Position Description Position Overview: Under general supervision, responsible for the day-to-day management of the core Asset Management team, including staffing, budgeting and other relevant management functions required to hold all IT and business stakeholders accountable for optimizing the cost, risk, and value of assets throughout their life cycle. Create and maintain an efficient, customer-focused enterprise asset life cycle that supports accurate and streamline processes. Job Duties: * Ensure that appropriate resources (people, tools, services) and processes are in place to gather and analyze data relating to digital technology asset life cycles and related processes. * Assist leadership in developing effective AM strategies, policy, approaches, and practices across the full range of digital technology assets used within the organization. * Identify and report on breaches of AM policy and track remedial action. * Report on (or develop reporting on) remediation of digital technology asset-related risks and progress of optimization activity. * Ensure accurate and timely reporting, and that data completeness and quality issues are quickly identified and escalated to the responsible data or process owners. * Gather data on and provide analysis of all activities that have an impact on the value, cost, and risk of digital technology asset life cycles. * Provide finance with the data to support the analysis of digital technology asset project and maintenance budgets and business cases. * Assign responsibilities for subdisciplines such as software asset management (SAM), hardware asset management (HAM) and IT asset disposition (ITAD). * Ensure that AM-related tools and services are properly evaluated, selected, implemented, configured, and maintained, with appropriate integration with other sources of organizational data. * Supervise the department's response to software vendor license compliance audits or license validation requests, in consultation with the relevant vendor and procurement analysts, software asset analysts and other responsible. * Optimize and monitor the flow of goods in and out of the asset warehouse by tracking inventory levels, maintaining safety standards, and ensuring warehouse space efficiency. * Manages and mentors asset management staff * Other duties may be assigned as needed by the department. Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email [email protected]. This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate. Requirements Education: * Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, Finance, IT, Engineering or a related field. Experience: * Minimum of two (2) years of related experience in Business Administration, Finance, IT, Engineering, or a related field. OR * Four (4) years of related experience with High School diploma or GED may be substituted for Business Administration, Finance, IT, Engineering, or a related field. OR * An Associate's degree in Business Administration, Finance, IT, Engineering or a related field or a closely related field and two (2) years of related experience may substitute for the education requirement. OR * A Master's degree in a field directly related to the job may be substituted for the above experience requirement. Knowledge, Skill & Abilities (KSAs): * Asset life cycle management (whether digital technology, information, financial or physical assets) best practice and governance. * Digital technology asset life cycle management processes and supporting tools and services. * Policy and process development and implementation. * Technology contracts and their likely cost implications through the technology asset life cycle. * Engagement with procurement and auditors for additional information. * IT applications, operations, service, and support organizations. * Data processing, analysis, and quality management tools. * Strong communication skills with a proven ability to understand key concepts and communicate effectively with technical staff, business stakeholders and senior management. * Strong knowledge of personal computers and various programs such as but not limited to Excel, Microsoft Office Suite, QuickBase, Visio. * Strong organizational skills, the ability to perform under pressure and management of multiple priorities with competing demands for resources. * Proficiency in process formulation and improvement. Applicants for this position will be subject to a criminal background check that includes being fingerprinted. This applies to any position with network access to Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) or access to an area where CJIS is received, maintained, or stored either manually or electronically (i.e., custodian, maintenance). Automatic Disqualification: * Convictions, probation, or deferred adjudication for any Felony, and any Class A Misdemeanor * Convictions, probation, or deferred adjudication for a Class B Misdemeanor, if within the previous 10 years * Open arrest for any criminal offense (Felony or Misdemeanor) * Family Violence conviction NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications. Preferences Experience: * Demonstrated experience in using PeopleSoft and ServiceNow * Membership of professional organizations, trade or user groups, and a pattern of regular attendance at industry conferences to enhance knowledge of current technology General Information Position Type and Typical Hours of Work: * Monday - Friday | 40Hrs * On-Site Position * May be required to work more than forty hours during the workweek and/or weekends or on-call 24 hours a day to meet special projects or deadlines. * Subject to performing other duties as assigned Location: * 406 Caroline St., Houston, Tx. 77002 * Must live or plan to live in the Houston Texas metropolitan area Salary: * Depends on Qualifications. * Based on 26-Pay Periods * Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date. Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards. Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department. BENEFITS Harris County offers a competitive benefits program, including comprehensive group health and related benefits plan as well as defined benefit retirement plan. The following list of benefits is offered only to employees in regular (full-time) positions: * Medical Coverage * Dental Coverage * Vision Coverage * Wellness Plan * Life Insurance * Long-term disability * Employee Assistance Program * Ten (10) days of vacation each year for the first five (5) years of service * Accrual rates increase based on years of service * Eleven (11) County-observed holidays and one (1) floating holiday * Professional development opportunities * Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan * Healthcare Reimbursement Account * 457 Deferred Compensation Plan The following benefits are also available to regular (full-time) employment and may be available to part-time employees: * Retirement Pension (TCDRS) * Flexible schedule (varies by department) * Transportation Assistance (Metro RideSponsor Program) In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, Group Health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time. Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed. For plan details, visit the Harris County benefits website: https://benefitsathctx.com/ 01 Which of the following best describes your highest level of education completed as it relates to this position? Qualifying information must be documented in the Education section of your application. * High School or GED diploma * Associate Degree * Bachelor's Degree * Master's Degree or higher * None of the above 02 If you selected a college degree in response to the previous question, which of the following best describes your major? * Business Administration * Finance * Information Systems * Engineering * Other Related Field * Unrelated Field * N/A; No Degree 03 Please describe your educational background including level of education completed, area of study and completed major and minor programs. 04 Which of the following best describes your verifiable related experience in Business Administration, Finance, IT, Engineering, or a related field? (To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history) * Less than two (2) years * Two (2) years but less than three (3) years * Three (3) years but less than four (4) years * Four (4) years or more * I do not have this experience 05 Please provide the dates of employment during which you obtained experience working in related role in Business Administration, Finance, IT, Engineering, or a related field. Provide the month and year that began and ended the experience. Example: "January 2020 - December 2023" If this experience is not clearly documented in the Work Experience section, your application will be disqualified. If you do not have this experience, type "N/A" in the space provided. 06 Do you have demonstrated experience in using PeopleSoft and ServiceNow? * Yes * No 07 Do you have a membership of professional organizations, trade or user groups, and a pattern of regular attendance at industry conferences to enhance knowledge of current technology? * Yes * No 08 Which of the following describes your level of proficiency using a personal computer and common office software such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Please select your level of proficiency based on the following descriptions: Advanced: A person with this level of skills is able to produce very large, complex formal documents that require a table of contents, footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, and other special elements; a wide range of graphic effects, and use advanced techniques for analyzing and manipulating data. Has full mastery of Macro commands and skills to tie the objects together into a cohesive system by using Macros and Visual Basic for Applications code. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons. Intermediate: A person with this level of skills is able to customize toolbars, import and insert graphs, embed Excel data, and elaborate reports. Understands the concepts of databases and is able to work with charts and to use the list management capabilities of Excel. Able to use complex query techniques, create efficient forms and reports, and create Macros to automate these forms. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons. Basic: A person with this level of skills is able to use basic formatting, editing, printing functions, and understands the document page setup. Has the ability to enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions. Understands the different database concepts and structures and is familiar with data validation and is able to create a simple presentation in PowerPoint, run it, and print it. Entry Level: A person with this level of skills has the ability to open, create, save and modify documents in Word, send and receive email in Outlook and create spreadsheets in Excel. Format documents for printing, comfortable using the printer menu to preview documents. Has ability to change the font, the margins, insert or delete pages and use the built-in spellchecker and grammar check. * Advanced * Intermediate * Basic * Entry Level * Not proficient 09 What salary range are you expecting for this position? Required Question Employer Harris County Address 1111 Fannin St Ste. 600 Houston, Texas, 77002 Phone 713-274-5445 Website https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/harriscountytx