Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

About the Role

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. At Huron, Senior Directors belong where leaders are elevated and celebrated. They effectively collaborate with Huron and client senior leaders to design and implement goal-achieving solutions while delivering remarkable results (ones that meet but usually exceed specified engagement objectives). Throughout the process, they construct enduring relationships that benefit the firm in profound ways including selling additional project work into clients. Their talents and leadership instill passion and followership in clients, juniors, and management. So if you’re defined by ongoing progress—if you can lead teams, create solutions, and masterfully communicate on every level…If you’re a consummate professional, a prospective champion of Huron's core values, and an inspiration of confidence and trust… then you can and will—leave your mark on the future of professional services. We see what’s possible in you and help you achieve it.

Responsibilities

Serve as the program executive and trusted advisor for Higher Education Workday engagements, preferably at R1 institutions
Build and maintain strong relationships with the c-suite, including CIO’s, CFOs, CHROs, and CIO’s
Partner with senior client stakeholders to align project objectives with institutional goals and strategic priorities
Anticipate client challenges and proactively recommend solutions that drive operational improvement and long-term value
Lead executive steering committees and governance discussions while providing strategic direction and status communication
Serve as the senior escalation point for complex engagement, relationship, delivery, or governance issues
Partnering with Huron Managing Directors/Principles, serve as the Delivery Leader of large-scale Workday transformation engagements including post-production support engagements
Ensure successful execution across scope, timeline, budget, quality, and client satisfaction objectives
Guide delivery teams through strategic decision-making, risk mitigation, organizational change management, and issue resolution
Champion Huron implementation methodologies, delivery standards, and Higher Education leading practices
Oversee program financial performance, including forecasts, margins, resource planning, billing, and overall engagement health
Ensure delivery teams maintain accountability for project outcomes and client commitments
Serve as a subject matter advisor on Higher Education administration, operations, and technology-enabled transformation
Lead conversations around institutional effectiveness, workforce transformation, finance modernization, student administration, research administration, and shared services strategies
Advise clients on industry trends, leading practices, regulatory considerations, and emerging opportunities within the Higher Education ecosystem
Facilitate executive-level discussions regarding Agentic AI, future-state operating models, and digital transformation strategies
Provide strategic guidance regarding Workday roadmap alignment and institutional adoption strategies
Identify, cultivate, and expand strategic client relationships
Partner with Managing Directors and leadership to drive account growth strategies
Lead sales pursuits, executive presentations, proposal development, pricing discussions, and contract negotiations
Identify additional opportunities across Workday, Digital, Enterprise Transformation, and Managed Services offerings
Support alliance relationships and collaborate with Workday sales and leadership teams to drive mutually beneficial outcomes
Contribute to revenue growth through cross-selling, upselling, and proactive business development activities
Lead, mentor, and develop Engagement Leaders, Project Managers, Directors, and consulting teams
Foster a high-performance culture focused on client success, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
Coach future leaders on engagement management, executive communication, delivery excellence, and business development
Support recruiting, onboarding, professional development, and retention initiatives across the Workday practice
Promote Huron's core values and leadership principles while developing future practice leaders

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Human Resources, Higher Education Administration, or related field
10+ years of experience in consulting, information technology, enterprise software, or digital transformation leadership
10+ years of experience leading complex enterprise application implementations and transformation programs
10+ years of experience working with software vendors, alliance partners, and executive sales organizations
Prior Workday implementation or Workday ecosystem experience
Previous consulting experience focused on HR, Finance, Student, Payroll, or Enterprise Transformation initiatives
Experience serving Higher Education institutions, including colleges, universities, research organizations, or academic health systems
Demonstrated success leading large-scale cloud ERP, HCM, Finance, or Student transformation initiatives
Experience with contract negotiations, alliance management, and complex sales pursuits
Demonstrated experience serving as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders
Strong financial acumen, including engagement forecasting, budgeting, pricing, and profitability management
Experience managing large, geographically dispersed, and matrixed project teams
Exceptional communication, facilitation, negotiation, and executive presentation skills
Proven experience leading multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously
Willingness and ability to travel as required

Skills

Workday
Higher Education
Digital Transformation
ERP
HCM
Finance
Student Administration
Sales
Consulting
Leadership
Project Management
Change Management
Client Relationship Management
Business Development
Financial Management
Executive Communication
Negotiation

Location

United States of America

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior Director
10+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree

Salary/Compensations

$215,000 - $275,000
$279,500 - $357,500 (inclusive of annual incentive compensation)

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Wellness programs
401(k) plan with employer match
Employee stock purchase plan
Paid Time Off policy
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance

About the Company

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.
At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be.
We go beyond advice to deliver results that last.
We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own.
We help them transform for the future.
We advocate.
We make a difference.
And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together.
Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities.
Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately.
Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation.
Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion.
And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.

Equal Opportunity

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment.
Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business.
We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.