# Senior Asset Management Specialist

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: Dallas
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $79,000 - $110,000 a year
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/d53b4715-f72a-4607-8a56-f79b573d19fa
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_d1ac3749-ea4

## Description

Shield AI is seeking an experienced IT Asset Manager to own and scale the company's enterprise IT asset management and procurement function across hardware and software environments.

This role is responsible for ensuring accurate asset lifecycle management, license compliance, and cost-effective procurement while leading the day-to-day execution of asset operations through an Asset Management Specialist.

The ideal candidate brings strong operational discipline, vendor and procurement experience, and a process-driven mindset to build scalable, compliant asset management practices in a mission-critical environment.

Key responsibilities include:

* Owning and scaling Shield AI's Enterprise Operations asset management and IT procurement function, with end-to-end accountability for hardware, software, licensing, vendor relationships, and spend optimization.

* Serving as the functional lead for the Asset Management section, defining workflows, mentoring execution, and scaling processes.

* Leading IT procurement activities, including vendor management, RFQs, renewals, budgeting, and cost optimization.

* Ensuring accurate inventory, software license compliance, and audit readiness in partnership with IT Security and Infrastructure teams.

* Building and maintaining reporting for inventory, spend, renewals, and risk to support leadership visibility and planning.

* Coordinating global asset logistics, warranties, support agreements, and asset transfers to support hiring, projects, and site growth.

* Driving continuous improvement initiatives, including standardization, lifecycle forecasting, and asset recycling programs.

Required qualifications include 4+ years of experience in IT Asset Management, IT Operations, or Enterprise IT, with a strong understanding of procurement processes, vendor management, and budgeting.

Preferred qualifications include experience leading or mentoring junior team members, operating IT asset management processes and systems, and familiarity with enterprise environments subject to SOC, NIST, ITAR, or DoD controls.

## Skills

### Required
- IT Asset Management
- IT Operations
- Enterprise IT
- Procurement processes
- Vendor management
- Budgeting

### Nice to have
- Leadership
- Process improvement
- IT asset management processes and systems
- Enterprise environments subject to SOC, NIST, ITAR, or DoD controls