Senior Software Asset Management Leader (Hybrid)

Rockwell Automation, Inc.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance including Medical, 'n

401k

Paid Time off

Parental and Caregiver Leave

Flexible Work Schedule

Job summary

Rockwell Automation, Inc. is seeking a Software Asset Management (SAM) Manager to provide enterprise leadership for software asset management, licensing, and IT service contract management.

This senior role leads governance, compliance, optimization, and continuous improvement across the software asset lifecycle and reports to the Director IT Business Operations & Results Delivery Office. Preferred work location is Milwaukee, WI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
• Legal authorization to work in the US; no visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Typically 8+ years of related experience in SAM, IT asset management, or licensing.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, business, finance, supply chain, or related field.
• Demonstrated leadership of enterprise SAM practices in global environments.
• Advanced knowledge of major software licensing models, product-use rights, and cloud licensing.
• Experience interpreting contracts, entitlements, purchase orders, and invoices for risk/opportunity using SAM tools.
• Proven ability to guide decisions with Technology, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Cybersecurity, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise SAM practice with governance, standards, and a multi-year improvement roadmap.
• Serve as SME for software licensing, product-use rights, and IT service contract management.
• Manage repositories for entitlements, contracts, renewals, ownership, and docs.
• Perform complex license-position and compliance analyses by reconciling deployments and usage.
• Identify optimization opportunities including license harvesting, demand management, and contract consolidation.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, business, finance, supply chain, or related field

Experience leading enterprise SAM practices or similar

Advanced knowledge of software licensing models and cloud licensing

Ability to interpret contracts and entitlement records for risk and optimization

Tools

SNOW Atlas

Job description

Rockwell Automation, Inc. is seeking a Software Asset Management (SAM) Manager to provide enterprise leadership for software asset management, licensing, and IT service contract management.

This senior role leads governance, compliance, optimization, and continuous improvement across the software asset lifecycle and reports to the Director IT Business Operations & Results Delivery Office. Preferred work location is Milwaukee, WI.