Senior Manager, Higher Education

Help shape the future of higher education in Canada as a Senior Manager at Deloitte, leading complex projects that create lasting impact for institutions, students, and communities.

As a Senior Manager, you will lead complex client engagements in the higher education sector, acting as a strategic advisor to senior administrators and executive stakeholders across Canada, with a primary focus in Ontario. You will work collaboratively with higher education clients to address funding pressures, rising stakeholder expectations, and evolving needs related to technology, infrastructure, security, and the student experience.

Your day-to-day work will include shaping engagement strategy, guiding teams through problem diagnosis and solution development, and facilitating executive discussions to help clients identify strategic opportunities across the student journey and administrative functions. You will oversee complex engagements or multiple workstreams within large-scale transformation programs, ensuring deliverables are completed on time, on budget, and to a high standard. Leveraging your understanding of sector trends, financial operations in higher education, and institutional priorities, you will support clients in areas such as operating model transformation, cost reduction, process modernization, and service delivery improvement.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to senior client leaders, guiding critical decisions, maintaining strong executive relationships, and delivering practical, actionable solutions. In addition, you will contribute to practice growth by identifying and pursuing new business opportunities, supporting proposal development, and strengthening long-term client relationships-particularly in the finance domain.

Internally, you will play a key leadership role by mentoring and developing junior team members, providing oversight across multiple engagements, and contributing to Deloitte’s broader Higher Education and Public Sector practice. You will also help enhance Deloitte’s market presence through thought leadership, collaboration, and the continuous development of our capabilities.

Our Higher Education team works with colleges, universities, and related public sector organizations across Canada to help them navigate complex strategic, operational, and transformation challenges. We bring together deep sector knowledge, consulting rigor, and a collaborative approach to support clients in delivering better outcomes for students, faculty, staff, and communities.

You will join a high-performing team that values intellectual curiosity, practical problem solving, mentorship, and relationship building. Senior Managers play an important leadership role on our team-shaping client impact, supporting business development, and helping develop the next generation of consultants while contributing to a culture of inclusion, growth, and excellence.

• 7+ years of relevant professional experience, including significant experience in consulting, strategy, transformation, or advisory roles
• Demonstrated expertise in the Higher Education sector, with a strong understanding of institutional priorities, financial operations and emerging trends
• Proven experience leading complex projects or multiple workstreams, including client management, team leadership, and quality delivery oversight
• Strong track record of advising senior leaders and facilitating decision making on strategic, operational, or transformation initiatives
• Experience delivering work in areas such as operating model design, process improvement, shared services, cost reduction, program review, or service transformation
• Business development experience, including identifying opportunities, contributing to proposals, and building trusted client relationships
• Ability to coach and develop team members while fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance
• Postgraduate education and/or a relevant professional designation is considered a strong asset

Work Eligibility:
• Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada
• The ability to enter the USA and work on client assignments is an asset
• The ability to enter the EU and other developed countries is an asset

The salary range for this position is $105,000 - $234,000, and individuals may be eligible to participate in our bonus program. Deloitte is fair and competitive when it comes to the salaries of our people. We regularly benchmark across a variety of positions, industries, sectors, targets, and levels. Our approach is grounded on recognizing people's unique strengths and contributions and rewarding the value that they deliver.

Our Total Rewards Package extends well beyond traditional compensation and benefit programs and is designed to recognize employee contributions, encourage personal wellness, and support firm growth. Along with a competitive base salary and variable pay opportunities, we offer a wide array of initiatives that differentiate us as a people-first organization. On top of our regular paid vacation days, some examples include: $4,000 per year for mental health support benefits, a $1,300 flexible benefit spending account, firm-wide closures known as "Deloitte Days", dedicated days of for learning (known as Development and Innovation Days), flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work structure.