Software Asset Program Manager

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple new ideas have a way of becoming great products services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and theres no telling what you could Research and Engineering Solutions supports Hardware Engineerings ability to develop Apples iconic products by developing and managing the critical tools licenses and workflows our engineers rely on every day.

Were looking for a sharp execution-focused Software Asset Program Manager to take ownership of high-impact operations in our software license management space from tracking usage and renewals to partnering with engineers when they hit access issues. Youll own end-to-end management of a large dynamic portfolio of engineering software licenses and tokens across multiple vendors sitting at the intersection of engineering Procurement and vendor management. The ideal candidate has strong organizational and analytical skills moves fluidly between technical detail and business-level decision-making and enjoys working cross-functionally to keep engineering workflows running smoothly.

Own and maintain an accurate inventory of software licenses including feature-level tracking when necessary to enable proactive track forecast and drive license renewals on a recurring cadence collaborating with Procurement engineering teams and vendors to avoid disruptions in service and align renewals with business and assess license and token usage to identify optimization opportunities and recommend changes to reduce cost and improve input for contract negotiations considering factors such as user workflow needs business flexibility scalability and with engineering support and IT teams to triage and help resolve license availability entitlement or token-consumption issues affecting engineers and drive process improvement opportunities in the software license space to create efficiencies and improve overall validate and analyze large datasets from multiple sources to drive intelligent quantitative and qualitative business insights to develop communicate and implement smart business decisions.

Bachelors degree and 7 years of progressive experience in a related discipline.n5 years of demonstrated program and project management experience including ownership and management of complex ability to manage inventories track usage and ensure compliance with legal analytical skills working hands-on with data to connect it to real-world for blending qualitative and quantitative data to formulate and drive a clear plan and related working with external stakeholders or written and verbal communication skills.

Experience with usage analytics or reporting with different software license and consumption models (e.g. node-locked floating subscription token/credit-based).nExperience in reading and interpreting legal documents such as contracts and with engineering-specific software applications (e.g. Ansys MATLAB AutoCAD SolidWorks etc.).nExperience supporting or troubleshooting technical issues for end users even informally is a plus. While this role isnt a help-desk role comfort being a point of contact when engineers hit issues is valuable.