Licensing Manager - Enterprise

Posted Friday 6 February 2026 at 01:00 | Expires Saturday 21 February 2026 at 00:59

Closing Date: 02/03/2026 at 5pm

Job Title:
Licensing Manager – Higher Education, Innovation and Research

Salary: £41,000 per annum (negotiable based on experience) + comprehensive benefits package

Jisc grade: PRS3

Job Type: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours per week

Working style: Hybrid - A blend of working from home and your nominated hub office. We have hubs located in London, Bristol, Manchester and Oxford.

For 30 years Jisc has pioneered digital solutions for UK education and research, transforming how knowledge is created, shared and used.

We are uniquely positioned to protect, promote and lead the sector in digital and data transformation, making a difference to students, communities and society. Together, we are

working to build a better digital future for education and research.

Raise your potential at Jisc through our culture of lifelong learning. At Jisc, we're all about growth, so embrace new challenges, sharpen your skills and shape a career that excites you.

Join us at the forefront of digital innovation — and help shape agreements that enable the UK’s universities, colleges and research institutions to operate sustainably, securely and with flexibility.

At Jisc, we help the tertiary education and research sectors harness technology to deliver world‑class teaching, learning and discovery. As a Licensing Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping the sector-leading agreements that empower our members and customers to thrive.

In this exciting and highly collaborative role, you’ll identify, shape and negotiate agreements that respond to complex member needs — financial, legal, systems and workflows — and translate them into future-focused solutions with real impact.

You’ll manage a portfolio of technology agreements in line with Jisc’s product lifecycle and service management frameworks, using data and market insights to evaluate performance and ensure the portfolio meets our revenue and sustainability goals.

Your particular focus will be on technologies and platforms that keep our members’ digital estates running smoothly, including:

• Cyber Security
• AI and Virtualisation
• Productivity and Collaboration
• Data and Insights
• Student Lifecycle Management

Your work will strengthen our portfolio and support digital transformation across institutional IT teams.

Please note:

This is not a hands-on technical or engineering role. You don’t need deep product-specialist knowledge or system configuration skills. A strong level of IT literacy is important — you should feel comfortable with core concepts such as cloud services, servers, SaaS, virtualisation, identity, and how enterprise software fits within wider IT architectures.

You may bring this understanding from IT management, technology projects or services, software licensing, asset management, supplier management, or on-the-job experience. specialist knowledge or system configuration skills.

• This role may particularly appeal to:
  IT Managers, Project Managers, IT Service Managers, Software/Asset Managers, Contract Managers working with IT suppliers, Licence Compliance Managers, Technology Account Managers, or others across similar domains.
• If you’re passionate about supporting the UK tertiary education and research sectors through smart, impactful licensing agreements — we’d love to hear from you.

In this role, you will:

• Negotiate high-value, complex renewals and new agreements, including developing counter proposals and analysing detailed financial information.
• Lead and contribute to cross-functional projects, building strong collaboration with internal colleagues and external partners.
• Conduct desk research into emerging solutions, ensuring our activity aligns with member needs and sector trends.
• Communicate with influence, delivering clear, tailored briefings and presentations to senior stakeholders, and distilling complex concepts into simple, actionable insights.
• Bring hands-on experience in enterprise software and/or Higher or Further Education, enabling you to understand the challenges and opportunities faced by our members.

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