Software Licence Manager

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter Nottingham is seeking a senior Software Licence Manager to own licensing strategy, governance and cost management for a strategic environment. You will lead licensing analyses, influence senior stakeholders and drive improvements across licences, cloud costs and renewals.

The role requires SC clearance or willingness to obtain, with the Nottingham site as a primary base and IT as the business unit.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in Software Licence Management or software licensing.
• Deep knowledge of major vendors and licensing models.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and governance.

Responsibilities

• Act as the accountable SME for complex software licensing, compliance and cost.
• Support major-vendor renewals, audits and licence positions across vendors.
• Translate licensing data into clear recommendations for stakeholders.
• Identify savings, cost avoidance and licence reharvesting opportunities.
• Support budgets, forecasts, renewals and finance reporting.
• Use Snow or equivalent tooling for analysis and reporting.
• Assess licensing impacts across transformation, cloud and Azure costs.
• Represent SAM in governance and escalation management.
• Lead service improvements with better controls and automation.
• Set priorities and mentor analysts while ensuring delivery.

Skills

Software Licence Management

Licensing knowledge

Stakeholder management

Cloud licensing

Tools

Snow

Power BI

Azure cost management

Workflow automation

Job description

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Software Licence Manager

Location: GBR - CC Nottingham, GBR - CC Hatfield Adm | Job-ID: 220566 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Information Technology

Life on the team

Join our Software Licence Management team as the senior point of expertise for a strategic customer environment. You will bring together licensing knowledge, commercial insight, governance and service delivery to reduce risk, control cost and improve decision-making. This is a visible, hands‑on role where you will lead complex activity, shape recommendations for senior stakeholders and develop capability across the team.

Must be SC Cleared, or willingness to undertake

Hatifeld or Nottingham based

What you'll do

• Act as the accountable subject matter expert for complex software licensing, compliance, optimisation, financial and programme matters.
• Support major‑vendor renewals, effective licence positions, reconciliation and audit defence across vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Adobe and Veritas.
• Turn licence, contractual, cost and technology data into clear recommendations for customer, operational and senior stakeholders.
• Identify and evidence savings, cost avoidance, demand reduction and licence reharvesting opportunities.
• Support budgets, forecasts, renewals, project uplifts, cross‑charges and Finance reporting, ensuring changes are reflected accurately.
• Use Snow or equivalent tooling, discovery and entitlement data to improve analysis, reporting and decision‑making.
• Assess licensing impacts across transformation, data‑centre, cloud, migration and upgrade activity, including Azure cost and cloud‑licensing considerations.
• Represent Software Asset Management in customer, operational and vendor governance, managing actions, assumptions, decisions and escalations.
• Lead service improvements through stronger controls, automation, artificial intelligence, workflow improvements and reusable standards.
• Set priorities, mentor analysts and quality‑assure delivery while retaining accountability for agreed outcomes.

What you'll need

• Substantial experience in Software Licence Management, software licensing or a closely related technology‑commercial role.
• Strong knowledge of major‑vendor licensing, with depth in at least two of Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Adobe or Veritas.
• A proven track record of leading complex licence analysis, renewals, audits, effective licence positions or optimisation activity.
• Experience assessing licensing implications across projects, migrations, upgrades, cloud adoption and architecture change.
• Working knowledge of Snow or equivalent tooling, discovery, entitlements, reconciliation, metering and reharvesting.
• The ability to interpret contracts, product terms, technical designs and financial data, then explain their practical impact clearly.
• Confidence working with senior customer, technical, Finance, Commercial and vendor stakeholders, with the judgement to challenge constructively and prioritise competing risks.
• Experience leading or developing analysts, setting priorities and ensuring consistent, high‑quality service delivery.
• A calm, accountable and hands‑on approach, supported by strong documentation and relationship‑building skills.
• Security clearance, or the ability to maintain the clearance required for the role.
• Relevant Software Licence Management, IT service management, cloud, FinOps or vendor certification would be advantageous, as would experience of Azure cost management, Power BI, workflow automation or managed services.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, with about 21,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers’ infrastructures.

We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.

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