Lead Workday Student Consultant – Higher Education

Workday, Inc.; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday, Inc. in Australia is recruiting a Principal Consultant for our ANZ Student Solutions team to guide higher education institutions through Workday Student deployments.

You will serve as a trusted advisor on curriculum management and academic advising, coordinating with customers and internal teams to deliver outcomes. If you bring 7+ years implementing SIS solutions and a background in higher education, you’ll thrive here.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience implementing or supporting student systems (SIS) solutions in Curriculum Management and Academic Advising.
• 7+ years Consulting experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and maintain higher education standard practices reflecting new industry requirements and trends.
• Determine customer requirements and advise on the design of tailored Workday Student solutions.
• Demonstrate designed solutions to key stakeholders throughout the deployment lifecycle, focusing on achieving the customer's business outcomes.
• Constructively challenge customer requests that risk not achieving their intended business outcomes, guiding them toward approaches that will.
• Own status reporting and overall project health for your workstream, from discovery through go-live, keeping project leadership informed.
• Lead or shape customer prospect discovery sessions.
• Advise on Statement of Work content and project estimates.
• Act as an escalation point for complex issues in your area of specialization.
• Rapidly build Workday Student product expertise, particularly if joining without prior hands‑on experience with the platform.
• Manage your time and priorities across multiple concurrent customer engagements and other business priorities.
• Lead training and enablement sessions to share your expertise across the practice.
• Mentor and support the development of less experienced consultants across the practice.

Skills

Curriculum Management

Academic Advising

Consulting

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Workday, Inc. in Australia is recruiting a Principal Consultant for our ANZ Student Solutions team to guide higher education institutions through Workday Student deployments.

You will serve as a trusted advisor on curriculum management and academic advising, coordinating with customers and internal teams to deliver outcomes. If you bring 7+ years implementing SIS solutions and a background in higher education, you’ll thrive here.