Workday Student Records - Consulting Manager

Huron; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Huron is a global consultancy partnering with clients to drive strategic growth and transformation. As a Manager, you will lead Workday Student Records projects, guide client and consulting teams, and mentor junior staff while shaping enterprise software solutions to meet client goals.

The role emphasizes strategic alignment of academic processes, data-driven decision making, and strong stakeholder engagement across higher education.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Workday Student Records within higher education, including design, implementation, and optimization.
• Proven leadership in large-scale Workday transformations with cross-functional teams.
• Strategic mindset aligning academic processes to institutional goals and analytics.
• Strong understanding of higher education student records operations and compliance.
• Excellent client-facing, communication, and change management skills, including executive-level presentation.

Responsibilities

• Plan, shape and deliver technology solutions aligned with client goals and missions.
• Lead cross-functional teams and manage stakeholders through engagement lifecycle.
• Mentor junior staff and promote a culture of collaboration and growth.
• Drive adoption of Workday solutions across academic and administrative units.
• Communicate effectively with clients at executive levels and provide post-implementation support.

Skills

Workday expertise

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Executive communication

Tools

Workday

Job description

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future.

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

The multi-faceted role you’ve been looking for… Managers play a vibrant, integral role at Huron. Their invaluable knowledge reflects in the projects they manage and the teams they lead. Known for being politically savvy, they build long-standing relationships with clients, while collaborating with colleagues to solve their most important challenges. They plan, shape and deliver technology solutions that deliver results and seamlessly align with client goals, visions and missions. Remarkably versatile, our Managers also spend significant time mentoring junior staff on the engagement team—where they tirelessly share expertise as well as feedback and encouragement. This benefits Huron profoundly as it promotes a culture of respect, unity, collaboration and personal achievement.

Our environment inspires and rewards growth… As a Manager, you have the unique ability to specialize in certain areas of enterprise software products that showcase and employ your areas of expertise while pursuing your “career vision”. Huron is big enough to offer the opportunity and exposure you need for your career growth—but small enough to give you individual attention for your professional development. Every Manager adds to who we are as an organization—and the more you evolve, the more we do. An exciting career experience awaits you where you’ll be challenged to discover your true potential: It’s analytically rigorous… it’s practical… it’s entrepreneurial… it’s intellectually stimulating—and most definitely—it’s career-defining. It’s the Huron way.

We see what’s possible in you and help you achieve it.

• Deep expertise in all areas of Workday Student Records within higher education, including design, implementation, and optimization with a Tier 1 Professional Services firm
• Proven leadership in large-scale Workday transformations, with the ability to guide client and consulting cross-functional teams, manage stakeholders, and drive adoption across academic and administrative units.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to align academic processes to institutional goals, improve reporting/analytics, and enable data-driven decision‑making.
• Strong understanding of higher education student records operations and related compliance requirements.
• Excellent client‑facing, communication, and change management skills, including executive‑level presentation, training, and post‑implementation support.

The estimated base salary range for this job is $130,000 - $170,000. 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 $149,500 - $214,000. 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.

Position Level

Manager

Country

United States of America