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More about your role
As our IT Asset Management Lead, you will take ownership of the end-to-end lifecycle of IT assets across the organisation. You'll lead the ITAM function, ensuring assets and devices are procured, tracked, issued, refreshed, and disposed of efficiently and securely. Working closely with Service Desk, Field Support, Procurement, Finance, and technical teams, you'll make sure the right assets are available at the right time to support colleagues.
You'll be responsible for maintaining accurate and reliable asset data, ensuring strong governance, and providing clear insight into asset performance, costs, and risks. You'll also play a key role in supporting audits, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives, helping to simplify processes and strengthen operational control.
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Essential criteria
- Proven experience leading or managing an IT Asset Management function
- Strong knowledge of hardware, software, and licence lifecycle management
- Experience using IT service management (ITSM) and asset management tools
- Demonstrable experience managing asset data accuracy, governance, and reporting
- Experience supporting audit, compliance, or supplier management activities
More about you
You'll bring strong leadership and organisational skills, with the ability to coordinate across a wide range of stakeholders including technical teams, procurement, and finance. You're confident managing complex asset environments and turning data into clear, actionable insights that support decision-making.
You'll be proactive and detail-focused, with a commitment to improving processes and maintaining high standards of control and compliance. You're comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and enjoy creating structure, clarity, and efficiency across asset management operations.
At Places For People, we are committed to a safe working environment so a basic DBS check is mandatory.
Benefits
We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.
We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:
- Competitive salary with regular annual review
- Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
- Bonus scheme for colleagues at 2%
- 35 days holiday (including bank holiday) with option to buy or sell days
- Healthcare cashback plan for everyday medical costs - up to £500 savings per year
- Access to wellbeing support such as counselling and flu jabs
- Private GP and health support services available
- Access to a rewards platform with retail and lifestyle discounts
- Savings on groceries, travel, shopping and home products
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Access to professional qualifications and career progression
- Internal development programmes and learning support
- Recognition schemes such as Star Awards and Colleagues Awards
- Strong focus on inclusion, wellbeing and colleague engagement
- Free membership to Places Gyms
