Strategy Manager | Higher Education

Location
Melbourne VIC 3000
 
Benefits
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Parental leave
Paid volunteer leave
 
Full job description
Date: 25 Jul 2025

Location:
Melbourne, VIC, AU

Department: Strategy, Risk Transactions

Description:
Job Requisition ID: 38839

Be part of one of Australia’s largest Strategy Practice – be inspired to work with some of the world’s leading organisations
Work and learn from our global network of industry leaders and experts
Work in a way that suits you best with access to flexible work arrangements and industry-leading parental support (18 weeks paid parental leave + 12 months return to work support)
Engage in extensive training and development – we believe in investing in our best assets, our people! You will have access to world class training and funding towards industry and other professional certifications.
Are you a problem solver and strategic thinker with a strong background in Higher Education? Join our team today as a Strategy Manager!

What will your typical day look like?
We are seeking a Strategy Manager with in-depth experience across Higher Education.

Specifically, you will demonstrate a deep understanding of the Australian higher education landscape, including university value drivers, operating environments and models, and the evolving competitive landscape, spanning public and private providers, TAFEs, and emerging global education models. Additionally, you will bring knowledge of how universities function, including key services, research activity, partnerships, and ways of working across academic and enterprise areas. You will also have a solid grasp of how key trends and technology are reshaping the sector, and an ability to translate this into strategic, actionable recommendations that address complexity and client needs.

As a Strategy Manager, your day-to-day responsibilities may include;

Leading and overseeing the day-to-day operations of a project team(s) and taking ownership of a project’s direction and its outcomes
Managing client relationships on projects and proactively building strong relationships across the retail and consumer sector
Leveraging your deep strategy expertise and skill set to work collaboratively with clients to help solve their key business challenges
Leading project management including managing project financials and proactively identifying and addressing project risks as they arise
Assisting, Directors, and Partners with defining project scopes and requirements
Identifying and pursuing new client opportunities and business development activities within our retail practice, including leading or contributing to proposal development activities to shape, scope and win new packages of work
Coaching and mentoring junior team members within our practice, investing in their career journeys in addition to your own
Contributing to the growth of the broader practice through thought leadership and knowledge sharing whilst helping support team recruitment, onboarding, learning and culture
About the team
Monitor Deloitte is the strategy practice of Deloitte, part of the Strategy Business Design Offering Portfolio. As one of Australia’s largest strategy consulting practices, we leverage our rich heritage, world-class capabilities, and global footprint to help clients navigate the future with confidence.

Our work spans a diverse range of industries across the Asia-Pacific region, from ASX-listed companies to the public and social sectors. We partner with senior executives and leaders to tackle their most complex challenges, bringing global perspectives and turn strategic choices into portfolios of impactful initiatives that drive value and sustainable growth in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Join our established and unique strategy practice where you can make a tangible impact from day one. You’ll help clients with their most pressing challenges by designing growth and competitive strategies, transforming business and operating models, and creating innovation and venture propositions that drive sustained commercial value. You’ll deliver innovative solutions and strategic recommendations by conducting comprehensive market research, building analytical models, and presenting insights to support your conclusions. You’ll also directly engage with clients through designing and facilitating interviews and workshops.
You’ll collaborate with experts across Deloitte, such as Deloitte Access Economics, Deloitte Digital, Sustainability Climate, and Engineering, AI Data. You’ll grow in a culture that prioritises continuous development, mentorship, and a comparatively healthy work-life balance.

Enough about us, let’s talk about you.
As a Strategy Manager, you will possess a tertiary degree with an outstanding academic record, coupled with demonstrated strategy consulting experience in a Tier 1 consulting firm, strategy boutique or a strategy team within a university. In addition, you will demonstrate exceptional quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a proven ability to exercise mature judgment.
You will have highly effective communication skills and a proven ability to build trust and credibility with senior stakeholders (DVC, C-suite). Additionally, you will have a track record influencing, driving outcomes and developing new opportunities.

As a Manager, you will have proven team leadership, mentoring and people management capabilities, and a record of developing effective and efficient work environments that enable others to work to the best of their abilities.

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world.

We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.

We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments.

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.
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