Senior IT License and Contract Manager

About Continental

Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods. Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient, intelligent and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. In 2022, Continental generated sales of €39.4 billion and currently employs around 200,000 people in 57 countries and markets.

The ContiTech group sector develops and manufactures, for example, cross-material, environmentally friendly and intelligent products and systems for the automotive industry, railway engineering, mining, agriculture and other key industries. Guided by the vision of “smart and sustainable solutions beyond rubber,” the group sector draws on its long-standing knowledge of the industry and materials to open up new business opportunities by combining various materials with electronic components and individual services.

About the Senior IT License and Contract Manager Role

You will be responsible for the correct and efficient licensing of a defined range of software products from the global software portfolio of ContiTech and for the successful implementation of strategic guidelines. This role involves ensuring efficient and correct licensing according to contractual conditions and valid license metrics.

Key Responsibilities:

• Efficient and correct licensing according to contractual conditions, especially according to valid license metrics.
• Ensuring seamless renewals of maintenance and subscriptions.
• Ensuring the documentation of each license acquisition in the license management tool.
• Issuing and managing license keys.
• Defining and implementing sustainable measures to minimize risks and ensure always valid licensing and software usage (compliance).
• Regularly providing license balances (license inventory, license usage, license requirements).
• Regularly conducting internal license audits to validate or identify deviations.
• Determining needs and planning the budget for centrally managed software usage rights.
• Central internal contact for software licensing, especially in the sourcing process towards Purchasing department.
• Developing simulations and scenarios for license models and contract volumes.
• Monitoring the data quality of license types and usage.
• Providing analyses and data for management requests.
• Coordinating or conducting measurements for internal or external inquiries.
• Communicating changed license conditions to internal application and service owners.
• Developing alternative license metrics and adapting changed metrics for internal operations.
• Actively participating in mergers & acquisitions (M&A), especially regarding license metrics and temporary usage rights.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, candidates should possess a relevant university degree and extensive experience in IT license management.

• University degree in computer science, business informatics, business administration with a relevant focus.
• Several years of professional experience in IT license management, IT controlling, or IT license consulting.
• Advanced knowledge of internal procedural instructions on compliance, workflows, and approvals.
• Certification as a license manager (TÜV, CSLP, CSAM, or comparable) as well as ITIL Foundation (v3, v4).
• Basic knowledge in finance, such as purchase-to-pay, project cost planning, investment calculation.
• Advanced analytical expertise, proficient in MS Office Excel (PIVOT reports, filter criteria, enrichment with external data) or PowerBI, SQL, KNIME, etc.
• Fluent English skills, both written and spoken; German is a plus.
• Solid mathematical and statistical knowledge with high affinity for numbers and statistics.

What Continental Offers

Continental is committed to providing a supportive and rewarding work environment. We value our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to promote well-being and professional growth.

• 13th salary – Paid once a year, in December.
• Meal tickets - With a value of 40 Ron.
• Hybrid schedule – Work-life balance is important, so we offer a flexible schedule. Please agree on this with your superior.
• Private Health Insurance – Health is the most important, so we offer you a medical subscription through Signal Iduna.
• Referral bonuses - We encourage colleagues to refer new candidates to us and, at the same time, to get the chance to receive a bonus.
• Bookster – Feed your body and your mind. You can borrow books and you’ll receive them at the office.
• Sports benefits - It’s important to stay active, so we offer you the 7Card.
• Discounts at our partners – We collaborate with different vendors, and we receive discounts for various products/ services like rubbers, restaurants, kindergartens, etc.
• System for Rewarding Improvement Ideas – We have an internal improvement program (Continental Idea Management) that gives you the opportunity to come up with ideas and to be honored with an attractive bonus (this is established by the CIM team according to your improvement idea).
• Happy days – If you or your child is getting married, or you become a parent, you receive some extra free days.
• Life events celebration - If your family is growing, we praise your newborn with a bonus.
• Unfortunate events - In case of unhappy events in your life, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case-by-case basis).
• Extra vacation days – You begin with 22 vacation days/year, and starting with the 3rd year with us, we offer you 1 more day of vacation and, afterward from 2 to 2 years you’ll get one more extra day (the maximum you can achieve is 27).
• Transport from the Timisoara area – You can choose to come with the bus provided by the company if you’ll work from the plant location/office.
• Professional development - Many opportunities to develop yourself within the company.
• Diversity and multicultural mindset - We encourage you to join us no matter who, where, or what you are. We have colleagues from different nations and a variety of languages are spoken in our company.

Key skills/competency

• Software License Management
• Contract Negotiation
• IT Compliance
• Risk Minimization
• Budget Planning
• Data Analysis
• ITIL Framework
• Stakeholder Communication
• M&A Integration
• Analytical Thinking