Senior Technical Integration Manager

• Chief Operating Office Portfolio / Information Technology Services
• Broaden your career within one of QLD’s largest employers
• Lead the technical workstream of the HCMS program
• Fixed term contract through to December 2025
• Achieve a work-life balance with 36 hours/wk, purchased leave, WFH + more
• Based at our vibrant St Lucia campus

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
• 17% superannuation contributions
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to flexible working arrangements
• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
• On campus childcare options
• Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day)
• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity 

Leading the technical workstream of the HCMS program, the Senior Technical Integration Manager will be responsible for working with the selected vendor’s implementation team, the internal program team and UQ’s Information Technology Service’s (ITS) team to ensure the effective and timely delivery of multiple technical related deliverables.

Key responsibilities: 

• Oversee the management of all technical aspects of the HCMS program lifecycle including planning, design/development, delivery, and transition to BAU, ensuring milestones and other deadlines are met.
• Oversee technical aspects of the HCMS program including infrastructure, security protocols, custom development requirements, seamless integration to existing UQ platforms, integration via interfaces, etc.
• Manage the technical team to ensure day-to-day operational efficiency and the goals of the program.
• Collaborate and maintain a productive working relationship with internal and external stakeholders, including vendors, 3rd party suppliers and cross-functional teams to ensure the successful integration of the new systems with other enterprise applications including Workday.
• Provide quality management throughout the program, ensuring that relative to the triple constraints of time, cost and quality, quality is not forfeited in relation to meeting the needs of end users or the University.
• Manage program risks, including updating of the program risk management register and ensuring that mitigation measures are actioned / escalated as required.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position for up to 31 December 2025.

At HEW level 9, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $127,496 – $134,829, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $149,171 – $157,750 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.

About You  

We are looking for an exceptional and experienced Technical Integration Manager who has:

• Significant experience with implementing multiple ERP software suites (e.g. Workday) and working on IT projects that include delivery from both third-party implementation partners and internal resources.
• Technical experience in an expert level role supporting and delivering integrated solutions. Utilising and integrating with public cloud solutions stack, particularly Microsoft Azure platform.
• Excellent organisational skills with demonstrated ability to manage large projects and people effectively against differing timelines/changing priorities.
• The ability to analyse and interpret detailed and complex technical information to ensure well informed decisions throughout the lifecycle of a program.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and problem-solving ability, with the ability to negotiate, demonstrate diplomacy and tact, and effectively build relationships with a diverse group of senior stakeholders, colleagues, and staff.
• Excellent people management skills, with a demonstrated ability to manage, motivate, mentor, and lead a team of staff in a complex environment with deadlines and tight timelines.
• Demonstrated high level of accuracy and attention to detail and quality and timeliness of completed work, including written reports and presentations.
• Ability to work autonomously and be self-motivated, combined with a high level of initiative, drive, and enthusiasm. Strong work ethics and willingness to go the extra mile to accomplish tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable:

• Experience working in the higher education sector and implementing HCM ERP solutions including Workday will be highly regarded.
• Extensive experience in implementing change in a large and devolved organisation and leading projects that require significant change management practices embedded into project delivery.

The following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

 
Questions? 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Ms Tania Cashman, Program Director, HCMS via [email protected]  For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 
 

Want to Apply? 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section
• Resume
  

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected] .

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close 12 March 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number – R-36131).