Director, Tech Asset and Vendor Management

We are UMG, the Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. We own and operate a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.

Requirements

• Manage software lifecycles for platforms such as Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Adobe, Zendesk, and other SaaS applications.
• Oversee technology vendor management, including security control, relationship management, and performance evaluations.
• Build a flexible working model between vendor management and software asset management to maximize the benefits and absorb changing workloads within the group.
• Collaborate with IT, Procurement, Risk Management and Finance teams to ensure compliance with procurement policy and optimize license consumptions.
• Streamline and automate asset management processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Work with key license publishers’ audits to ensure compliance with licensing agreements and identify areas for cost savings.
• Lead a team of asset and vendor management professionals, providing guidance and mentorship to support their skill development.
• Manage the outsourcing partner to deliver the agreed services based on the SLA.
• Monitor industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve asset and vendor management practices.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA options
• 100% coverage for out-patient mental health services
• Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
• A lifetime fertility support allowance of $30,000 to plan participants
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
• 100% immediately vested 401(k) match on the first 5% of your contribution on eligible compensation
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
• 3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
• 2-weeks paid Winter Break
• 10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)
• Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)
• Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent