Senior IT License and Contract Manager

Job Description

You are responsible for the correct and efficient licensing of a defined range of software products from the global software portfolio of ContiTech and the successful implementation of strategic guidelines.

In this role, you're in charge of the following tasks:

• Efficient and correct licensing according to contractual conditions, especially according to valid license metrics
• Ensuring seamless renewals of maintenance and subscriptions
• Ensuring the documentation of each license acquisition in the license management tool
• Issuing and managing license keys
• Defining and implementing sustainable measures to minimize risks and ensure always valid licensing and software usage (compliance)
• Regularly providing license balances (license inventory, license usage, license requirements)
• Regularly conducting internal license audits to validate or identify deviations
• Determining needs and planning the budget for centrally managed software usage rights
• Central internal contact for software licensing, especially in the sourcing process towards Purchasing department
• Developing simulations and scenarios for license models and contract volumes
• Monitoring the data quality of license types and usage
• Providing analyses and data for management requests
• Coordinating or conducting measurements for internal or external inquiries
• Communicating changed license conditions to internal application and service owners
• Developing alternative license metrics and adapting changed metrics for internal operations
• Actively participating in mergers & acquisitions (M&A), especially regarding license metrics and temporary usage rights

Qualifications

• University degree in computer science, business informatics, business administration with a relevant focus
• Several years of professional experience in IT license management, IT controlling, or IT license consulting
• Advanced knowledge of internal procedural instructions on compliance, workflows, and approvals
• Certification as a license manager (TÜV, CSLP, CSAM, or comparable) as well as ITIL Foundation (v3, v4)
• Basic knowledge in finance, such as purchase-to-pay, project cost planning, investment calculation
• Advanced analytical expertise, proficient in MS Office Excel (PIVOT reports, filter criteria, enrichment with external data) or PowerBI, SQL, KNIME, etc.
• Fluent German and English skills, both written and spoken
• Solid mathematical and statistical knowledge with high affinity for numbers and statistics

Applications from severely handicapped people are welcome.