Strategic IT Asset & Licensing Manager

Context Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Context Recruitment is assisting a major construction and engineering group in the UK to recruit an experienced IT Asset Manager. You will take ownership of the IT asset lifecycle, including hardware, software, licensing and mobile devices across a large-scale environment.

This role focuses on governance, compliance and cost control, partnering with procurement, finance and IT teams to optimise spend and asset utilization.

Qualifications

• Experience managing hardware, software and licensing inventories.
• Strong understanding of IT asset lifecycle management principles.
• Knowledge of software licensing compliance and vendor management.
• Experience maintaining asset registers, CMDBs and asset management systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full lifecycle of IT assets, from procurement and deployment through to maintenance, refresh and disposal.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date asset records, inventory management systems and CMDB data.
• Oversee software licensing and support compliance and audit activities.
• Develop and enhance IT Asset Management policies, processes and governance controls.
• Produce regular reporting on asset utilisation, lifecycle status, compliance and costs.
• Work closely with procurement, finance and technology teams to optimise technology spend.
• Coordinate hardware refresh programmes and device deployments across office and field-based teams.
• Manage inventory levels and asset tracking for laptops, mobile devices, peripherals and infrastructure equipment.
• Support employee onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring assets are allocated and recovered effectively.
• Collaborate with Service Desk, Infrastructure, Security and Project teams to support operational requirements.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation and cost savings within IT Asset Management.

Skills

IT asset lifecycle

Hardware management

Software licensing

Vendor management

CMDB

ITIL

ServiceNow

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

Context Recruitment is assisting a major construction and engineering group in the UK to recruit an experienced IT Asset Manager. You will take ownership of the IT asset lifecycle, including hardware, software, licensing and mobile devices across a large-scale environment.

This role focuses on governance, compliance and cost control, partnering with procurement, finance and IT teams to optimise spend and asset utilization.