Software Asset Manager Remote Jobs in Chicago, IL

The Asset Event Manager & Planner owns the full lease asset lifecycle for JSSI Parts & Engines, from forward demand planning through lease execution and return. This role maintains the rolling 18-month asset demand forecast and matches available assets to confirmed and unplanned customer needs, then carries each event through delivery, active lease management, and post-lease return.

Demand Planning & Fleet Availability

• Maintain a rolling 18-month forecast of lease asset demand, coordinating with the JSSI Technical team on scheduled maintenance events, customer contracts, and anticipated requirements.
• Build and manage the asset availability schedule, tracking assets on lease, in maintenance, in storage, or available for deployment.
• Work with the Maintenance & Airworthiness Manager to maintain an accurate picture of asset airworthiness status and incorporate constraints into the plan.
• Identify potential supply gaps early and coordinate with Tech and Product Lines on alternate solutions.
• Respond to unplanned lease requirements with urgency, reprioritizing and shuffling assets across the portfolio to close coverage gaps.

Lease Execution & Customer Ownership

• Confirm asset requirements, configuration, and delivery location with the customer and JSSI Tech team, then initiate the lease event.
• Work with JSSI Legal to prepare and execute the lease agreement with the lessor; confirm a valid Certificate of Insurance prior to shipment.
• Arrange shipping and logistics, and serve as the customer's primary point of contact for the full lease term.
• Coordinate monthly billing, including lease hour recordings and timely invoicing.
• Coordinate scheduled and unscheduled maintenance with the client, and manage the post-lease inspection, return, and redeployment handoff to Maintenance & Airworthiness.

Cross-Functional & Systems

• Keep AvSight and Traxxall current and accurate across the full asset lifecycle, from planning through lease close.
• Partner with Asset Management, Legal, Finance, Logistics, Tech, and Maintenance & Airworthiness to keep events moving without escalation.
• Participate in planning reviews with Asset Management leadership, providing forward visibility into fleet coverage and risk.
• Support development of operating procedures, customer documentation, and the lease operations manual.

Required

• 4+ years of experience in aviation operations, planning, leasing, or a client-facing asset management role.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a dynamic forward schedule and complex, multi-party transactions from initiation through close.
• Strong organizational skills; able to manage multiple assets, timelines, stakeholders, and active lease events concurrently.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; comfortable engaging technical, commercial, and customer-facing audiences.
• Proficiency with planning, scheduling, or operational documentation systems; able to learn proprietary platforms quickly.

Preferred

• Experience in aviation, MRO, aerospace, or a capital-intensive asset management environment.
• Familiarity with engine or aircraft maintenance cycles, airworthiness requirements, lease agreement structures, and logbook standards.
• Experience with Traxxall, AvSight, or comparable aviation maintenance and inventory platforms.
• Experience coordinating insurance requirements (COI) and logistics for high-value equipment
• Forward Thinking & Customer Ownership — balances a long-range demand view with full accountability for the client relationship through lease close.
• Adaptability resets quickly when unplanned requirements arrive; does not let disruption cascade downstream.
• Cross-Functional Effectiveness works fluidly across maintenance, technical, legal, finance, and logistics teams without requiring escalation.
• Data Discipline keeps AvSight and Traxxall current; treats accurate data as a condition of good field outcomes, not an afterthought.
• Judgment & Process Discipline knows when to reshuffle or resolve independently versus escalate, and follows and improves established procedures.