Lead Software Asset Management

Lead Software Asset Management
Remote type: Hybrid
Location: Randburg
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Time left to apply: End Date: November 21, 2024 (4 days left to apply)
Job Requisition ID: R-15969459
Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together…one story at a time.
With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
Develop, implement and lead an integrated asset management capability (people, processes and systems) that enables the organisation to optimise the provisioning, cost, quality and value of physical and virtual infrastructure and supports the delivery of scalable, resilient, efficient and effective technology products and services.
Key Accountabilities

Accountability: Asset Management Direction Setting and Transformation
Work collaboratively across the business and leverage own expertise in Technology and IT Asset Management (trends, tools and practices) as well as provide insight and understanding of the commercial business requirements to define the future state vision for Asset Management.
Define, identify/manage and hold one stop shop accountability for the full asset management function to enable commercial decision making.
This includes having a thorough understanding of the end to end asset base performance including but not limited to:

Asset types including their cost, numbers, nature etc. like hardware, software, network and communications infrastructure, servers and applications, mobile devices, telephony, facilities equipment etc.
Asset types including key lifecycle data such as cost, quantities, role, environment, and lifecycle status.
Asset Events and critical data e.g. upgrades, change plans, issue resolution, SLA's / OLA's, asset performance etc.

Positively contribute to the development of the Group Infrastructure Operations Strategy Operational plans and target setting process.
Take accountability for fully understanding the technology roadmaps and plans across the business and translating these into implications for Asset Management and ensuring integration.
Leverage the robust Asset Management framework with an understanding of the technology strategies across the business and lead the development of a transformational asset management strategy.
Refine, solidify and cascade the asset management vision and strategy across the business and technology teams and ensure alignment to business and customer objectives (short, medium and long term).
Translate the outcomes of various relationship management and iterative business planning processes into a defined operational plan for the function.
Facilitate the strategy and budgeting alignment and approval processes for the function.
Strengthen and evolve the partnership with the Technology and Business Leadership teams for maximum business impact.
Define and implement an asset management framework and associated capabilities to enable the defined strategy and operational plans.
Develop, implement and continuously improve a leading practice asset management cost model for the organisation that compares favourably to industry benchmarks.
Take full accountability for achieving operational efficiency and effectiveness targets and objectives.
Analyse operational cost data, identify cost-saving efficiencies and influence the business to adopt these efficiencies across multiple service teams.
Craft a well-defined capability development and change plan for asset management and lead its successful execution.
Strategically and operationally monitor the performance of asset management across the organization.
Leverage monitoring and performance data to ensure uninterrupted business operations, proactive issue identification and resolution.

Accountability: Process Engineering and Asset Management Optimisation

Clearly articulate and cascade the asset management strategy to the broader team and build capability to successfully deliver it.
Work in collaboration with internal and external delivery teams to analyse requirements and capabilities.
Leverage deep expertise in solution design and delivery to deliver better service levels, faster execution and better customer experience.
Implement leading practice asset management standards, guidelines, policies, procedures, processes and practices.
Drive the asset management automation agenda and successfully lead its execution.
Define and drive key asset management metrics, KPI's, SLA's and their achievement.

Accountability: Commercial Management and Impact

Take full accountability for the successful, optimal, commercially viable and sustainable delivery across the organisation through viable pricing strategies and vendor managed service partnerships.
Work collaboratively with Group procurement and technology leaders to lead the commercial contracting and vendor engagement processes.
Ensure compliance with all Group procurement standards and frameworks.

Accountability: People

Set and cascade strategic direction to the asset management team.
Drive a culture of continuous improvement and change across the function.
Proactively attract, recruit, develop, retain, reward and deploy a diverse resource base aligned to an ever evolving business/client environment.

Skills & Experience Required:

Manage software assets as they relate to the ITAM Life cycle.
Analyze large volumes of data relating to software entitlement.
Demonstrated experience in working with Flexera or similar software asset management tools is highly advantageous.
Exceptional team leadership skills and proven experience managing a team are essential for success in this role.

Education
Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.
About Us
We are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.
Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa's largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41 000 employees.
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