At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. **A Day in the Life** Medtronic is hiring a Principal IT Project Lead – Software Asset Management (“SAM”) will be responsible for subject matter expertise and operational excellence in the delivery of VMO’s software asset management function. This position is a part of Global IT’s Vendor Management Office, which provides governance and partnership across Medtronic’s strategic suppliers. The success of that team relies upon timely and accurate asset information – in support of governance (contracts, licensing, volumes, consumption, optimization) and partnership (on-prem vs. SaaS, roadmaps, strategies). Working alongside the software vendor management team, this role will manage and improve SAM processes, tools, and deliverables required for VMO’s success. This is an operational role, requiring expertise in software asset management, with adjacent growth opportunities in software vendor management. **Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.** + Subject matter expert and operational lead for the SAM processes, tools, and deliverables needed to support VMO and Global IT’s requirements for software asset information and insights. + Works collaboratively with the VMO team and internal customers to understand requirements and capabilities, so as to design and deliver what’s needed. + Has a continuous improvement mindset, and works to mature the SAM process month-over-month, including speed, quality, and impact of asset information. + Delivers SAM data and reporting which drives sustainable value creation and risk mitigation, coming from cost savings, cost avoidance, compliance, and better control of Medtronic’s on-prem, SaaS, and cloud IT environments. **Required Knowledge and Experience:** + 12+ years of IT experience with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, MCA, or MSc. + 12+ years working in some combination of IT operations, procurement, finance, or vendor management; experience working with software suppliers and software asset management systems in those departments. + 7+ years working specifically with IT software suppliers, with particular emphasis on large, multinational firms such as Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, etc. + 7+ years working specifically with software asset management tools, generating the data and reporting necessary for the business to operate and optimize its software environment, including contracts, licensing, compliance, and cost savings. + Experience working with global teams in a follow-the-sun model; effective working with people and teams across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas. **Nice to have:** + Strong data and reporting skills – able to collect information and turn it into insights through recurring and self-service reporting for our internal customers **.** + Optimistic and solution focused – brings a positive outlook to the team, with a belief that we can always find a better, faster, cheaper way to deliver vs. the status quo **.** **Physical Job Requirements** The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.  **Benefits & Compensation** **Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package** A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. **About Medtronic** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. **We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. **We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. **This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… + **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world + **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities + **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: **Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. **Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. **Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. **Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. 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