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From the employer's careers site First seen 25 Oct 2026 · Still live on 31 Oct 2026

Principal Consultant

Workday Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

We're seeking a Principal Consultant to join our ANZ consulting team, specializing in Workday's Student solutions for higher education institutions. As a functional consultant, you'll guide student lifecycle transformations, advise on Workday Student deployments, and collaborate with key stakeholders.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

  • Contribute to and maintain higher education standard practices
  • Determine customer requirements and advise on tailored Workday Student solutions
  • Demonstrate designed solutions to key stakeholders
  • Constructively challenge customer requests
  • Own status reporting and project health
  • Lead or shape customer prospect discovery sessions
  • Advise on Statement of Work content and project estimates
  • Act as an escalation point for complex issues
  • Rapidly build Workday Student product expertise
  • Manage time and priorities across multiple customer engagements
  • Lead training and enablement sessions
  • Mentor and support less experienced consultants

Requirements:

  • 7+ years of experience implementing or supporting student systems (SIS) solutions in Student Records, Admissions, and Recruiting
  • 7+ years of consulting experience
  • Experience within the Higher Education industry
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Flexible Work: We offer a flexible work arrangement, spending at least 50% of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners.

Skills

Required

  • Workday Student
  • Student Records
  • Admissions
  • Recruiting
  • Higher Education

Nice to have

  • Workday Student implementation
  • Higher Education industry experience
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