Transformation Program Lead – Workforce Management (WFM)

The University of Sydney; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

17% superannuation

Competitive remuneration package

Job summary

The University of Sydney is seeking a Transformation Program Lead – Workforce Management to steer the WFM Target State Design and Implementation Roadmap. This role drives an HR-led, multi-year transformation across workforce planning, scheduling, system integration and compliance.

Lead governance, vendor selection and procurement for enterprise platforms within a federated university environment. Holds overall program leadership responsibilities across budgeting and change management.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Australian employment frameworks, industrial relations obligations and workforce compliance requirements.
• Experience managing budgeting and financial controls on large-scale programs.
• Strong commercial and negotiation capability, including contract structuring and vendor performance management.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale enterprise platform procurement and vendor selection.
• Deep experience in designing and implementing WFM or HR systems in large federated environments, ideally within higher education or public sector.
• Expertise in enterprise data, integration architecture and remediation strategy in complex system landscapes.

Responsibilities

• Program leadership & integrated design and delivery.
• Change and HR operating model uplift.
• Stakeholder engagement & governance leadership.
• Financial & resource management.
• Governance and reporting.

Skills

Workforce compliance

Budgeting

Contracting

Procurement

WFM/HR systems

Data & integration

Job description

• Full time fixed term until December 2026
• Lead a major workforce management transformation across the University
• Offering a competitive remuneration package including 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

The Transformation Program Lead– Workforce Management (WFM) will lead the day-to-day delivery of the Workforce Management (WFM) Target State Design and Implementation Roadmap, a critical, multi-year, HR-led transformation program to strengthen workforce planning, academic workload allocation, scheduling, time and attendance, system integration, and compliance assurance across the University’s diverse employee cohorts, enabled through integrated WFM technology and data.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• • program leadership & integrated design and delivery
• • change and HR operating model uplift
• • stakeholder engagement & governance leadership
• • financial & resource management
• • governance and reporting.

About you

• • knowledge of Australian employment frameworks, industrial relations obligations and workforce compliance requirements
• • experience managing budgeting and financial controls on large-scale programs
• • strong commercial and negotiation capability, including contract structuring and vendor performance management
• • demonstrated experience leading large-scale enterprise platform procurement and vendor selection
• • deep experience in designing and implementing WFM or HR systems in large federated environments, ideally within the higher education or public sector
• • expertise in enterprise data, integration architecture and remediation strategy in complex system landscapes.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to be eligible to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Pre-employment checks and declarations

Your employment is conditional upon the successful completion of all pre-employment or background checks required for the role in terms satisfactory to the University. Also, to meet the University’s obligations under the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Eliminate Gender-Based Violence you will be asked to declare if you have been investigated for, or found to engaged in, sexual harm or gender-based violence in the course of previous employment or in a legal process. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

EEO statement

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