Senior Software Asset Management Specialist

Usbank; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 98,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k)

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Software Asset Management Analyst to manage a portfolio of enterprise software publishers within our Software Asset Management organization.

This role will oversee licensing, compliance, entitlement management, and optimization in a large technology environment. This role will partner with product owners, engineering teams, governance, finance, and vendors to use ServiceNow SAM Pro and other data sources, assess license positions, remediate risks, support audits and

Qualifications

• 5+ years IT Asset Management experience in a large or complex enterprise environment.
• 3+ years Software Asset Management experience.
• Hands-on experience with ServiceNow SAM Pro.
• Strong understanding of software licensing, compliance, entitlements, consumption, and lifecycle management.
• Experience managing or supporting enterprise software publisher portfolios.
• Experience identifying and remediating software licensing and compliance risks.
• Experience reconciling entitlement, inventory, and consumption data.
• Experience supporting software governance, audit, risk, or control activities.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with technical owners, engineering teams, Product Owners, operational teams, and vendors.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities and drive work across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end software asset lifecycle of assigned enterprise software portfolios.
• Monitor software entitlements, inventory, deployment, and consumption to maintain accurate licensing positions.
• Identify and remediate software compliance gaps, overdeployment risks, underutilized licenses, and data discrepancies.
• Analyze software usage and provide recommendations related to compliance, forecasting, renewals, optimization, and cost control.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for assigned software publishers and advise stakeholders on licensing requirements and best practices.
• Partner with technical owners, Product Owners, engineering teams, operations teams, governance partners, finance teams, and software vendors.
• Support software audits, risk assessments, control activities, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead or participate in software rationalization, optimization, renewal, and end-of-life initiatives.
• Investigate and resolve entitlement, inventory, consumption, and software asset data quality issues.
• Collaborate with operational teams responsible for software requests, purchasing, provisioning, inventory management, and retirement.
• Improve SAM processes, tooling, documentation, controls, and standard operating procedures.
• Participate in enterprise initiatives affecting software licensing, asset management, or entitlement tracking.
• Provide reporting and analysis to technology leaders and other key stakeholders.

Skills

IT Asset Management

Software Asset Management

ServiceNow SAM Pro

Licensing & Compliance

Stakeholder Collaboration

Data Analysis

Cross-functional Partnering

Strong Communication

Multitask Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

ServiceNow SAM Pro

Job description

U.S. Bank is seeking a Senior Software Asset Management Analyst to manage a portfolio of enterprise software publishers within our Software Asset Management organization.

This role will oversee licensing, compliance, entitlement management, and optimization in a large technology environment. This role will partner with product owners, engineering teams, governance, finance, and vendors to use ServiceNow SAM Pro and other data sources, assess license positions, remediate risks, support audits and