We are seeking a Functional Director to join the Student Information System Core project organization, responsible for supervising functional resources assigned to the Campus Solutions implementation project. The Functional Director will report to the SIS Renewal Program Director and closely collaborate with the SIS Renewal Deputy Sponsor, leading all aspects of project tasks and responsibilities of the functional workstream leads (Admissions, Student Record, Academic Advising, Student Financials, and Financial Aid), and providing guidance and leadership to work through complex requirements and design/configuration issues.

This role will be responsible for directing project resources in developing documentation throughout the project lifecycle, including test scripts, training materials, and other project artifacts. In addition, the SIS Core Functional Director will work with other project workstreams (such as Data Conversion, Integrations, Change Management, Business Architecture) and companion projects (Reporting, Student Employment) to ensure cross-functional collaboration across the SIS Renewal program. Once the solution and processes go live, this position will be responsible for coordinating and maintain support for the impacted organizations. The Student Information System (SIS) Renewal program is a Boston University-wide effort to modernize the Information Technology systems in order to better serve our students and support the university's strategic priorities while mitigating the technical risk our current, custom-developed, mainframe-based SIS presents.

Over the next three years, the SIS Renewal Program team and implementation partner Deloitte Consulting will configure and launch new processes and systems for Admissions, Financial Aid, Student Records, Curriculum Management, Student Advising, Student Financials, and Student Employment. Related changes to the process and tools for creating student BUIDs and system access, as well as academic reporting and data analytics will also be included. Implementation will occur in phases, with the first new service capabilities launching in summer 2022 and the last in fall 2023.

Required Skills

• Bachelor's Degree
• More than 8 years of work experience, with 5+ years of related experience
• Has experience supervising resources, either on formal or informal project teams
• Has experience in process re-engineering, requirements elicitation, and creating and maintaining project related documentation
• Excellent listening and communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Strong organizational and documentation skills
• Self-motivated and able to adapt to continuous change
• Has worked successfully in a client-oriented team environment
• Able to collaborate with team members and think of out-of-the-box solutions
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment
• Comfort playing a leadership role on a cross-functional, matrixed team
• Knowledge of higher education academic operations and/or policies and procedures in the areas of that include Admissions, Financial Aid, Student Record, Curriculum Management, Advising, Student Financials
• Familiarity with higher education student systems
• Experience with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions
• Experience working on large scale implementations, performing common project activities, including Collecting Business Requirements, Solution Design, Coordinating and performing testing System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Required Experience

• Bachelor's Degree
• More than 8 years of work experience, with 5+ years of related experience
• Has experience supervising resources, either on formal or informal project teams
• Has experience in process re-engineering, requirements elicitation, and creating and maintaining project related documentation
• Excellent listening and communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Strong organizational and documentation skills
• Self-motivated and able to adapt to continuous change
• Has worked successfully in a client-oriented team environment
• Able to collaborate with team members and think of out-of-the-box solutions
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment
• Comfort playing a leadership role on a cross-functional, matrixed team
• Knowledge of higher education academic operations and/or policies and procedures in the areas of that include Admissions, Financial Aid, Student Record, Curriculum Management, Advising, Student Financials
• Familiarity with higher education student systems
• Experience with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions
• Experience working on large scale implementations, performing common project activities, including Collecting Business Requirements, Solution Design, Coordinating and performing testing System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.