A unique place to grow your career

At Sellafield Ltd, we are harnessing our expertise; bringing together world-class skills and innovative technology to solve complex nuclear, infrastructure, and engineering challenges. By joining Sellafield Ltd, you join an amazing team of people, from all walks of life, where you can thrive in a connected, considerate culture of innovation, collaboration, and community; and play a significant part in
the UK’s sustainable nuclear future.

About the role

The Software Asset Management (SAM) Manager is responsible for the day-to-day execution, governance and continual improvement of the Software Asset Management process and is accountable for ensuring its effectiveness and efficiency across Sellafield Ltd.

Reporting to the SACM Lead, the role leads Software Asset Management activities within the SACM function and acts as a key liaison between Commercial, Procurement, Applications, End User Computing (EUC), Infrastructure, Cloud, Request, Architecture and Cyber Security & Information Assurance teams, together with the Software Asset Management managed service supplier.

The role is responsible for ensuring Sellafield Ltd effectively governs the acquisition, deployment, utilisation, optimisation, maintenance and retirement of software assets, while maintaining compliance with licensing, contractual and organisational requirements.

Working closely with stakeholders and suppliers, the SAM Manager provides governance, assurance, reporting and insight to support informed decision making, effective risk management and continual service improvement across the software asset lifecycle.

The SAM Manager supports the SACM Lead in promoting and embedding effective Software Asset Management practices across the organisation, helping to shape the future direction and maturity of the SAM capability, and works collaboratively with Hardware Asset Management, Configuration Management and other Service Management disciplines to deliver an integrated SACM capability.

Key responsibilities

• Support the overall SACM Strategy.
• Delivery of the end-to-end SAM process.
• Governance of the Supply Chain (in particular the Software Asset Management IT Supplier) to ensure that Sellafield Ltd effectively manages its purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilisation, and disposal of software applications, supported by the following services:
• Compliance tooling
• PoE compliance service, including PoE interpretation and usage data collection o Compliance reporting (e.g. instance count, usage, risks) o License advisory (renewals, efficiency, etc)
• Provide Software Contract assurance.
• Accountable for the accuracy of software records within SAM toolset.
• Review and analyse SAM SLA/KPI reports and software licence compliance reporting from the Asset Management IT Supplier.
• Responsible for the accuracy of software asset information within the supply chain provided licensing toolset.
• Responsible for SAM SLAs and KPIs, including license compliance (with dependencies on accurate and timely Proof of Entitlement data from Commercial/Procurement).
• Assure the interactions between SL Commercial/Procurement and the Software Asset Management IT Supplier, particularly the transfer and updating of Proof of Entitlement (PoE).
• Support SL Commercial/Procurement with software procurement and contract tendering.
• Escalate software usage and compliance risks.
• Identify opportunities for the more efficient use of software across the SL estate, along with improvements to the SAM process, working with Continuous Service Improvement.
• Provide SAM reporting and insight to relevant stakeholders, including summaries of compliance, audit results and suggestions for improvement.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and support to SAM Analyst(s).
• Champion the importance of Software Asset Management within SACM and be an advocate for Software Asset Management.
• Maintain a working knowledge of the latest SAM standards within the industry.
• Manage the SAM process with delegated authority from the SACM Lead.
• To advise both ICT colleagues and Suppliers on SAM strategy and priorities.
• Represent SAM at governance meetings.
• Maintain SLAs/KPIs for SAM.
• Deputise for the SACM Lead, as required.

Your Skills and Qualifications

Essential
• Subject Matter Expert in Software Asset Management (SAM), with experience managing software assets throughout their lifecycle.
• Significant experience leading or assuring a Software Asset Management service within a complex enterprise environment.
• Experience developing and driving strategic improvements to Software Asset Management capabilities, processes or services within a complex organisation.
• Strong knowledge of software licensing, compliance, optimisation and software asset governance.
• Significant experience using enterprise Software Asset Management tooling, including Flexera, and leveraging data from related platforms such as ServiceNow, Microsoft Intune, SCCM and Active Directory.
• Strong understanding of software licensing across end user, server, virtualised, SaaS and cloud environments.
• Experience of software licensing, optimisation and compliance management for cloud based and subscription services, including Microsoft 365 and Azure.
• Experience working with large and complex software estates, including end user computing, infrastructure, databases, virtualisation and cloud services.
• Knowledge of major software publisher licensing models, including Microsoft and other enterprise software vendors such as Oracle, VMware/Broadcom, SAP and Adobe. • Experience managing suppliers and service providers within a multi-supplier or SIAM environment.
• Experience driving service improvement initiatives and improving process maturity.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including experience engaging with senior stakeholders and shaping strategic decisions.
• Excellent communication, analytical and decision-making skills.
• Experience producing and presenting management information, compliance reporting and actionable insights.
• Highly computer literate, including strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications and collaboration platforms.

