GMS-Staff-SAMS

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SAM- Staff IBM Licensing

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary

Working in a team environment the Staff - SAM is responsible for managing customers licenses. The Senior Consultant will assist customers in understanding and controlling their software licensing entitlement avoiding legal pitfalls related to licensing by leveraging industry best practices while expanding host company licensing opportunities and building more-profitable long-term relationships with our customers.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities for the Role

• Extensive experience (1-5 years) in software asset management license compliance or vendor management with a focus on IBM software licensing.
• Conduct thorough analysis of IBM software entitlements (Passport Advantage) to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Validate license entitlements against contractual agreements purchase records and deployment data.
• In-depth knowledge of IBM software products licensing models and contractual agreements
• Proficiency in software asset management tools and systems (e.g. IBM License Metric Tool FlexNet Manager ServiceNow SAM IBM License Service) preferred.
• Experience in project management process improvement or IT governance is desirable.
• Ability to work independently prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment.
• Applying and advising on complex IBM software licensing topics.
• Producing user and server based ELPs for IBM software.
• Understanding IBM licensing concepts and product use rights.
• Navigating IBM software billing tracking and measurement systems.
• Providing Cost Analysis based on the deployments identified.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with clients.
• Knowledge of IBM licensing concepts of Full-capacity vs Sub-capacity.

Skills Required:

• 1 to 5 years professional experience in licensing industry with successful ITAM/SAM Management/ software licensing experience across publishers is a must.
• Familiarity of different publisher licensing models.
• Understanding of licensing scenarios benefits optimization opportunities conceptual knowledge on use rights of BYOL concept.
• SAM Accreditation (good to have).
• Advanced Excel and data analytics skills.
• Previous exposure to asset management software; preferably with specific experience in ServiceNow and SAM.

Core Capabilities:

• Robust Methodical skills
• Solid Analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong presentation & communication skills
• Quality oriented personality

Functional Capabilities:

• Highly motivated and result oriented.
• Solid organizational abilities adept at multitasking and skilled in time management.

Personality:

• Exceptional capacity for creative thinking and problem identification and resolution.
• Self-driven.
• Keen on detailing and logical reasoning.
• Maintain healthy group dynamics.
• Provide directions to the team based on management directive.
• Capability to engage professionally with individuals from varied cultures and geographic regions.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects/activities simultaneously.
• Establish an atmosphere centred around trust open dialogue innovative thinking and unified teamwork.
• Acknowledge and commemorate both team and individual achievements as well as outstanding performance.
• Possess robust abilities in presenting communicating organizing multitasking and managing time effectively.
• Strong networking abilities.

Core:

• IBM Product Knowledge
• Different IBM Licensing Models knowledge (such as perpetual licenses subscription-based licensing and cloud-based licensing (e.g. IBM Cloud Paks)
• Experience with manual IBM ELP creation.
• Legal and Compliance Understanding
• Contracts and Entitlements Understanding
• Strong analytical Skills
• Software Reconciliation
• Experience with different IBM licensing metrics (e.g. Resource Value Unit Managed Virtual Server Floating User Concurrent User etc.)

Good to have:

• Experience with IBM License Service Tool (ILS) and IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT)
• Experience with ILMT and Flexera Tools health check
• Experience with Cost Optimization
• Contract Renewals
• Project Management
• Excellent communication skills

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