Director, Enterprise Solutions - 131622

Director, Enterprise Solutions

Provides leadership, planning, governance, project coordination and management for the development of technology-driven products, processes, and services for the areas reporting to the CFO & Vice President Administration with particular emphasis on Financial Services, Human Resource Services, Purchasing and Travel, and Auxiliaries.

This position is focused on managing an innovative, customer-focused Enterprise Solutions team. It helps senior leadership determine the technology solutions and prioritization for optimization and release management in support of university needs.

This job is only available to current BYU Employees.

Essential Functions

• Provides vision, leadership, planning, project coordination and management for the department to meet current and future needs within the university.
• Build and maintain a strong functional team through effective recruiting, training, coaching, team building and succession planning.
• Promotes proactive approaches using Workday to solve business needs/problems, while also enhancing the understanding and acceptance of the functional capabilities.
• Develops the strategic direction and alignment of the functional technology to university strategy and architecture.
• In partnership with process owners, the functional support leads, and Workday, develop and maintain strategic Workday roadmap considering desired enhancements and Workday new functionality.
• Provide oversight of Workday release management and facilitate Workday governance meetings and determine prioritization, project plan, and resources.
• Communicate Workday release/updates following Change Management protocols.
• Integrations and Vendor Management Liaison; maintain awareness of vendor plans and the potential impact of those plans on current and future functionality.
• Drives the development and application of the university¿s data governance, processes, policies, and procedures in Workday.

 Minimum education/experience required:   

• This position requires a four-year college degree and at least 10 years of experience in business environments with emphasis on information technology, business strategy, consulting, project management, process analysis and design, systems architecture, and application development and management OR the equivalent combination of education and experience. 

    Preferred: 

• MBA or similar education.

  Skills, abilities, knowledge, licenses, certifications:

• Adept at executive interactions and relationships.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Accountable for driving initiatives.
• Analytical problem solving.
• Business acumen.
• Business fluency.
• Collaboration and customer focus.
• Consulting agility.
• Cross university and function visibility.
• Design thinking.
• Deep understanding of business and administrative principles and processes, regulatory requirements, and University policies.
• Management.
• Project and change management.
• Strategic planning.
• Technology subject matter expertise.
• Visionary leadership.

Employee Class: Administrative
Work Location: Provo Campus
Environment: General office or other equivalently good environment
Physical Exam Required: N
Physical Exam Details: N/A
Desired Start Date: 01/01/2025
Job Close Date: 05/15/2024
Pay Level: 57T
Approximate Starting Salary: $130,000 to $168,500 (DOQ)
Documents Required at time of Application:
Required: Cover Letter, Resume
Optional: Letter of Recommendation 1
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.
Brigham Young University is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
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