Desirable
• Knowledge of Software Asset Management standards and best practice frameworks, including ISO/IEC 19770-1.
• Experience managing software publisher audits and licence compliance reviews.
• Knowledge of related disciplines including Change Management, Configuration Management, Release Management, Agile and DevOps.
• ITIL v3 or ITIL 4 Foundation certification.
• Additional ITIL qualifications.
• Project Management skills and qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, APM or equivalent).
• Experience contributing to organisational audits, governance reviews or regulatory assurance activities

Why us?

At Sellafield Ltd, we are committed to supporting our employees in fulfilling their potential. With having 100 years of work in front of us, we offer comprehensive training and development opportunities, enabling you to feel inspired in your role. Whatever area you join us in, you’ll find a genuinely exciting and rewarding career.

Making sure our employees feel supported is important to us. Therefore, to help you get the most out of life in and outside of work, we also offer a range of employee benefits:
• You will benefit from an annual bonus of up to 10% – 15%, made up of company and personal performance
• An attractive defined contribution pension scheme – the company will match up to 13.5% for a 7% employee contribution!
• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays. Plus, the ability to purchase an extra 2.5 days per year.
• The ability to carry over 10 days annual leave each financial year
• Paid Sick Leave
• Family Friendly Policies – Visit our Rewards & Benefits page to read more
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Lifestyle Benefits sasra.co.uk
• Learning & Development Opportunities https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk/work-with-us/learning-and-development/
• Reward & Recognition Policies
• Welfare & Employee Assistance Programme
• Free Aviva Health App & Annual Health Check
• MyDiscounts – Employee Savings & Discounts
• MyBenefits – A Charity Giving Scheme
• Many, many more! Click this link to visit our Rewards & Benefits page: https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk/work-with-us/rewards-and-benefits/

Sellafield Ltd is a unique place to grow your career, offering a remarkable blend of role variety, job security, personal growth, professional development, and truly significant work. This is your opportunity to tackle some of the biggest challenges in the nuclear, infrastructural and engineering worlds and create a clean and safe environment for generations to come. Explore Sellafield Ltd today.

Additional Information

• The closing date for this vacancy is 2nd November 2026.

• In the event of a high number of responses to any advert, Sellafield Ltd reserves the right to close the advert early. Once closed, the advert will be removed from our website. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

• Please regularly check your Spam/Junk folders for news about this vacancy, correspondence could contain invitations to interview and other important updates.

• Qualifications
As part of the application process, you will be asked to provide evidence of your qualifications. Attaching them at application stage will ensure a smooth process and prevent delays.

A minimum of 3 GCSEs at Grade 4/Grade C or above in English, Maths & Science (or equivalent). Functional Skills Level 2 will also be considered as equivalent to GCSE Grade 4 (Grade C). Other equivalent qualifications may be considered.

• Right to Work in the UK
As part of our screening process, all candidates must demonstrate their right to work in the UK.
If you are not a UK national, you will be required to provide evidence of your immigration status. This is generated through the UK Government online service via the GOV.UK services below:
- A valid eVisa (digital immigration status) share code
https://www.gov.uk/evisa/view-evisa-get-share-code-prove-immigration-status
- A Right to Work share code
https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work

Applicants who are not UK nationals must provide a valid Right to Work share code and evidence of their eVisa status at the point of application. Applications submitted without this information are not able to be progressed.

• Please be aware that this role is subject to achieving security clearance. This role requires higher level of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 or 10 years of continuous residency in the UK. Factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the level of clearance you’re able to achieve.

• Sellafield Ltd are recognised as a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3). Disability Confident employers offer an interview to disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. Sellafield Ltd define the minimum criteria as the ‘essential skills’ which are listed on the vacancy notice. Whilst completing your application form, you will be able to indicate if you wish to be considered under the disability confident scheme. If you would prefer to discuss this directly with us, please contact the GBS Recruitment team on recruitment@sellafieldcloud.co.uk