Software Asset Manager (medior) (Dutch only)

• A salary between €3,743 and €6,491 gross per month (scale 60) (based on 36 hours - scaling based on work experience).
• A 36-hour work week.
• 144 hours of statutory leave (based on full-time employment) + extra leave depending on age (at least one week).
• The possibility to exchange 3 Christian holidays for 3 non-Christian holidays.
• 3% end-of-year bonus, 8% holiday allowance, and an excellent pension scheme.
• Your train travel in 2nd class is free; travel in 1st class is possible with a small personal contribution.
• Your family travels for free during off-peak hours.
• Discount on European train travel once you have worked at NS for 1 year.
• Professional development opportunities
• A choice plan including, among others, a bicycle plan, extra pension accrual, or extra vacation days.
• Want to know more? View our employment conditions and collective labor agreement.

That is why you want to work as a Software Asset Manager (medior) at NS

"As a Software Asset Manager, you ensure that we know exactly which software we use, which agreements go with it, and where opportunities or risks lie."

• You work at the intersection of IT, software licenses, data, contracts, and costs, giving you a broad view of the organization.
• You will be given the space to perform analyses independently and to further develop your expertise within Software Asset Management.
• You will work on current and future SAM issues, from compliance and cost optimization to developments surrounding AI and governance.

As a Software Asset Manager (medior), you help NS maintain control over software, licenses, usage, costs, and compliance. You will handle regular SAM issues independently and ensure that analyses and findings are properly and demonstrably recorded. For more complex issues, you will work together with experienced Software Asset Managers.

Thanks to your analytical skills and knowledge of Software Asset Management and licenses, you will be of invaluable value in:

• Managing and controlling software and license data and improving the quality and reliability of SAM/ITAM data.
• Performing license, usage, and compliance analyses and investigating discrepancies in data and software usage.
• Identifying and substantiating licensing risks, savings opportunities, and chances for optimization.
• Assessing software contracts and license terms and, in coordination with corporate lawyers, advising on risks, obligations, and impact.
• Supporting renewals, software inventories, lifecycle management, and vendor and contract issues.
• Preparing and maintaining reports, dashboards, SAM processes, and work instructions.
• Collaborating with colleagues within IT, the business, Procurement, and Contract Management.

Our organization is constantly in motion. Therefore, we are looking for a Medior Software Asset Management Specialist who not only possesses a solid foundation of knowledge and skills but also has the potential to learn and enjoys adapting to new situations.

In this position, you will get the space to further deepen your knowledge of licensing models, compliance, contracts, lifecycle and vendor management, and cost optimization. We also look ahead to developments surrounding AI and what these mean for software, licenses, usage, costs, and governance. As your knowledge and experience grow, you will take on increasingly complex IT and SAM issues independently and develop further towards a more advisory and controlling role.

The Central Platform Organization (CPO) is part of NS IT and is focused on collaboration and enablement of our IT and business colleagues. We provide IT services that form the foundation for an agile IT organization and positively impact the traveler. We do this with a focus on innovative products and services, such as workplace, platformization, Developer Journey, and Operations.

You will join a SAM/ITAM team of four driven professionals. It is a compact team with a lot of expertise, in which you will work closely with colleagues from IT, Procurement, Contract Management, and the business. Together, you will ensure control over IT assets, optimal use of software, and a future-proof IT organization. Wednesday is the team's fixed office day. Additionally, you will work at the office whenever necessary for collaboration or the work.

At NS, we find diversity and inclusion important; it makes working together more fun and often improves the result. Therefore, your background or personal beliefs do not matter: we are primarily curious about your vision for the role of Software Asset Manager.

Please note: a good command of the Dutch language is required for this position.

At NS, we find development potential important. For this position, as far as I am concerned, the emphasis lies primarily on quickly mastering and applying new knowledge. Software Asset Management changes continuously, for example, due to new licensing models, cloud usage, and developments surrounding AI. Therefore, we are looking for someone who remains curious, quickly grasps new developments, and knows how to translate these into SAM practice.

To ensure this, an assessment focused on Learning Agility may be part of the selection procedure. This gives us insight into your ability to learn, be flexible, and deal effectively with changes.

At NS, we work with the behavioral characteristics "speaking up and addressing issues," "courage," and "readiness to change." For this position in this team, the emphasis lies on speaking up and addressing issues. This means that you make findings, risks, and optimization opportunities clearly discussable, even when different interests are at play, and that you can substantiate your advice with facts and analyses.

Working at NS means that you can make *the* difference in the dynamic world of sustainable mobility. You help keep the Netherlands accessible, for everyone. At NS, you get a lot of freedom. The possibilities to develop yourself are great. We promise you that no day is the same. And as one of the most beautiful employers in the Netherlands, we have even more to offer. For this position, including:

Apply directly (but certainly before November 6) via the application button. Within a few minutes, you will receive an automatic application confirmation; we will respond to your application within 2 weeks. If there are sufficiently suitable responses, it may occur that we close the vacancy earlier.

You can address your application to Maaike van der Linden, Corporate Recruiter (IT).

Any questions about the application process? Email our front office via recruitment@ns.nl.

Would you prefer telephone contact? Then call our front office at 088-6713666.

Good to know:

• A background check, including a VOG (Certificate of Conduct), is part of the application procedure. Please also consider the signing of an integrity statement and a non-disclosure agreement.
• We believe it is important that everyone who works with us feels at home. You can see this in everything we do, and therefore also in our hiring policy. Read more here.
• With this vacancy, we want to recruit our new colleague ourselves. This is therefore NOT a call for acquisition. This position cannot be filled on an interim basis. For that, please view our hiring page.
• Please note: a good command of the Dutch language is required for this position.