Senior Consultant - Software Asset Management

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Our Company  We're Hitachi Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation and the fastest growing division of Hitachi Group. We're crucial to the company's strategy and ambition to become a premier global player in the massive and fast-moving digital transformation market. Our group companies, including GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services, Hitachi Vantara and more, offer comprehensive services that span the entire digital lifecycle, from initial idea to full-scale operation and the infrastructure to run it on. Hitachi Digital represents One Hitachi, integrating domain knowledge and digital capabilities, and harnessing the power of the entire portfolio of services, technologies, and partnerships, to accelerate synergy creation and make real-world impact for our customers and society as a whole. Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to unleash a digital future. We don't expect you to 'fit' every requirement - your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.

The Team :

We are the Global ITAM team, a key part of Global IT Asset Management at Hitachi Digital. Our mission is to protect the company's IT assets and manage the IT asset lifecycle effectively, ensuring alignment with business needs and compliance requirements. We also support the integrity of our customers' vital information systems through robust asset governance.

As passionate advocates of IT Asset Management, we are a team of innovators, out-of-the-box thinkers, and collaborative problem-solvers. We continuously seek smarter, more efficient ways to enhance our practices and strive for excellence in all aspects of ITAM operations, especially in Software Asset Management (SAM).

The role :

Experience to track and ensure to manage complete life cycle of Software assets for the organization.

Identify, document, and report license compliance issues and recommend solutions for a fix.

Maintain the accuracy of the data in the Asset Management System according to Service Level Agreements and responsible to Maintain, update, track and report on all assets

Working closely with the various IT groups responsible for various IT Assets.

Maintain software standards, validate product lists and maintenance contracts within the asset management database. Coordinate software license and maintenance agreement reviews.

What you'll bring :

5-10 years' experience in software compliance management

ITIL Foundations Certificate and experience in multicultural environment

Familiarity with asset management software and / or inventory tracking systems, such as Flexera, ServiceNow (with SAM\SaaS modules), Zylo, Productiv... etc.

Expert in reconciliation, matching, comparison and manual data reconciliation.

Familiarity with contract / agreement review and accurate interpretation.

Familiarity with software vendors and their products, including Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, Atlassian, Zoom, Miro...

Understanding licensing, Terms and Conditions, EULAs, PURs, vendors changes.

Basic understanding of FinOps (Cloud), SaaS, AI management.

Excellent people skills to interact with staff, colleagues, cross-functional teams, partners, and customers

Strong interpersonal, collaboration, communication, and relationship skills for delivering a positive customer experience.

About us  We're a global, 1000-strong, diverse team of professional experts, promoting and delivering Social Innovation through our One Hitachi initiative (OT x IT x Product) and working on projects that have a real-world impact. We're curious, passionate and empowered, blending our legacy of 110 years of innovation with our shaping our future. Here you're not just another employee; you're part of a tradition of excellence and a community working towards creating a digital future.  #LI-RR1

Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives

Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.

We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.

How we look after you

We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We're also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We're always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you'll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.

We're proud to say we're an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic.  Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.

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