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Job Description
IT Asset Manager
Permanent | REMOTE / GTA, ON | October 13, 2022The IT Asset Management function is responsible for the management of technology assets, which includes optimizing the value and cost of technology assets while mitigating the risks these assets present to the organization throughout their life.
This is done by establishing an effective technology life cycle that spans from technology asset selection, operation, refresh, migration, optimization, all the way through the retirement and disposal of the asset.
The IT asset manager is responsible for the governance of this life cycle and reporting data that is captured throughout the life cycle to improve the management of assets within the organization.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that appropriate resources (people, tools, services) and processes are in place to gather and analyze data relating to technology asset life cycles and related processes
- Promote and advocate the value of ITAM to the CIO and organizational leaders. This includes developing and promoting effective ITAM strategies, policy, approaches and practices across the full range of digital technology assets used within the organization
- Identify and report on breaches of ITAM policy, and track remedial action
- Report on (or develop reporting on) remediation of digital technology asset-related risks and progress of optimization activity
- Gather data on and provide analysis of all activities that have an impact on the value, cost and risk of digital technology asset life cycles
- Provide finance with the data to support the analysis of digital technology asset project and maintenance budgets and business cases
- Assign responsibilities for subdisciplines, such as software asset management (SAM), hardware asset management (HAM) and IT asset disposition (ITAD)
- Ensure that ITAM-related tools and services are properly evaluated, selected, implemented, configured and maintained, with appropriate integration with other sources of organizational data
- Supervise the organization’s response to software vendor license compliance audits or license validation requests, in consultation with the relevant vendor and procurement managers, software asset manager and other appointed delegates
Required Skills
- University degree in computer science or approved equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience with IT, enterprise asset management or information management
- Demonstrated leadership experience building cross-organizational consensus with exposure to technology providers and/or business clients
- Demonstrated experience managing a high-performing, cohesive team
- Experience in liaising with middle and senior management
- Strong communication skills with a proven ability to understand key business and technical concepts, and then effectively communicate these concepts with technical staff, business stakeholders and senior management
- Strong organizational skills, the ability to perform under pressure and to manage multiple priorities with competing demands for resources
- Strong analytical, data processing and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in process formulation and improvement
- Ability to read and interrupt contracts to properly manage digital technology, which includes license and maintenance agreements
- 202-626 King St. W.
Toronto, ON, M5V 1M7
Canada
IT Asset Manager
Permanent | REMOTE / GTA, ON | October 13, 2022Email Address
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