SIS Programme Manager

This new full-time post is available from 1 June 2025 until 31 July 2027 on a fixed term basis.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

Summary of the role

As part of our Strategy 2030 Exeter University has embarked on an ambitious portfolio of education transformation to increase our global education reach and diversify our teaching delivery. Our digital capabilities will underpin the success of this transformation. Our 25-year old student records system is suboptimal. We are at the start of the third year of a programme to optimise our system to give us the strategic capabilities we need and to de-risk a potential future move to a new student information system.

We are looking for a high calibre senior business transformation programme manager with a proven track record of delivering programmes of this nature. They will lead our programme team and the delivery of a roadmap of 13 projects that enhance our current digital capability. Reporting to the Director Enabling 2030 Strategy, this is a senior delivery role that will interact at senior levels across the university as well as at all levels within the Education community.

The role is a fixed term contract ending on 31^st July 2027. It is full time and would be hybrid working based from either our Exeter or Penryn campuses.

Interviews will be on the Streatham Campus, Exeter on 16 May 2025.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes. 

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. 

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

Benefits

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• 41 days leave per year
• options for flexible working
• numerous discounts at leading retailers
• onsite gyms on all of our campus’ and a cycle to work scheme
• sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay) and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• stunning campus environments in Exeter and Cornwall, in the beautiful South West of England

Further information

Before submitting an application you may wish to discuss the post further by contacting Lisa Gledhill, Team Administrator for Strategic Delivery Unit: l.k.gledhill@exeter.ac.uk

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