Software Asset Management (SAM) Specialist

Decskill; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Decskill is seeking a Software Asset Management (SAM) Specialist to strengthen license lifecycle discipline across national and international projects. You will analyze licensing data, monitor usage, identify discrepancies, and support compliance analyses and audits.

With 5+ years in SAM, you will translate complex licensing into clear, actionable recommendations for technical, financial, and business stakeholders, helping drive cost optimization in a fast-growing IT services environment.

Formación

• 5+ years of experience in Software Asset Management.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Ability to work with large volumes of data and identify inconsistencies.
• Financial awareness with a strong focus on cost optimization.
• Ability to interpret contracts and complex licensing rules.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills with technical, financial, and business teams.
• Proactive approach to identifying risks and opportunities.
• Ability to translate technical analysis into clear information and executive recommendations.

Responsabilidades

• Manage the lifecycle of software licenses and assets.
• Monitor acquired, assigned, installed, and effectively used licenses, identifying discrepancies and optimization opportunities.
• Support compliance analyses and Effective License Position (ELP) assessments by collecting evidence.
• Identify idle, underutilized, or unsuitable licenses based on users’ actual usage profiles.
• Propose license reharvesting, downgrading, reuse, and optimization actions to reduce costs.
• Monitor changes in licensing models and licensing metrics from major software vendors.
• Support renewal, procurement, true-up/true-down, and vendor negotiation processes.
• Support software vendor audits and compliance processes.

Conocimientos

Software Asset Management

Data analysis

Cost optimization

Contract interpretation

Stakeholder communication

Descripción del empleo

We are growing. And we are looking for talented people.

At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.

We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long-term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.

As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long-term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.

We are looking for a Software Asset Management (SAM) Specialist!

Responsibilities

• Manage the lifecycle of software licenses and software assets.
• Monitor acquired, assigned, installed, and effectively used licenses, identifying discrepancies and optimization opportunities.
• Support consulting activities by collecting evidence for compliance analyses and Effective License Position (ELP) assessments.
• Identify idle, underutilized, or unsuitable licenses based on users’ actual usage profiles.
• Propose license reharvesting, downgrading, reuse, and optimization actions, with a focus on cost efficiency.
• Monitor changes in licensing models and licensing metrics from major software vendors.
• Support renewal, procurement, true-up/true-down, and vendor negotiation processes.
• Support software vendor audits and compliance processes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Software Asset Management (SAM).
• Strong analytical and investigative skills.
• Ability to work with large volumes of data and identify inconsistencies.
• Financial awareness and a strong focus on cost optimization.
• Ability to interpret contracts and complex licensing rules.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills with technical, financial, and business teams.
• Proactive approach to identifying risks and opportunities.
• Ability to translate technical analysis into clear information and executive recommendations.

Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously.

What you can expect from us

• Long-term projects with national and international context.
• Opportunities to grow technically and professionally.
• A people-first culture, focused on transparency and trust.
• Teams that value ownership, collaboration, and stability.
• An international and multicultural working environment.
• Opportunities to work on complex Software Asset Management and licensing initiatives.

Find with us the right opportunity to grow!

Thank you!

Decskill is committed to equality and non-discrimination with all our talents. We recruit and promote talent, based on diversity and inclusion, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality or any other form of discrimination incompatible with the dignity of the human being.