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Posted YesterdayIT Asset Manager
at Unum Group
United KingdomHybrid
Responsibilities
- Lead software asset management activities, maintaining visibility of software usage, entitlements, and optimisation opportunities.
- Drive cloud cost optimisation initiatives, applying FinOps principles to improve visibility, forecasting, accountability, and value from cloud investments.
- Produce robust financial analysis and business cases, including ROI, NPV, total cost of ownership, and make-versus-buy assessments.
- Build strong relationships with software vendors and strategic suppliers to maximise commercial and service outcomes.
- Influence stakeholders across Technology, Finance, and Procurement to ensure technology investments deliver clear business value.
- Support software approval, allocation, and lifecycle management processes.
Requirements
- You'll use your expertise in Software Asset Management (SAM), cloud cost optimisation, and commercial analysis to influence investment decisions, optimise licensing strategies, and deliver measurable business value.
- Develop a deep understanding of IT budgets, spend categories, and cost drivers to identify opportunities for savings and efficiency.
- What We're Looking For We're interested in hearing from professionals who can bring a combination of technical understanding, commercial awareness, and stakeholder influence.
- experience in Software Asset Management (SAM) and technology spend optimisation.
- A strong understanding of AI token cost models Strong knowledge of software licensing models across major vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, or similar.
- Experience managing software estates across on-premise, SaaS, PaaS, and cloud environments. A solid understanding of cloud cost management and FinOps practices, ideally within Azure Cloud licensing.
- Experience partnering with Procurement teams and contributing to supplier and contract negotiations. Strong financial and analytical skills, with
- experience creating cost models, business cases, and budget forecasts.
- Experience managing third-party suppliers and vendor relationships.
- The ability to communicate complex technical and commercial information clearly to a variety of audiences.
Benefits
- The successful candidate can expect: Generous Bonus Car Allowance Private Medical Insurance DC pension scheme Life, medical and income Insurance Access to remote GP, nutrition coaching, personal training, unlimited mental health support and medical 2nd opinion 27 days holiday with the option to buy and sell holiday up to 5 days (plus Bank Holidays) Salary sacrifice electric car scheme with free on-site electric chargers.
Contact
- If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to careers@unum.co.uk . We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Company: Unum UK
Additional details
- benefits provider, striving to create healthy, happy workplaces.
- As part of the international Unum Group, we’re on a collective mission to help the working world thrive.
- The role What will you be doing? General Summary The role has accountability for the management of all Unum UK’s IT operations assets and ensuring compliance with licensing contracts.
- The scope includes effective audit and reporting for new and existing technologies, including those hosted in the cloud, SaaS and PaaS solutions. Using
- experience and expertise, the role will assist development teams and solution architects in designing and deploying their applications so that software licensing costs are optimal.
- The role has accountability for fully understanding the overall IT budget and its cost drivers, identifying opportunities to optimise spend, driving the implementation of these opportunities, and tracking the benefits.
- Responsible for managing and optimising cloud costs using the FinOps Framework The role will partner closely with Unum’s Sourcing team, providing technical expertise to enable effective negotiations, and participating in negotiations where appropriate.
- To support transformative projects, the role will perform detailed financial analysis and cost models.
- Also supports the management of IT Operations contract and commercial management, providing cover for the IT Vendor Contract Manager as required.
- What will you bring? Shape the Future of Technology Investment at Unum At Unum, technology is a key driver of innovation, customer experience, and business success.