Director, Technology Asset & Financial Governance

The Director, Technology Asset & Financial Governance brings order, rigor, and financial discipline to Hearst Technology Services' (HTS) enterprise IT and software asset landscape.

Reporting to the VP of Finance & Business Operations, this role owns the governance and data integrity of HTS's assets and is the steward of asset data quality feeding cost, budget, and compliance reporting enterprise wide.

This is fundamentally a finance-and-governance role for someone who loves technology: the right candidate has built a career at the intersection of IT and Finance - in IT financial management, technology business management, FP&A, or digital finance.

Success requires the ability to align infrastructure, security, automation and business unit stakeholders around shared priorities and data standards; the judgment to evaluate and potentially replatform the current asset management toolset; and a genuine enthusiasm for using AI and automation to replace manual, error-prone process with something better.

Key Responsibilities

1.

Governance, Data Quality & Rigor


* Own end-to-end governance of the enterprise asset system of record, improve data standards, ownership, and audit trails across the hardware and software asset lifecycle


* Drive a step-change improvement in asset data quality and integrity - closing gaps between source systems (procurement, billing, CMDB, and the TBM/ITFM platform) and eliminating manual reconciliation


* Chair the Configuration Control Board and related governance forums, converting operational input into enforced standards and holding stakeholders accountable to them


* Hold asset owners accountable for data quality and improvement in a way that fosters collaboration


* Serve as the point of contact for internal and external audit requests tied to IT/software asset compliance, ensuring documentation and licensing position stand up to scrutiny

2.

Financial Management, Licensing & Contracts


* Own software license true-up and optimization for major enterprise vendors (e.g., Microsoft, Adobe, ServiceNow), partnering with Technology Sourcing and Procurement on contract terms and FP&A on cost/GL alignment


* Analyze software and hardware utilization data to identify, quantify, and act on cost-recovery, deprovisioning, and right-sizing opportunities


* Bring total-cost-of-ownership thinking and financial rigor to every major licensing renewal, vendor negotiation, and platform decision


* Contribute to strategic contract negotiations and renewals alongside Technology Sourcing and Procurement

3.

Platform Strategy & Replatforming


* Own the strategic direction of the enterprise IT/software asset management platform: assess current-state limitations, lead proof-of-concept evaluations of alternative or complementary platforms, and build the business case for replatforming where warranted


* Ensure the asset platform strategy integrates cleanly with upstream and downstream systems - procu...