Associate/Engagement Manager – Performance Transformation - Sydney

AU020 Oliver Wyman Pty Ltd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 vacation days

26 weeks paid paternity leave

Health insurance

Hybrid work arrangement

Training curriculum

Job summary

Oliver Wyman is seeking an Associate/Engagement Manager for Performance Transformation in Sydney. The role blends client leadership with strategic delivery in a hybrid work setting.

You will guide complex transformation programs, mentor junior staff, and help shape client strategies to improve performance and operational excellence. The position offers opportunities to drive impact across industries, develop business and thought leadership, and travel as needed to support engagements.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in strategy and management consulting, with strong delivery in transformation and performance programs.
• Experience leading and mentoring small teams and managing client engagement teams.
• Strong problem-solving, judgement, and ability to work through ambiguity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel, including international assignments.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership of client projects and management of client relationships and commercial processes.
• Lead and manage complex programs to ensure on-time delivery and achievement of goals.
• Guide clients with informed recommendations across engagements and build trusted advisory relationships.
• Identify new opportunities and contribute to business development.
• Develop intellectual capital through thought leadership and cross-topic knowledge.
• Develop others and build followership within the firm.
• Oversee and guide joint teams through hypothesis development, analytics, and deliverables.
• Support Partners with project execution, work planning, and coaching of junior team members.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Project management

Communication

Presentation skills

Travel willingness

Strategic thinking

Client relationship management

Job description

Associate/Engagement Manager – Performance Transformation - Sydney

Full time

Hybrid

6mo ago , from Marsh & McLennan Companies MMC

Associate/Engagement Manager – Performance Transformation

Who we are

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 60 cities across 29 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 5,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimise their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organisational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Visit www.oliverwyman.com.

What you will do

Become part of the Performance Transformation team and play a proactive role in shaping the strategies necessary for our clients to overcome their challenges and help implement these strategies to revolutionise their organisations.

Engagement Managers are critical leaders within our consulting team, working side-by-side with our clients. The position offers excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with relevant prior experience. Initial responsibilities typically include:

• Providing day to day leadership of client projects and aspects of the client relationship and commercial process within those relationships, teaming with Partners and shares responsibility for the success of specific engagements
• Leading and managing complex programs to ensure on-time delivery that meets agreed upon goals, leveraging Oliver Wyman best practice, their own expertise and the firm’s technical competence
• Guiding and influencing clients in an informed way across all situations including execution of the commercial process, while becoming trusted advisors.
• Engaging fully in building business by identifying new and expanded opportunities
• Creating exciting and additive intellectual capital through thought leadership and being knowledgeable across a broad range of adjacent topics.
• Developing others and building a followership as part of their asset building for the firm
• Leading firm building activities, seen as a role model for firm values with a strong personal brand within and outside of the firm and are well regarded by Partners, peers, and clients
• Overseeing and guiding the joint team as they develop hypotheses, engage with the stakeholders, conduct analytics, derive insights synthesized into deliverables and achieve sustainable results
• Supporting Partners in project execution through excellent project management, including work planning, workflow management, and coaching / developing more junior team members

Desired skills and Experience

Just as every client project is different, we recognise and value the diversity of backgrounds and skillsets for successful Engagement Manager candidates. Preference will be given to candidates who:

• Have +4 years of experience in strategy and management consulting, business transformation design and delivery, with a strong proportion of that in:
  • Consulting / Professional Services in a top-tier firm
  • The Energy & Resources industry, particularly Mining & Metals and/ or Power, Utilities & Renewables
• Have strong business and commercial acumen, and exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise mature judgement and deliver results
• Ability to structure ambiguity, communicate ideas, strategies and recommendations into clear recommendations
• Demonstrated capabilities in leadership, mentoring and management of small teams, promoting effective and efficient work environments for team members to thrive.
• Demonstrated strong project management skills, balancing competing priorities while ensuring quality outcomes
• Excellent verbal/written communication, facilitation and presentation skills
• Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm
• Impeccable judgment with the ability to make timely and sound decisions
• Have a willingness to travel from time to time, including internationally

Benefits of working at Oliver Wyman, Australia

• 25 days of vacation days for well-deserved breaks
• 26 weeks paid paternal leave for all employees.
• Discounted health insurance, protecting you and your loved ones.
• Flexible work arrangements including hybrid working, supporting you to balance work and life.
• Comprehensive training curriculum designed to support career progression at all levels.
• Employee assistance programs that offer free sessions on counselling, wellbeing coaching, holistic support (financial coaching, nutritional support, legal advice) and manager support programs.
• Well-being programs offering discounted gym memberships and health reimbursement.
• Company-sponsored social events and team-building activities to foster a collaborative and friendly environment, including regional offsites.

Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visitoliverwyman.com, or follow us onLinkedInandX.
Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Applications will only be considered from candidates who have the appropriate approval to work in Australia. Successful applicants will be required to complete a Criminal & Bankruptcy check prior to commencing of employment.
Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.