Director IT Asset Management (Hybrid) - WashU IT

About this role

Location SAINT LOUIS, MO 63110

 Scheduled Hours 40

Position Summary Defines, executes, and governs the enterprise-wide strategy, operating model, and performance outcomes for all IT asset lifecycle capabilities. Provides executive leadership for hardware and software asset management, ensuring alignment with enterprise technology strategy, financial objectives, risk management, and regulatory requirements. Owns the vision, roadmap, and governance framework for ITAM and serves as a strategic partner to senior leadership across IT, Finance, Procurement, Information Security, and business units. Accountable for optimizing technology investments, ensuring software compliance, mitigating risk, and delivering measurable business value through effective asset governance, automation, and data-driven decision-making. Establishes enterprise policies and standards, ensures scalable and auditable processes, and leads the continuous advancement of ITAM maturity across the organization.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Defines and directs the execution of the enterprise IT Asset Management strategy, including a multi-year roadmap aligned to organizational priorities, technology strategy, and financial objectives. • Establishs and enforces enterprise ITAM governance, policies, standards, and operating models across all business units and IT functions, ensuring consistency, scalability, and compliance • Owns the financial performance of IT assets, including budgeting, forecasting, cost optimization, and realization of savings through lifecycle management, license optimization, and vendor negotiations.  • Accountable for software compliance and audit defense strategy, including management of publisher audits, risk mitigation, and contractual alignment with vendors.  • Directs and oversees the end-to-end lifecycle management of hardware and software assets, ensuring accurate, complete, and auditable asset data across procurement, deployment, maintenance, and disposal.  • Defines and advance the ITAM operating model, including tooling strategy (e.g., ServiceNow and integrated platforms), automation, and integration with CMDB and IT Service Management processes.  • Serves as the enterprise authority for IT asset data, establishing system-of-record standards, ensures data integrity, and enabling data-driven insights for financial, operational, and risk-based decision-making.  • Partner with senior leaders across IT, Finance, Procurement, Information Security, and business units to align asset management practices with enterprise priorities and drive cross-functional outcomes.  • Deliver executive-level reporting and insights, translating ITAM data into actionable intelligence related to cost, risk exposure, compliance posture, and operational performance.  • Provides organizational leadership for the ITAM function, including team development, workforce planning, performance management, and capability maturity advancement for a team of IT Asset Managers and Analysts.  • Drives continuous improvement and innovation, advancing ITAM maturity through automation, process optimization, and adoption of industry best practices aligned with ITIL  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions: Job Location / Working Conditions • Normal office environment

Physical Effort • Typically sitting at desk or table. • Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement. • Ability to move to on and off-campus locations.

Equipment • Office equipment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree Certifications /Professional Licenses : No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience: Relevant Experience (5 Years) Skills: Not Applicable Driver's License: A driver's license is not required for this position.

More About This Job Required Qualifications: • Certifications in asset management (e.g., CAMP, CHAMP, CSAM, CITAM). • ITIL 4 Foundation and/or additional ITIL certifications. • Experience operating in complex, matrixed, and distributed organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

Education: No additional education unless stated elsewhere in the job posting. Certifications /Professional Licenses : No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting. Work Experience: No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Skills: Adaptability, Configuration Management Database (CMDB), Contract Management, Cost Optimization, Cross-Functional Leadership, Data Governance, Deadline Management, Effective Written Communication, Executive Communications, Financial Management, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Interpersonal Communication, IT Asset Management (ITAM), Operating Model Design, Oral Communications, Organizational Leadership, Process Optimization, ServiceNow Platform, Stakeholder Influence, Team Development, Working Independently

Grade G17

Salary Range $110,300.00 - $194,200.00 / Annually

The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

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