The SAM Lead is the accountable owner for the software asset lifecycle across on‑prem, virtualized, and cloud/SaaS estates. You will design, run, and continuously improve SAM services on ServiceNow SAM Pro—from discovery and normalization through reconciliation, optimization, reclamation, and retirement—while partnering with Procurement, Security, Finance/FinOps, and Application Owners to reduce risk and optimize spend. The ideal candidate has deep, hands‑on configuration experience in SAM Pro and can navigate complex publisher licensing (IBM PVU, Oracle DB/Java & Options, Microsoft Server/CAL & Core, SAP Named‑User, Adobe/Autodesk, VMware, Red Hat, Salesforce/