Software Asset Manager, Asia

Location: Singapore, Singapore

In fast changing markets, customers worldwide rely on Thales. Thales is a business where brilliant people from all over the world come together to share ideas and inspire each other. In aerospace, transportation, defence, security and space, our architects design innovative solutions that make our tomorrow's possible.

Thales established its presence in Singapore in 1973 to support the expansion of aerospace-related activities in the Asia-Pacific region. Throughout the last four decades, the company grew from strength to strength and is today involved in the primary businesses of Aerospace (including Air Traffic Management), Defence & Security, Ground Transportation and Digital Identity & Security. Thales today employs over 2,100 people in Singapore across all its business areas.

Job Responsibilities:

- **Supervise the carry-out of inventories (local & central contracts) and guarantee the conformity in comparison in Asia**
- Gather estate data (Purchase records, proofs of entitlement
- Gather inventory data (licences allocation to projects/businesses/services, install/uninstall
- Consolidate and validate the inventory reports and broadcast the information to the relevant stakeholders (as defined in the processes)
- Establish a conformity assessment in regards to entitlement and software usage in comparison with licences Terms & Conditions
- In case of non-conformity, draft and manage the remediation actions plan in accordance with the Licence Budget Manager (for local contracts), or the Centralized Contracts SAM (for central contracts)
- **Master the software and licences lifecycles.**
- Manage the request management / renewal and referencing:

- Ensure that any new software deployed is in compliance with the group strategy (on technical and financial aspects), the Thales instruction (security and legal aspects) and international regulations (export control and fiscal rules);
- Allow for the deployment of software after having verified the compatibility of its Terms & Conditions with Thales internal policy.
- Organise provision of installation required elements (activation/security keys, software installation media
- Provide to the relevant stakeholders all the information associated with the licence lifecycle (end of maintenance, end of rights, renewal dates) Optimise the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Provide support to the Centralized contracts SAM during sourcing centralizations;
- Enable the licences transfer between entities by studying opportunities in advance of the purchase and by regularly indicating to the central the availability of licences.
- Direct the forecast gathering and consolidate it prior to contracts negotiations with publishers. Convey these data to SAM Centralized Contracts when relevant.
- **Provide a support to the other entity stakeholders**
- Negotiate, with delegation of purchasing team (whether it may be local or central) the technical aspects during contracts signing/renewal or audits;
- Provide a support to the projects/businesses that wish to have licensing model advice during their design phase;
- Lead the communication/awareness actions.
- Lead the local SAM community
- Ensure the development of every SAM stakeholders skills
- **Contribute to the continuous improvement process in association with the group SAM community (SAM entities, centrals, corporate).**
- Challenge the internal processes and take part in their improvement
- Define the specifications of SAM dedicated tooling.
- Be a key element in the Group SAM community

**Job Requirements**:

- Degree in relevant industry
- 10 years of experience
- Experience in the management of assets or in IP management.
- Able to work well in teams
- Analytical mind & synthesis capacity
- Communication and teaching skills
- Knowledge of IS/IT solutions required