1 Manager Service Manager
Tender Overview
About this tender
This Tender is invited by the Issuer. Overview The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is seeking a Software Asset Manager (Microsoft Licensing Specialist) to provide expert Software Asset Management, software licensing, governance and commercial advisory services to the Department's Software Asset Management Team within the ICT Procurement Team. Purpose The Department has a requirement to strengthen its Software Asset Management (SAM) capability to support effective software procurement, licensing compliance, vendor management and governance across an increasingly complex software environment. The Role The role includes: Managing software licence compliance across the Department Optimising software investments Supporting software procurement activities Improving Software Asset Management maturity Providing specialist Microsoft licensing expertise across complex software environments Working closely with ICT, procurement, finance, contract management and business stakeholders to ensure software assets are effectively governed, compliant, and aligned with business requirements and whole-of-life cost considerations Supporting the Department's transition to new Microsoft licensing arrangements, including licence allocation, entitlement management, stakeholder engagement, reporting, and optimisation activities
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