Licensing Consultant

• Join our high-performing and expanding team
• Work for an HRD Employer of Choice winner for 9 years in a row!
• Hybrid work environment

Who is Data#3?

Listed in 1997, Data#3 is now an ASX200 listed company reporting revenues of $2.5 billion in the 2023 financial year. Headquartered in Brisbane with more than 1,400 employees, it has facilities across 12 locations in Australia and Fiji.

Voted HRD's Employer of Choice for the last 9 years, Data#3's culture is built on five core values; Honesty, Excellence, Agility, Respect, and Teamwork (HEART) and these values are integral to the way Data#3 works internally and externally with our customer.

The Role:

As a Licensing Consultant you will work across the business and our Software Sales team; your focus will be to help Data#3’s clients reduce costs, simplify budgeting, streamline operations, and ensure the acquisition of only the best-fit software.

In this role you will:

• Bring a positive and team focused attitude to work!
• Be part of our national team of software experts, delivering only the best outcomes to our large number of national customers.
• Supporting clients to develop and execute negotiation strategies
• Supporting clients to reduce software spending, reduce software licensing complexity, align technology investments to organisational goals and identify opportunities to create operational efficiencies
• Preparing and/or reviewing service delivery reporting

Be a specialist in software licensing, who can craft recommendations for customers to help them maximise their investment in software and our services by:

• Evaluating and articulating the impact of licensing/market changes to present impact of risk/opportunities for clients
•  Evaluating a client’s software license entitlements
• Evaluating a client’s software deployment footprint
• Evaluating a client’s software licensing options and articulating the benefits and challenges presented to the client by each option

What we are looking for:

• Extensive knowledge of the mainstream software licensing market: product license terms, licensing agreements, software vendors, etc
• Developing and analysing financial modelling
• An understanding of the licensing implications based on the relationship between software, hardware and the cloud (as applicable)
• Proven track record of integrity in dealing with personnel, client and supplier issues
• Proven track record of developing and maintaining client and vendor relationships
• Some IT product and solution knowledge
• Tertiary education desirable
• Software Asset Management experience desirable
• Procurement experience desirable.

Please note that Data#3 will request as part of the recruitment process, reference checks and verification of your right to work in Australia. You may also be required to undertake background checks and police checks for security clearance pertaining to specific job requirements.

Ref No: KAWI111475