Software Portfolio Manager

Atkins is part of the SNC Lavalin Group of companies, the delivery of its IT is via a function called Group IS which is organised as a global operation with significant presence in India. Group IS has developed an operating model for 2020 to revolutionise the way IT services are provided to the company, moving from a ‘Business as Usual’ focus to an organisation driven by Business Value. Key concepts include: transitioning to digital products, adopting agile delivery approaches across the organisation, leveraging cloud services, and applying focus to supporting company project bids and delivery.

Purpose of the Role:
The primary objective of the Software Portfolio Manager is to maximize the business value of Atkins’ software portfolio while balancing cost and reducing risk.

Leading the initiative to rationalise the entire software portfolio, the Software Portfolio Manager will help control costs with strong governance around software accomplishing the same or similar functions, while developing and enforcing software usage policies, ensuring compliance with various asset management tools.

Meeting the needs of our diverse business, you will require a good understanding of the effective management of software assets and their associated licenses and contracts, delivering metrics to illustrate the business benefits of each application. Working in the Change & Governance function, you will be required to build successful relationships with your peers in Software Asset Management, Finance and Application Delivery as well as key business stakeholders, resellers and publishers.

This person should be business focussed, taking ownership of the entire Atkins Application portfolio to ensure applications are enhanced and maintained to meet business functional need and product maintenance remains current. They should have excellent technical knowledge of enterprise class application lifecycles and an understanding of the wider aspects of application delivery.

The successful candidate will be dynamic, analytical and able to come up with smart solutions within budget constraints.

Key Deliverables/Responsibilities
• Rationalise Atkins’ entire software portfolio
• Manage the operational relationship with the global software reseller to drive significant value
• Partner with software resellers, vendors and business stakeholders to provide application demand forecasting
• Develop and maintain portfolio demand reports to evidence savings achieved.
• Through reseller and vendor engagement, identify savings opportunities for renewals, software licensing and services
• Partner with Procurement and Asset Management teams on contract negotiation, renewals, vendor management activities, inventory management, purchasing and delivery activities
• Define and deliver process improvement through automation, engaging with Automation TDA
• Responsible for leading new initiatives/projects to capture licence usage/software metering
• Support all renewals to ensure/determine previous and future licence usage
• Understand and promote new software solutions
• Monitor trend reports to support business decisions
• Partner with IT product owners to align activity to product and delivery roadmaps
• Produce metrics to illustrate the business benefits/value of each application in the portfolio
• Lead discussions with key stakeholders to reduce spend on applications not delivering value
• Custodian of all data relating to software in the portfolio, including: age, usage, cost, maintenance and interrelationships with other applications
• Identify overlaps (and gaps) in portfolio
• Build relationships with SNC-Lavalin global counterparts

Essential Technical Requirements
To be successful in this role we would expect you to have commendable experience with:
• Overseeing a large software portfolio and lifecycle ownership
• Managing relationships and driving delivery of 3rd party suppliers
• Experience working in an enterprise-class standardised client environment
• Ability to develop and implement full process plans
• Ability to synthesize complex and unstructured data to tell a compelling story to stakeholders and customers
• Reporting and analytical skills
• Excellent influencing skills with a willingness to challenge third parties/publishers
• Proven record of learning quickly and affecting change on an organization
• Proven ability to apply financial insights and draw accurate conclusions from financial and other quantitative information
• Excellent communication, presentation and reasoning skills

Desirable Technical Experiences
• Experience working within an ITIL aligned Service Delivery organization
• Knowledge of engineering and design software products
• Technical knowledge of software packaging process

Behavioural Competencies
• Proven experience of delivering process efficiencies and improvements
• Clear and fluent English (both verbal and written)
• Ability to build and maintain efficient working relationships with remote teams, 3rd parties and business stakeholders
• Ownership of and accountability for area of responsibility
• Team player who will lead by example

We expect our employees to commit to our values:SAFETY, INTEGRITY, COLLABORATION, INNOVATION

Training
Atkins develops individuals through a portfolio of training and development activities designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents. These are reviewed with individuals through an annual appraisal process. We actively support staff in achieving corporate membership of relevant institutions.

Rewards and benefits:
Atkins offers a fantastic range of benefits, which you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices.
All the information you need to know is available on our dedicated benefits portal; your reward, which is available to access 24/7 from any device: http://www.yourrewardatkins.com

Security Clearance:
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary it will be discussed with you at interview

If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance