Associate Registrar: SIS & Student Lifecycle Lead

KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology); Thuwal; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

KAUST invites an Associate Registrar to join the Office of the Registrar (Education and Advancement) to lead day-to-day Registrar services and ensure policy-compliant, digitally enabled operations across academic records, registration, scheduling, and graduation processing.

The role acts as the SIS business owner for registrar data, rules, and workflows, coordinating with academic, administrative, and technical partners to maintain accurate, auditable student lifecycle information and drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, Education Administration, or a related field.
• A Master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 7–10 years of experience in Registrar operations, postgraduate academic administration, student services, or a comparable higher education environment.
• Experience managing SIS-supported Registrar processes.
• Experience with Banner or a comparable enterprise SIS is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Registrar Operations and Service Delivery: Manage the day-to-day execution of Registrar services, including academic records, registration, scheduling, enrollment verification, instructional space coordination, graduation documentation, and related student lifecycle transactions.
• SIS-Enabled Business Ownership and Functional Controls: Serve as the functional business owner for Registrar-related SIS processes, data, rules, and workflows. Define Registrar business requirements, data standards, controls, acceptance criteria, and readiness needs for SIS-supported processes.
• Academic Information, Data Stewardship, and Reporting.
• Policy Implementation, Compliance, and Records Governance.
• Stakeholder Alignment and Student Lifecycle Coordination.
• Performance, Continuous Improvement, and Team Support.

Skills

Registrar operations

Data governance

SIS workflows

Policy translation

Stakeholder alignment

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Banner

Enterprise SIS

Job description

KAUST invites an Associate Registrar to join the Office of the Registrar (Education and Advancement) to lead day-to-day Registrar services and ensure policy-compliant, digitally enabled operations across academic records, registration, scheduling, and graduation processing.

The role acts as the SIS business owner for registrar data, rules, and workflows, coordinating with academic, administrative, and technical partners to maintain accurate, auditable student lifecycle information and drive