Job Description
Own the Workday platform roadmap, governance model and ongoing service delivery
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Lead the team through its next phase, strengthening collaboration, accountability and capability
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Offering a competitive remuneration package including 17% superannuation
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Why join the University of Sydney?
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Join one of Australia's leading universities at a pivotal time, where technology is evolving to better support student learning, teaching excellence, and research at global scale.
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ICT is central to the University's mission, delivering the platforms, services, and partnerships that enable student success, strengthen teaching, and accelerate research impact.
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With strong investment and ambitious transformation underway, you'll work in a large and complex environment where your contribution will have visible, meaningful impact across the University community.
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The opportunity
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This is a senior leadership opportunity to take ownership of the University's HR technology ecosystem, with primary responsibility for the strategy, governance, delivery and ongoing optimisation of Workday.
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You'll lead the development of the platform roadmap and governance foundations that support Workday across HCM, Recruitment, Security, Learning, Advanced Compensation, Absence, Payroll, Integrations and Workday Extend. A key priority will be ensuring the platform is secure, scalable and effectively integrated with the University's broader enterprise technology environment.
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Working across HR, ICT, Finance and external partners, you'll influence senior stakeholders, shape strategic initiatives and ensure the platform delivers lasting organisational value.
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You'll also lead a team of Workday Specialists,



strengthening culture, capability and accountability while positioning the team to deliver operational priorities and the platform's future roadmap.
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What you'll do
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Own the strategy, governance, roadmap and end-to-end lifecycle of the University's Workday platform environment.
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Establish effective governance and operating practices across tenant management, security, releases, enhancements and service delivery.
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Oversee Workday capabilities across HCM, Recruitment, Security, Learning, Advanced Compensation, Absence, Payroll, Integrations and Workday Extend.
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Lead the integration of Workday with finance, payroll and other enterprise applications, working closely with architecture, integration and ICT teams.
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Partner with senior stakeholders to shape priorities, support discovery and planning, and translate business needs into strategic platform outcomes.
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Manage vendors, implementation partners and augmented resources, while acting as the escalation point for complex platform and service issues.
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Lead and develop a team of Workday specialists and administrators, strengthening capability, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
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What we're looking for
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Extensive experience owning or managing Workday within a large and complex enterprise environment.
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Broad expertise across the Workday ecosystem, including HCM and multiple functional areas such as Recruitment, Security, Learning, Absence, Payroll, Integrations and Workday Extend.
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Strong experience in platform strategy, governance, tenant management, release management, security, platform optimisation and continuous improvement.
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Deep understanding of enterprise integrations and experience connecting Workday with finance, payroll and other core business applications.
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Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, performance management, workforce planning and building capability across specialist technical teams.
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A track record of creating a positive and accountable team culture, managing conflict and leading teams through change.
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Experience leading complex platform initiatives involving senior stakeholders, vendors, implementation partners and cross-functional teams.
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Robust communication , influencing and commercial skills, with experience across service delivery, vendor management, budgets, risk and resource planning.
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What's in it for you?
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At the University of Sydney, staff are supported with benefits designed to enhance career development, wellbeing and work-life balance, including:
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17% superannuation to support your financial future
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Generous parental leave entitlements
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Salary packaging options
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Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
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Career development and learning opportunities
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Health and wellbeing programs, including Fitness Passport
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Access to a vibrant, globally recognised university community
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📌 Senior Manager, Hr Platforms (New South Wales)
🏢 usyd
📍 New South Wales