Lead Software Asset Management

Lead Software Asset Management

Apply remote type: Hybrid

Locations: Randburg

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted Yesterday

Time left to apply: End Date: November 21, 2024 (3 days left to apply)

Job requisition id: R-15969459

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Develop, implement and lead an integrated asset management capability (people, processes and systems) that enables the organisation to optimise the provisioning, cost, quality and value of physical and virtual infrastructure and supports the delivery of scalable, resilient, efficient and effective technology products and services.

Key Accountabilities

• Accountability: Asset Management Direction Setting and Transformation

• Work collaboratively across the business and leverage own expertise in Technology and IT Asset Management (trends, tools and practices) as well as provide insight and understanding of the commercial business requirements to define the future state vision for Asset Management.

• Define, identify / collate, manage and hold one stop shop accountability for the full asset management function to enable commercial decision making.

• This includes having a thorough understanding and grasp of the end to end asset base performance including but not limited to asset types including their cost, numbers, nature etc.

• Positively contribute to the development of the Group Infrastructure Operations Strategy Operational plans and target setting process.

• Take accountability for fully understanding the technology roadmaps and plans across the business and translating these into implications for Asset Management and ensuring integration.

• Define and implement an asset management framework and associated capabilities to enable the defined strategy and operational plans.

• Take full accountability for achieving operational efficiency and effectiveness targets and objectives.

• Drive the alignment of internal and external teams, ways of working, etc for the successful delivery of asset management across the enterprise.

• Craft a well-defined capability development and change plan for asset management and lead its successful execution.

• Stay ahead of the curve on leading practice and identify opportunities for improvement.

Accountability: Process Engineering and Asset Management Optimisation

• Clearly articulate and cascade the asset management strategy to the broader team and build capability to successfully deliver it.

• Work in collaboration with internal and external delivery teams to analyse requirements and capabilities, and leverage analysis to solve and optimise business problems.

• Drive the asset management automation agenda and successfully lead its execution.

• Define leading practice asset management standards, guidelines, policies, procedures, processes and practices.

• Ensure that ultimate user fulfilment can be provisioned and addressed with the minimum of user friction in the most automated and cost effective manner possible.

Accountability: Commercial Management and Impact

• Take full accountability for the successful, optimal, commercially viable and sustainable delivery across the organisation through viable pricing strategies and vendor managed service partnerships.

• Work collaboratively with Group procurement and technology leaders to lead the commercial contracting and vendor engagement processes.

• Ensure compliance with all Group procurement standards and frameworks.

• Lead the input and reporting requirements / processes for all internal / external risk, regulatory, compliance and governance related process for managed services provision across the estate.

Accountability: People

• Set and Cascade strategic direction to the asset management team.

• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and change across the function.

• Proactively attract, recruit, develop, retain, reward and deploy a diverse resource base aligned to an ever evolving business / client environment.

• Build a high performance team environment through self-directed teams.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Software License Management:

  • Manage software assets as they relate to the ITAM Life cycle.
  • Manage complex licensing models and consult on optimizing license usage.
  • Evaluate licensing options (user vs. processor, on-prem vs. cloud).
  • Work closely with technology product owners responsible for software licensing contracts.
  • Take part in negotiations of large complex software contracts.

• Data Analysis:

  • Analyze large volumes of data relating to software entitlement, effectively communicate the information to business and finance for decision making purposes.
  • Have a general understanding of databases.

• Experience with Flexera or Similar Tools:

  • Demonstrated experience in working with Flexera or similar software asset management tools is highly advantageous.
  • Familiarity with ServiceNow.

• Data Analysis Skills:

  • Ability to extract, analyze, and interpret data to draw meaningful conclusions is beneficial.

• Software Asset Lifecycle Knowledge:

  • Familiarity with all stages of the software asset lifecycle, from acquisition to retirement, is advantageous.

• Understanding of SCCM, Intune, and JAMF:

  • Knowledge of SCCM, Intune, and JAMF software management solutions is preferred.

• Contract and Negotiation Skills:

  • Experience in contract management and negotiation will be an asset in managing vendor and partner relationships effectively.

• Leadership and Team Management Experience:

  • Exceptional team leadership skills and proven experience managing a team are essential for success in this role.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.

About Us

Truly African

We are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.

Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41,000 employees.

We own majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (ABSA Bank in Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda, and Zambia. We also have offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, a Technology Hub in Prague, and insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.