Growth & M&A Strategy Lead — Senior Manager

Oliver Wyman; New York (NY); Ibrido; USD 150.000 - 200.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Oliver Wyman is seeking a Senior Manager, Growth and Strategic Initiatives to partner with senior leadership and guide the IAM & OWA growth agenda. The role spans acquisition target evaluation, integration planning, and strategic projects, requiring collaboration with finance, legal, HR, and operations to translate strategy into execution.

This high-exposure, global position reports to the Chief Growth Officer and involves leading cross-functional initiatives, governance, and portfolio

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of relevant experience in professional services, management consulting, corporate strategy, business operations or a comparable environment.
• 3+ years working directly with or supporting C-suite or senior leadership teams.
• Prior experience in M&A, corporate development, transaction diligence or post-merger integration; direct transaction execution experience is helpful but not required.
• Demonstrated track record of managing complex, cross-functional initiatives from ideation and analysis through execution and measurable outcome.
• Proven project and program management capability, including planning, milestone tracking, risk management and stakeholder reporting across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel capability, and comfort adopting new analytical and work-optimization tools.
• Willingness to travel as needed to support the business.

Mansioni

• Serve as the primary business-side coordinator for inorganic growth initiatives across IAM and OWA, in close partnership with Oliver Wyman and Marsh Corporate Development.
• Identify and research acquisition and investment targets across all practices and geographies, drawing on market research, leadership networks, and collaboration with Corporate Development.
• Lead development of the business-side strategic rationale and business case, covering capability fit, market attractiveness, strategic benefits, potential synergies, and key risks; manage any required internal approval processes
• Project manage the due diligence process on potential targets, coordinating business participation and assisting Corporate Development with market research, commercial analysis, risk assessment, and negotiation support.
• Support senior leaders in developing and managing relationships with potential targets and strategic partners, as needed.
• Coordinate commercial integration: client and pipeline alignment, cross-sell opportunities, capability positioning, and go-to-market messaging.
• Track integration progress and acquisition outcomes against the original business case, escalating issues and helping leadership ensure the strategic rationale and expected business benefits are realized.
• Lead high-priority strategic and operational projects focused on the growth agenda that require coordination across practices, geographies, and functions.
• Act as a connector across teams, helping ensure growth priorities are understood and that functional expertise and resources are mobilized effectively.

Conoscenze

Strategic thinking

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Willingness to travel

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

Strumenti

PowerPoint

Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

Oliver Wyman is seeking a Senior Manager, Growth and Strategic Initiatives to partner with senior leadership and guide the IAM & OWA growth agenda. The role spans acquisition target evaluation, integration planning, and strategic projects, requiring collaboration with finance, legal, HR, and operations to translate strategy into execution.

This high-exposure, global position reports to the Chief Growth Officer and involves leading cross-functional initiatives, governance, and portfolio