Workday Grants - Director

MxD; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 165,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

MxD seeks a Technical Director to lead a world-class tech team focused on enterprise-scale platform implementations. This role involves providing leadership, enhancing team capabilities, and managing significant client projects, contributing to both professional growth and organizational success. Ideal candidates will have extensive consulting experience, exceptional communication skills, and a strong focus on fostering relationships.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Annual incentive compensation program

Wellness programs

Qualifications

• 8-10 years in consulting/advisory role with enterprise-scale platforms.
• Ability to establish credibility with senior-level executives.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and mentorship to team members.
• Manage budgets and resource allocation for projects.
• Develop project plans and oversee implementation.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Thought leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Tools

Workday Grants Management

Workday Payroll Accounting

Job description

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes.

Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.

You'll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

What does it mean to head up a world-class tech team, one with deep collective knowledge and admirable achievement? It means you've ascended to the rank of Huron Technical Director. worthy of industry-wide respect and recognition. When you take on this key role, you inherit a host of responsibilities, challenges, and rewards. Imagine the difference you can make by providing leadership, coaching, and mentorship to analysts, associates, managers, subcontractors, and client personnel that rely profoundly on such guidance and supervision.

Technical Directors engage in a multitude of industry and Practice responsibilities. They identify gaps in practice knowledge... discover strategies to enhance capabilities... develop detailed project plans... manage budgets and resource loads ...and leverage expertise across the organization. They also handle engagement economics, develop/manage senior level client relationships, and ensure high-level quality/efficiency on projects and deliverables.

The responsibilities of Tech Director are considerable. But the job's challenges... complexities... contributions... they will bring you robust professional growth-and profound personal satisfaction.

• Required:
  
  • 8-10 years of experience in a consulting or advisory role focused on enterprise-scale platform implementations
  • Experience with estimating, implementation planning, functional application expertise, and project management
  • Excellent communication skills - oral and written - and the interpersonal skills needed to quickly establish relationships of trust and collaboration
  • Ability to establish credibility in the eyes of senior-level, financially literate client executives on the basis of expertise, maturity, and professionalism
  • Proven thought leadership as indicated by speaking engagements and/or publications
  • Ability to manage multiple projects of different scale and duration
  • Ability to train and participate in the professional development of Huron staff in both project-management and technical dimensions
  • Huron requires a Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
  • Willingness to travel up to 50%
  
  
  Preferred Skills & Experience:
  
  • Certification or equivalent practical experience in Workday Grants Management
  • Experience leading Workday Grants Management design and customer confirmation sessions
  • Experience configuring all aspects of Workday Grants Management and the related Customer Accounts functionality
  • Experience configuring or a deep understanding of Workday Payroll Accounting and Effort Certification
  • Experience designing complex post-award reports and/or development of said reports
  • Experience supporting pursuit activities: RFP's, Demo's, and/or participating in orals
  • Excellent communication skills - oral and written - and the interpersonal skills needed quickly to establish relationships of trust and collaboration
  • Ability to establish credibility in the eyes of senior-level, financially literate university and hospital executives, including those that lead the sponsored research functions, on the basis of expertise, maturity, and professionalism
  • Excellent time-management and prioritization skills
  • Strong analytical skills used to translate information from meetings into documentation that can be shared with meeting participants and project teams
  • Desire and willingness to learn new tools, techniques, concepts, and methodologies
  • Practical experience with post-award grant management and/or the sponsored research industry a plus
• Additional Job Description
  Additional Job Description
  
  The estimated base salary range for this job is $165,000 - $225,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron's annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron's pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $206,250 - $303,750. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron's benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Posting Category
Education

Opportunity Type
Regular

Country
United States of America