Experienced Hire Recruiter

Oliver Wyman; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare benefits

Tuition assistance

401K savings and other retirement

Employee assistance programs

Performance-based incentives

Job summary

Oliver Wyman is seeking an Experienced Hire Recruiter to lead full-cycle recruiting for specialists and tech professionals across the Americas. This hybrid Chicago-based role requires in-office presence three days a week and close collaboration with Practice leaders and Human Capital teams.

Responsibilities include driving sourcing, engaging stakeholders, negotiating offers, and ensuring a strong candidate experience while leveraging Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, and AI tools.

Qualifications

• 3+ years corporate recruiting experience in services/tech/financial sectors.
• Experience negotiating compensation packages.
• Ability to source and evaluate for specialized tech/consulting roles.
• Familiarity with software engineering, AI/ML, cloud infra, data engineering.
• Translate complex role requirements into effective sourcing strategies.
• Proficient with Workday and LinkedIn Recruiter.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruiting for Specialists, Experienced Consultants, and tech roles across the Americas.
• Build relationships with Practice leaders and hiring managers to align talent strategy.
• Develop sourcing plans using market mapping, referrals, and social networks.
• Manage candidate experience and interview process from sourcing to offer.
• Partner with Talent Management for onboarding and integration efforts.
• Maintain accurate records in Workday and CRM systems.

Skills

Sourcing strategy

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Candidate engagement

Prioritization

Tools

Workday

LinkedIn Recruiter

Microsoft Office

ChatGPT

Claude AI

GitHub

Proprietary CRM systems

Job description

Oliver Wyman is seeking an Experienced Hire Recruiter to lead full-cycle recruiting for specialized consulting and technology professionals across the Americas. This is a hybrid role based in Chicago, IL, with an in-office requirement of three days per week, and it involves close partnership with Practice leaders and Human Capital colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Own recruiting searches for assigned practices across the United States, Mexico, and Canada, supporting hiring goals for Specialists, Experienced Consultants, and technical professionals.
• Build consultative relationships with Practice leaders and hiring managers, including technical stakeholders, to align recruiting strategies and translate talent needs into effective recruiting outcomes.
• Collaborate with recruiting colleagues to strengthen direct sourcing, share talent market intelligence, improve candidate experience, and support broader talent strategy.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies using market mapping, LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, alumni networks, GitHub, specialized talent networks, and other web-based search methods, including outreach to passive talent through direct sourcing.
• Manage full-cycle recruiting independently for Specialists, Experienced Consultants, and technical professionals, including software engineering, AI and machine learning, technology strategy, and technical due diligence.
• Oversee the recruitment process from sourcing and candidate assessment to interview management, offer negotiation, and closing.
• Partner with Practice and technical hiring leaders by defining role requirements, identifying relevant technical capabilities, developing job descriptions, aligning on candidate profiles, managing expectations, and providing recruiting updates and market insights.
• Manage candidate experience and recruiting operations by maintaining accurate records in Workday and proprietary CRM systems, managing interview feedback, preparing and sending offer letters, and coordinating with Human Capital Operations and Learning & Development teams regarding onboarding.
• Support recruiting effectiveness and talent strategy by partnering with Talent Management for new-hire integration, sharing market intelligence and hiring trends, contributing to improvements with recruiting colleagues, and supporting Oliver Wyman brand advocacy.

Required Qualifications

• At least three years of corporate recruiting experience, ideally in professional services, consulting, technology, or financial services, focused on recruiting mid- and senior-level professionals, with the ability to manage searches independently from sourcing through offer acceptance.
• Experience and confidence negotiating compensation packages.
• Proven ability to source, engage, and evaluate candidates for specialized technology and/or technology consulting roles.
• Familiarity with talent markets including software engineering, AI and machine learning, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, technology strategy, or technical due diligence.
• Ability to understand complex technical and consulting role requirements, translate them into sourcing strategies, and engage credibly with both candidates and hiring managers.
• Comfort learning new technologies, technical disciplines, and specialized professional backgrounds as hiring needs evolve.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems including Workday and LinkedIn Recruiter, Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and AI tools including ChatGPT and Claude AI.
• Strong written and verbal communication, judgment, organization, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently and collaboratively, maintain confidentiality, respond constructively to feedback, and deliver a high-touch candidate experience.

Tools and Technologies

• Workday
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• ChatGPT
• Claude AI
• GitHub
• Applicant tracking systems
• Proprietary CRM systems

Compensation

The applicable base salary range for this role is USD 84,000 to 120,000 per year.

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits
• Tuition assistance
• 401K savings and other retirement programs
• Employee assistance programs
• Performance-based incentives

Hybrid Work Requirement

• This is a hybrid role requiring in-office presence 3 days per week; there is no option to be fully remote.
• 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 when the full team is together in person.