The Director will oversee enterprise technology solutions, manage client engagement, and lead teams to improve organizational effectiveness in higher education.
Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We collaborate with education organizations to develop strategies and implement solutions that enable the transformative change our clients need to own their future. Together, we empower clients to drive innovation, create sustainable funding streams and deliver better student outcomes.
Today, leaders of higher education institutions and academic medical centers are spending too much time reacting to market forces, rather than focusing on the essential priorities that help students, faculty and staff thrive. The most productive path forward requires an intentional approach and innovative thinking, whereby stakeholders across the entire institution rally around a shared vision and embrace the hard work of effecting change.
You’ll help our clients to achieve organizational effectiveness, improve student outcomes, implement new technologies and align resources and investments to ensure long-term sustainability.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.
Thriving professional services firms share a number of traits— a team of first-rate Directors heads the list. At Huron, Directors represent the pinnacle of professionalism and expertise. They effectively collaborate with Huron and client senior leaders to architect and implement goal-achieving enterprise technology solutions while delivering remarkable results that meet - but usually exceed - specified engagement objectives. They provide client engagement delivery oversight, team leadership and program management. Throughout the process, they construct enduring relationships that benefit the firm in profound ways including selling additional project work into clients.
Huron Directors contribute more than 10+ years of experience and dedication to helping organizations solve their most complex challenges—and they consistently convert expertise and intuition into the growth of our clients and Huron alike. Their talents and leadership instill passion and followership in clients, juniors and management. If you’re defined by ongoing progress—if you can lead teams, create solutions, and masterfully communicate on every level…If you’re a consummate professional, a prospective champion of Huron's core values, and an inspiration of confidence and trust… then you can and will help Huron and it’s clients achieve their full potential.
Rewarding and boundless… a Director role at Huron will ignite your future in professional services.
We see what’s possible in you and help you achieve it.
Job Description
Qualifications:
- 8-10 years of experience in a consulting or advisory role focused on enterprise-scale platform implementations
- Experience with estimating, implementation planning, functional application expertise, and project management
- Excellent communication skills – oral and written – and the interpersonal skills needed to quickly establish relationships of trust and collaboration
- Ability to establish credibility in the eyes of senior-level, financially literate client executives on the basis of expertise, maturity, and professionalism
- Proven thought leadership as indicated by speaking engagements and/or publications
- Ability to manage multiple projects of different scale and duration
- Ability to train and participate in the professional development of Huron staff in both project-management and technical dimensions
- Huron requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
- Willingness to travel up to 50%
- The estimated base salary range for this job is $165,000 - $225,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $206,250 - $303,750. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future
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