Information Technology Asset Manager
Recru · Greater Houston · 1 wk ago
HybridInformation TechnologyContract
About the role
A hybrid schedule - 3 days onsite, Office located in Spring, Tx. 6 month contract to hire. *No C2C or Associate Vendors*
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and maturation of the enterprise IT Asset Management function.
- Establish, document, and maintain ITAM policies, processes, standards, and governance frameworks.
- Define asset lifecycle procedures covering procurement, deployment, inventory management, refresh planning, transfers, and disposal.
- Create and maintain process documentation, workflows, controls, and operational procedures.
- Develop training materials and educate stakeholders on asset management processes and responsibilities.
- Manage and govern hardware asset lifecycle activities including inventory accuracy, receiving, tracking, deployment, refresh planning, and retirement.
- Establish and mature Software Asset Management practices, including license tracking, entitlement management, compliance monitoring, vendor audits, and optimization opportunities.
- Improve visibility into hardware and software asset inventories across the enterprise.
- Implement procedures to ensure accurate asset ownership and lifecycle status tracking.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on process maturity, efficiency, and accountability.
- Partner closely with Procurement, Infrastructure, End User Services, Security, and Finance teams.
- Support governance around hardware and software procurement processes.
- Ensure asset lifecycle activities align with organizational policies and financial management requirements.
- Work with global teams to drive consistency in asset management practices.
- Leverage enterprise ITSM and ITAM platforms to maintain asset inventories and lifecycle data.
- Partner with Configuration Management teams to ensure alignment between asset records and CMDB data.
- Manage reconciliation of discovered assets against asset inventories and investigate discrepancies.
- Develop dashboards, metrics, and reporting to provide leadership visibility into asset compliance, utilization, and lifecycle health.
Required Experience
- 10+ years of experience in IT Asset Management, with significant experience owning enterprise ITAM programs.
- Proven experience building, implementing, or maturing IT Asset Management functions and processes.
- Strong experience with Hardware Asset Management and Software Asset Management disciplines.
- Experience managing software licensing, compliance, entitlement tracking, optimization initiatives, and vendor audits.
- Experience developing governance frameworks, operational controls, and process documentation.
- Experience working closely with procurement organizations and asset acquisition processes.
- Experience establishing reporting, KPIs, and asset management performance metrics.
- Working knowledge of CMDB concepts and Configuration Management practices.
- Experience with enterprise ITSM and/or ITAM platforms (Ivanti experience is a plus).
Preferred Qualifications
- ITIL Foundation certification or equivalent IT Service Management experience.
- IT Asset Management certifications such as CHAMP, CSAM, CITAM, or similar.
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale hardware and software asset environments.
- Experience working within organizations undergoing ITAM transformation or maturity improvement initiatives.
What Will Make Someone Successful
- Deep expertise in enterprise asset management rather than general IT operations.
- Ability to assess an immature environment and build sustainable processes from the ground up.
- Strong governance and compliance mindset.
- Comfortable driving change and influencing teams without direct authority.
- Excellent documentation, communication, and training skills.
- Ability to balance strategic program development with hands-on execution.