📋 Software Governance, SaaS & License Management Consultant ⚙️

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📍 🗣️ Fluent English + French or Dutch required

Are you a structured, detail-oriented professional who thrives at the intersection of governance, compliance, and IT coordination? 🔍 We're looking for a Software Governance, SaaS & License Management Consultant to act as the central owner of software governance process execution and monitoring! 🎯

🌟 About the Role

You will ensure that:
✅ All software and SaaS solutions are properly assessed, approved, and inventoried
✅ Governance processes are effectively applied, measured, and continuously improved
✅ Licenses are controlled, optimized, and aligned with real usage

This is a hands-on coordination and governance role, combining operational rigor with continuous improvement responsibilities.

📋 Key Responsibilities

1. Governance Process Ownership & Monitoring
👉 Execute and monitor the end-to-end software and SaaS governance process
👉 Ensure required security, compliance, procurement, and architecture checks are consistently applied
👉 Define and track governance KPIs (lead time, compliance rate, process gaps) 📊
👉 Identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and governance gaps
👉 Drive continuous improvement of governance processes, tools, and ways of working
👉 Promote a pragmatic governance approach balancing control and business agility

2. Software & SaaS Intake Governance
👉 Govern the intake of new software and SaaS requests
👉 Ensure no tool is introduced without proper approval and validation
👉 Challenge requests by identifying existing internal solutions
👉 Coordinate and follow up all required reviews and approvals

3. Software Inventory & Data Quality
👉 Ensure all software and SaaS solutions are correctly inventoried and maintained
👉 Own and maintain the software catalogue/SaaS inventory (solution details, ownership, approval status, licensing model, lifecycle status)
👉 Ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency of inventory data
👉 Reduce shadow IT by improving visibility and governance coverage 🔒

4. License Management & Optimization
👉 Manage licenses under Digital Workplace responsibility
👉 Ensure timely renewals and contract follow-up
👉 Monitor license usage and identify optimization opportunities
👉 Analyze usage reports and drive cost optimization actions 💰
👉 Ensure alignment between purchased licenses and actual usage
👉 Contribute to license governance best practices and policies

5. Stakeholder Coordination
👉 Act as the central coordination point between Business teams, Digital Workplace, Architects, Information Security & Data Protection, Procurement & Vendor Management, and other IT teams 🤝
👉 Ensure smooth collaboration and timely decision-making
👉 Proactively follow up and drive actions to closure

6. Reporting & Continuous Improvement
👉 Produce and analyze governance and license usage reports 📈
👉 Define and track KPIs for service performance and governance effectiveness
👉 Identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities
👉 Improve transparency and reporting for stakeholders and management

7. Documentation & Process Enablement
👉 Maintain and improve governance documentation (Confluence, SharePoint, etc.) 📝
👉 Ensure processes are clear, accessible, and understood by stakeholders
👉 Support integration of governance into procurement and tender processes
👉 Contribute to standardization and simplification of governance flows

✅ Requirements

🔹 Fluent English and French or Dutch (speak, read, write)
🔹 3-4 years of experience in IT Governance, IT License Management, Software/SaaS coordination
🔹 Strong understanding of software/SaaS intake and approval processes
🔹 Strong understanding of governance frameworks and compliance topics (GDPR, vendor risk, security review)
🔹 Proven experience with license management or usage monitoring
🔹 Strong stakeholder coordination skills across multiple domains
🔹 Strong ownership mindset — proactive, structured, autonomous
🔹 Analytical mindset with experience in KPI definition and reporting
🔹 Excellent communication skills (business & IT)
🔹 Experience with documentation tools (Confluence, SharePoint, etc.)
🔹 Structured and detail-oriented with strong follow-up discipline
🔹 Able to manage complexity and incomplete information
🔹 Hands-on and solution-oriented
🔹 Strong communicator who can bridge business, IT, and governance topics
🔹 Focused on both control and continuous improvement

📩 Ready to own software governance and license management at scale? Apply now!

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