Student Systems and Process Optimization Lead

New York, United States

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Job:

The Student Systems and Process Optimization Lead is an advocate, architect and delivery manager for technology-based improvement in systems and processes that impact Barnard students and faculty. Reporting to the Director, Workday Platform, this role supports the technical design and process improvement efforts related to Workday Student and other student-focused administrative systems at Barnard College. This position combines deep understanding of student processes, expertise in Workday, and a strategic, community-centered approach to business process redesign.

This is a hybrid position. Due to the sensitive nature of this role, a private, distraction-free work environment is required.

Job Description:

Duties & Responsibilities / What you’ll own

Assessing the current state of student-facing processes and systems, eliciting pain points and opportunities for improvement, and structuring plans to implement improvements.
Provide expertise by maintaining skills and awareness of new developments in student-facing systems in use or being implemented at the College, and promote full and effective use of these systems.
Support the implementation of a new student information system, in collaboration with the Workday team, the SIS project manager, and all functional stakeholders of the project.
Help provide strategic direction by prioritizing system & process improvement work.
Other duties & responsibilities as assigned.

Skills, Qualifications & Requirements:

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities / Experience you'll need

Ability to synthesize and translate large amounts of information into clear business requirements.
Ability to communicate business needs to technical people and to communicate and simplify complex technical information for non-technical users.
Eagerness to explore new technology and processes.
Strong facilitation and presentation skills.
Ability to work both individually and as part of a team, and to act as a servant leader.
Ability to champion improvement through change leadership.
Excellent verbal & written communications skills.
Ability to interact positively and appropriately with a wide variety of constituents.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in student information system analysis, design, development, and support.
Comprehensive knowledge of business and technical requirements analysis as they relate to student information systems integration, data configuration, workflow management, and business processes.
Proficient office productivity software skills (Office, G.Suite, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

Agile or Lean certification(s) and experience.
Workday Student experience.
Slate experience.

Salary: $130k - $140k

This job description is intended as a summary of the primary responsibilities of and qualifications for this position. The job description is not intended as inclusive of all duties an individual in this position might be asked to perform that may be required either now or in the future.

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the College's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Company:

Barnard College

Time Type:

Full time

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