Ellucian
Higher Education Strategic Consultant | AI & Digital Transformation
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Consulting
🗓️ August 17th, 2025
SaaS
Edtech.com's Summary
Ellucian is hiring a Higher Education Strategic Consultant to deliver integrated technology strategy, governance, and modernization services for Ellucian Managed Services clients. The role involves leading strategic initiatives, facilitating workshops with higher education leaders, managing projects, and driving digital transformation efforts that enhance institutional value.
Highlights
- Deliver strategic alignment, capability mapping, roadmap development, and modernization planning for EMS clients.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to higher education leaders through workshops and strategy facilitation.
- Manage high-impact projects and coordinate with internal teams to ensure delivery excellence.
- Develop reusable tools and frameworks to standardize strategic service delivery.
- Apply expertise in enterprise architecture, change management, AI, and strategy to optimize ERP and enterprise platforms.
- Support clients in demonstrating ROI and preparing for SaaS transitions.
- 7-10 years’ experience in strategy, digital transformation, or change management, preferably in higher education.
- Proficient with SIS, ERP systems, AI applications, and architecture frameworks like ADKAR, Kotter, TOGAF.
- Strong project management skills with experience engaging C-suite and functional stakeholders.
- Comprehensive benefits include health coverage, 401k matching, parental leave, wellness programs, and professional development opportunities.
Higher Education Strategic Consultant | AI & Digital Transformation Full Description
Higher Education Strategic Consultant | AI & Digital Transformation | Remote | 50% Travel
- US
- Services
- 6124
- Up to 50%
About Ellucian
Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,900 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.
Values Rooted in Purpose
We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.
About the Opportunity
Ellucian’s Strategy, Innovation, and Delivery Excellence (SIDE) team is seeking a Higher Education Strategic Consultant to deliver integrated technology strategy, governance, and modernization services for our Ellucian Managed Services (EMS) clients.
You will leverage a diverse skill set spanning AI, digital transformation, project and change management, and technology leadership to support both Delivery Excellence and Technology Management initiatives. This role involves driving strategic initiatives, leading change, and guiding cross-functional modernization efforts that deliver measurable institutional value.
Where You Will Make an Impact
Ellucian is a global market leader in education technology. We power innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,900 customers across 50 countries and serving over 20 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, from student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners, and user community of more than 45,000 provide best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.
Values Rooted in Purpose
We embrace the power to lead, the courage to innovate, and the determination to grow. At our core, we believe in humanizing our approach, recognizing that our people are our greatest strength. With a shared vision of transformation, we endeavor to shape a brighter future for higher education.
About the Opportunity
Ellucian’s Strategy, Innovation, and Delivery Excellence (SIDE) team is seeking a Higher Education Strategic Consultant to deliver integrated technology strategy, governance, and modernization services for our Ellucian Managed Services (EMS) clients.
You will leverage a diverse skill set spanning AI, digital transformation, project and change management, and technology leadership to support both Delivery Excellence and Technology Management initiatives. This role involves driving strategic initiatives, leading change, and guiding cross-functional modernization efforts that deliver measurable institutional value.
Where You Will Make an Impact
- Deliver best-in-class strategic services to EMS clients, including strategic alignment, capability mapping, roadmap development, technology strategy, and modernization planning.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to higher education leaders, facilitating workshops, gathering insights, and aligning recommendations with institutional priorities.
- Manage high-impact projects and partner with internal teams to align modernization initiatives with delivery excellence goals.
- Develop reusable tools, frameworks, and artifacts to ensure consistent, high-quality strategic services.
- Apply expertise in enterprise architecture, change management, AI, and/or strategy development to maximize the value of ERP and enterprise platforms across finance, HR, student systems, and other domains.
- Contribute to expanding Ellucian’s strategic service catalog and driving continuous improvement.
- Support EMS clients in demonstrating ROI and preparing for SaaS transitions.
What You Will Bring
- 7–10 years of experience in strategy development, digital transformation, change management, enterprise solutions, or strategic planning, preferably in higher education.
- Proven ability to manage projects across multiple teams and stakeholders, including C-suite leaders and functional users.
- Demonstrated success in designing and implementing frameworks, processes, or methodologies that enhance strategic delivery.
- Strong skill in engaging diverse stakeholders and translating institutional needs into actionable strategies.
- Familiarity with SIS, ERP, and related enterprise systems, as well as emerging technologies such as AI.
- Knowledge of change management and architecture frameworks (e.g., ADKAR, Kotter, TOGAF, HEEAR, capability models).
- Excellent communication, documentation, and client-facing skills.
- Collaborative, proactive, and focused on delivering institutional value.
What makes #Ellucianlife
- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible time off
- Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests
- 401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future
- Parental Leave
- 5 charitable days to support the community that supports us
- Telemedicine
- Wellness
- Headspace Care (mental health)
- Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)
- RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support
- Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups
- Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team
- We Foster a learning culture with:
- Education Assistance Program
- Professional development opportunities
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At Ellucian, we believe in the “power of together.” We embrace an inclusive workplace, and believe that our differences help inspire a culture of acceptance that makes our company more collaborative and innovative. We’re proud to provide equal employment opportunities for job applicants and for our employees, and we are committed to providing a process and an environment that is free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), and other legally protected classifications. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring, appraisal systems, promotions, training, and career development programs. To enable employees to perform essential functions of their positions and to offer applicants a meaningful opportunity to be considered for positions, we also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees and applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices. This job posting is intended to comply with all applicable laws. If we learn during the course of our recruitment process that, due to an applicant’s location, further information about the position is required, including certain salary information, the information in this posting will be supplemented accordingly. Additionally, we are aware of fake applicant schemes and have rigorous internal processes in place to mitigate such risk and inform proper authorities of any such instances that arise.
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