product Terms and managing licensing agreements. · Ability to navigate publisher portals and interpret usage reports. · Familiarity with virtual technology terms and entitlement reports analysis. · Demonstrable experience in designing and implementing SAM Governance, Policy and lifecycle processes aligned to industry accepted standards. · Strong communication and collaboration skills for effective teamwork across global, cross-functional teams. Responsibilities: · Interpret current and past Product Terms for various publishers. · Manage licensing agreements of various publisher and overseeing renewals. · Navigate publisher portals and interpret usage reports. · Manage product licenses on-premises and in the cloud, including BYOL requirements for different cloud providers. · Analyze entitlement reports and software deployment data for detailed usage reports. · Collaborate seamlessly with a global, cross-functional team across different time zones. · Management and administration of tools like SNOW, ServiceNow etc · Create dashboards and reports with SNOW reporting tools to monitor KPIs, calculate savings, and show the ROI of software asset management programs. · Provide and troubleshoot early warnings on tool issues. · Establish and maintain accurate inventories of software assets, including licenses, entitlements, and usage statistics, in cooperation with the procurement, IT, and finance teams. · Interface with the product vendors to seek technical clarifications on Product related issues faced. · Identifies and delivers various cost optimization opportunities throughout the asset lifecycle. · Provide consulting advice on license implications for deployments in Datacenter, EUC estate and Cloud. -Experience in understanding IT Infrastructure, cyber security and network land scape and respective software knowledge is added advantage