Senior Lead, Student Systems

• Employment Type: Full Time (35 hours per week)
• Duration: Continuing
• Remuneration: Competitive Remuneration Package
• Location: Kensington NSW (Hybrid Flexible Working)

We are recruiting for 3 positions please carefully review each role and confirm in your application which role(s) you are interested in:

• Senior Lead Student Systems (Core Applications)
• Senior Lead Student Systems (Projects)
• Senior Lead Student Systems (Core Connections)

Why your role matters

The three Senior Lead roles within Student SystemsCore Connections Projects and Core Applicationswork collaboratively to provide strategic leadership operational excellence and digital innovation across UNSWs student systems landscape. Together they ensure that student-facing platforms core applications and transformation projects are stable scalable and aligned with the Universitys strategic priorities. Each position drives continuous improvement fosters collaboration across academic and professional divisions and leads multi-disciplinary teams to enhance both the student and staff experience.

Reporting to the Head of Student Systems & Projects each Senior Lead role is responsible for managing a team that includes operational manager(s) and other professional staff with team composition and size varying by portfolio.

Senior Lead Core Connections
This role focuses on student-facing digital platforms CRM stewardship and business enablement through automation AI and other emerging tech opportunities. It champions user-centred design process improvement and digital adoption across the student systems ecosystem ensuring innovation is balanced with stability and simplification.

Senior Lead Projects
This position oversees the efficient delivery of major student systems projects and programs achieved through effective governance prioritisation and execution. It translates strategic goals into measurable outcomes and partners with the other two portfolios as well as project delivery teams across IT faculties and other service units to deliver transformative initiatives on time and within scope.

Senior Lead Core Applications
This role provides strategic custodianship of the Universitys core student information systems including SiMS (PeopleSoft Campus Solutions) and integrated applications. It ensures these systems are stable optimised compliant and continuously improved to support UNSWs digital transformation and the full student lifecycle.

About You:

• Significant senior experience in information systems business technology project management or a related discipline.
• Proven leadership in complex large-scale organisationsideally within higher educationdelivering digital systems or project transformation initiatives.
• Strong expertise in governance compliance and integration across enterprise systems ensuring operational stability and strategic alignment.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior executives and governance bodies through evidence-based insights and data-driven recommendations.
• Accountability for vendor and procurement governance with experience managing contracts budgets and commercial relationships.
• Advanced analytical strategic planning and problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement and systems-thinking mindset.
• Demonstrated success leading service improvement process optimisation and digital enablement initiatives.
• Proven ability to foster collaboration across organisational boundaries promoting agile adaptive and transparent ways of working.
• Exceptional written verbal and interpersonal communication skills with the capacity to engage negotiate and build trust with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience navigating and leading change in large matrixed or federated organisational structures.
• Understanding of student administration processes and systems within the higher education context (highly desirable).

Forfurther details on each role and the skills & experience required please refer to the position descriptions found under the positionlisting on

Benefits and Culture:

People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world.

Our benefits include:

• Flexible working options.
• Career development opportunities.
• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments.
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period.
• Discounts and entitlements (retail education fitness).

For further details on the benefits please visit to Apply: Submit your CV & cover letter addressing the key selection criteria (no more than 2 pages) before 11.55pm Tuesday 18^th November 2025. Please note: Sponsorship is not available for this role valid Australian working rights are required on application.

Job queries contact: Chloe Gane Talent Acquisition Consultant E: (applications to the address cannot be accepted please apply online)

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds those living with disabilities members of the LGBTIQ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.