Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a high-profile, 3-year major transformation program dedicated to replacing and upgrading our client's legacy scheduling and timetabling systems.
This enterprise wide overhaul requires a resilient leader with deep domain expertise in the Higher Education sector. You will be responsible for navigating complex academic structures, managing intense stakeholder relationships, and successfully deploying a modern, enterprise scale timetabling solution.
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Mandatory Requirement: To be considered for this role, candidates must possess extensive experience within the Higher Education sector and a proven track record delivering Enterprise Timetabling solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-End Program Delivery: Lead the 3-year road map to decommission legacy scheduling systems and implement a modern enterprise timetabling and workload solution.
- Academic Stakeholder Management: Navigate complex institutional structures and lead intense stakeholder engagement with senior academic and administrative staff to drive consensus and adoption.
- Change & Risk Management: Manage the significant business readiness and change management activities required to alter institutional scheduling behaviours.
- Vendor & Team Leadership: Manage relationships with enterprise software vendors and lead a cross-functional project team of business analysts, developers, and data specialists.
Required Experience & Skills (Must-Haves)
- Higher Education Domain Expertise: A deep, comprehensive understanding of university operations, academic calendars, workload allocation, and the student experience. Applications without Higher Education experience will not be considered.
- Enterprise Timetabling Systems: Proven experience successfully delivering major timetabling or scheduling projects (e.g., implementing alternatives to platforms like Allocate+). This is a mandatory requirement.
- High Resilience & Influence: Demonstrated ability to remain resilient in high-pressure environments, manage competing institutional priorities, and influence senior academic stakeholders.
- Large-Scale Project Governance: Track record of managing multi-year, multi-million dollar budgets, risk registers, and complex project governance structures.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
