Principal Workday Student Consultant – Higher Education

Workday; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday ANZ is seeking a Principal Consultant for Workday Student solutions in higher education, guiding deployments and serving as an advisor across functional areas. You will deepen student systems expertise and collaborate with stakeholders to achieve business outcomes.

The role emphasizes flexible work, leadership of discovery sessions, governance, and mentoring junior consultants while delivering impactful student lifecycle deployments in the ANZ region.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience implementing or supporting student systems (SIS) solutions in the area of Student Financials.
• 7+ years of consulting experience.
• Experience within the Higher Education industry, either at an institution or a vendor serving that industry.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and maintain higher education standard practices to reflect 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.
• 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

Student Financials

Consulting

Higher Education knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Workday ANZ is seeking a Principal Consultant for Workday Student solutions in higher education, guiding deployments and serving as an advisor across functional areas. You will deepen student systems expertise and collaborate with stakeholders to achieve business outcomes.

The role emphasizes flexible work, leadership of discovery sessions, governance, and mentoring junior consultants while delivering impactful student lifecycle deployments in the ANZ region.