Software Licence Manager

Join our Software Licence Management team as the senior point of expertise for a strategic customer environment. You will bring together licensing knowledge, commercial insight, governance and service delivery to reduce risk, control cost and improve decision-making. This is a visible, hands-on role where you will lead complex activity, shape recommendations for senior stakeholders and develop capability across the team.

Must be SC Cleared, or willingness to undertake

Hatifeld or Nottingham based

What you'll do

• Act as the accountable subject matter expert for complex software licensing, compliance, optimisation, financial and programme matters.
• Support major-vendor renewals, effective licence positions, reconciliation and audit defence across vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Adobe and Veritas.
• Turn licence, contractual, cost and technology data into clear recommendations for customer, operational and senior stakeholders.
• Identify and evidence savings, cost avoidance, demand reduction and licence reharvesting opportunities.
• Support budgets, forecasts, renewals, project uplifts, cross-charges and Finance reporting, ensuring changes are reflected accurately.
• Use Snow or equivalent tooling, discovery and entitlement data to improve analysis, reporting and decision-making.
• Assess licensing impacts across transformation, data-centre, cloud, migration and upgrade activity, including Azure cost and cloud-licensing considerations.
• Represent Software Asset Management in customer, operational and vendor governance, managing actions, assumptions, decisions and escalations.
• Lead service improvements through stronger controls, automation, artificial intelligence, workflow improvements and reusable standards.
• Set priorities, mentor analysts and quality-assure delivery while retaining accountability for agreed outcomes.

What you'll need

• Substantial experience in Software Licence Management, software licensing or a closely related technology-commercial role.
• Strong knowledge of major-vendor licensing, with depth in at least two of Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Adobe or Veritas.
• A proven track record of leading complex licence analysis, renewals, audits, effective licence positions or optimisation activity.
• Experience assessing licensing implications across projects, migrations, upgrades, cloud adoption and architecture change.
• Working knowledge of Snow or equivalent tooling, discovery, entitlements, reconciliation, metering and reharvesting.
• The ability to interpret contracts, product terms, technical designs and financial data, then explain their practical impact clearly.
• Confidence working with senior customer, technical, Finance, Commercial and vendor stakeholders, with the judgement to challenge constructively and prioritise competing risks.
• Experience leading or developing analysts, setting priorities and ensuring consistent, high-quality service delivery.
• A calm, accountable and hands-on approach, supported by strong documentation and relationship-building skills.
• Security clearance, or the ability to maintain the clearance required for the role.
• Relevant Software Licence Management, IT service management, cloud, FinOps or vendor certification would be advantageous, as would experience of Azure cost management, Power BI, workflow automation or managed services.