Digital Strategy Consultant

Higher Digital, Llc; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Higher Digital, Llc in the United States seeks Digital Strategy Consultants to help higher education leaders assess current-state digital capability and define practical roadmaps. This role blends strategy and delivery, guiding institutions on what must change across systems, governance, processes, people, data, and decision-making to achieve strategic aims.

You may work on digital maturity assessments, enterprise planning, platform strategy, governance design, and multi-year transformation

Qualifications

• Experience in digital strategy and enterprise planning for higher education institutions.
• Ability to facilitate executive-level workshops and governance discussions.
• Proven track record in developing transformation roadmaps and business cases.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leadership to assess digital maturity and define future-state priorities.
• Translate strategy into practical roadmaps covering systems, data, and processes.
• Support governance design, investment cases, and delivery plans.
• Facilitate senior workshops and align stakeholders across institutions.

Skills

Digital strategy

Enterprise planning

Digital transformation

Higher education systems

Executive facilitation

Governance models

Transformation roadmaps

Business cases

Institutional planning

Job description

Digital Strategy Consultants work with higher education leaders to assess current‑state digital capability, define future‑state priorities, and translate institutional ambition into practical, actionable roadmaps.

This role sits at the intersection of strategy and delivery. It supports institutions in understanding where they are today, where they need to get to, and what needs to change across systems, governance, processes, people, data, and decision‑making to get there.

Engagements may involve digital maturity assessments, enterprise planning, platform strategy, governance design, service modernisation, and multi‑year transformation planning.

What You May Work On:

You may support clients to assess digital maturity, define digital strategies, develop transformation roadmaps, facilitate senior workshops, support governance design, shape investment cases, and translate strategic priorities into practical delivery plans.

Experience We Commonly Look For:

Common experience includes digital strategy, enterprise planning, digital transformation, higher education systems, executive facilitation, governance models, transformation roadmaps, business cases, and institutional planning.

You May Be a Strong Fit If:

You are comfortable working with ambiguity, drawing insight from complex environments, and helping leadership teams make clear, evidence‑based decisions.

You can communicate strategic concepts in a way that is practical, structured, and useful to both executive and delivery audiences.