Job Description

Sr. SAM Consultant

Position Summary:

The Senior Software Asset Management (SAM) Consultant (L3) should be highly specialized IT governance and a licensing expert. Expert in overseeing complex software license compliance (Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, IBM), and lead strategic audits, cost optimizations for global clients.

Key Responsibilities

• The role requires extensive experience in managing SAP license management, understanding the products of SAP from a licensing perspective, including understanding agreements, licensing mechanisms, various metrics, and rules.
• Lead software license reconciliation and baseline calculations for tier-1 vendors (e.g., Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Adobe, VMware, Red Hat).
• Reviewing existing license contracts and usage data to ensure compliance with licensing terms.
• Analysing user access patterns to recommend appropriate license types.
• Generating Effective License Position (ELP) reports, compliance statuses, and cost analyses.
• Staying informed about the latest trends and terminology in SAP and its products, other publishers products licensing.
• Conducting SAP and other publishers license audits and reviews to identify compliance issues and suggest solutions.
• Advising clients on strategies to optimize SAP and other publishers licenses, maximizing value while minimizing costs.
• Advise customers on all SAP licensing topics, including named users, use types, engines, indirect/digital access
• Advise customers on all SAP licensing topics, including named users, use types, engines, indirect/digital access
• Act as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) during internal and external vendor audits.
• Develop “true-up” strategies and mitigate compliance risks to prevent financial penalties.
• Create customized compliance dashboards, automated workflows, and reporting mechanisms for executive stakeholders using tools of Snow, Flexera one etc.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through license harvesting, downgrades, and reallocations.

• Advise clients on shifting from on-premise to complex cloud/subscription-based licensing models (AWS, Azure, SaaS).

• Provide tier-3 functional and technical escalation support
• Mentor junior and L2 consultants, reviewing their deliverables and guiding them on complex licensing scenarios.

• Experience: 8 to 12 years of core ITAM/SAM experience, with at least 3+ years in a senior consulting or L3 capacity at a global IT consultancy or enterprise.
• Licensing Knowledge: Deep understanding of server, core, and user-based licensing models for major publishers.
• Soft Skills: Exceptional stakeholder management, analytical problem-solving, and executive-level presentation skills.

Preferred Certifications

• ITIL 4 Foundation Qualification
• Certified Software Asset Manager (CSAM)

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Do

1.    Provide tool design, development and deployment support for the project delivery 
a.    Interact with the internal project or client to understand the project requirement from a tool perspective 
b.    Design the solution keeping in mind the tool requirements, current tools available as well as details on licenses required etc.
c.    Provide budget and timeline estimates for the tool development/ deployment as required
d.    For any new tool development, identify sources for development (internal or 3rd party) and work with the project managers on the development of the tool keeping in mind the production rollout timelines
e.    Conduct commercial discussions with the 3rd party vendors for licenses or tool development 
f.    Conduct appropriate testing to ensure error free deployment of the tool on the project
g.    Ensure deployment of tool on time and within the estimated budget
 

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Deliver

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