Job Description

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.

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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 up-to-date, 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.

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Position Overview

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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.

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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.

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Key Responsibilities

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- 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.
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- Academic Stakeholder Management: Navigate complex institutional structures and lead intense stakeholder engagement with senior academic and administrative staff to drive consensus and adoption.
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- Change & Risk Management: Manage the significant business readiness and change management activities required to alter institutional scheduling behaviours.
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- Vendor & Team Leadership: Manage relationships with enterprise software vendors and lead a cross-functional project team of business analysts, developers, and data specialists.
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Required Experience & Skills (Must-Haves)

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- 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.
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- 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.
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- High Resilience & Influence: Demonstrated ability to remain resilient in high-pressure environments, manage competing institutional priorities, and influence senior academic stakeholders.
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- Large-Scale Project Governance: Track record of managing multi-year, multi-million dollar budgets, risk registers, and complex project governance structures.
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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.

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📌 Senior Project Manager (Victoria)
🏢 Randstad
📍 Victoria