Oliver Wyman – Consumer, Telco & Technology – Engagement Manager

Marsh Agency; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 225.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health and welfare benefits

Tuition assistance

401K savings and retirement programs

Employee assistance programs

Zusammenfassung

Oliver Wyman, a Marsh affiliate, seeks an Engagement Manager in New York with 5–8 years of strategy consulting experience. The role focuses on leading client projects, developing business opportunities, and delivering high-impact results across Consumer, Telco & Technology sectors.

Travel up to 50% internationally is expected, with a hybrid work model in major offices. Ideal candidates possess advanced problem-solving, analytics, and communication skills, plus proficiency in SQL and Python.

Qualifikationen

• 5-8 years of relevant strategy consulting experience at a top firm.
• Experience in Retail, Consumer Goods, Telecommunications, Software/Technology, or Media preferred.
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams and deliver results in high-pressure settings.
• Strong strategic problem-solving abilities and analytical thinking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in SQL and Python; client management experience also valued.
• Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program.

Aufgaben

• Provide day-to-day leadership of client projects and manage client relationships.
• Lead and manage complex programs to ensure on-time delivery and quality.
• Influence clients and act as trusted advisors across commercial processes.
• Identify new opportunities and contribute to business development.
• Develop intellectual capital through thought leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Mentor and develop junior team members and build a strong followership.
• Oversee project planning, workflow, and governance within the team.

Kenntnisse

Strategic problem solving

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Project management

SQL

Python

Team leadership

Ausbildung

Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program

Tools

SQL

Python

Jobbeschreibung

Job Specification

Practice Groups: Consumer, Telco & Technology

Location: New York, Chicago, Boston

Roles: Engagement Manager

The Practice

Oliver Wyman helps industry leaders in the consumer, telco, and technology industries develop value growth strategies, improve operations, and maximize organizational effectiveness. Our clients are some of the world's most successful companies: wireless and wireline equipment and communications service providers: enterprise IT, consumer electronics, and semiconductor companies; and broadcasters, publishers, platform operators, online and entertainment companies.

In Consumer, Telco, and Technology (CTT), we see consumer-facing industries converging, with technology continuing to disrupt all business models, and B2C, B2B and B2B2C services models ever-growing. We are aiming to build new Partner connections by bringing together those serving consumer facing businesses, such as retailers, as well as technology, communications, media and services, in order to further elevate our narratives and exco-relevance while maintaining deep sub-sector capabilities.

Role

Responsibilities

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 a specific engagement(s)
• 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, becoming trusted advisors.
• Engaging fully in building business by identifying new and expanded opportunities
• Creating exciting and additive intellectual capital through thought leadership, and are knowledgeable on a broad range of adjacent topics.
• Developing others and build 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 consulting team as they develop hypotheses, review client information, and conduct client interviews, derive insights, and produce deliverables
• 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 recognize and value the diversity of backgrounds and skillsets for successful Engagement Manager candidates. We are seeking high-caliber individuals who want to join our winning team. Preference will be given to candidates with:

• 5-8 years of relevant experience in strategy consulting with a top-tier strategy consulting firm (or other similar organization)
• Experience within Retail, Consumer Goods Telecommunications, Software/Technology, Media industries preferred, but not required
• Track record of leading and managing teams, and delivering results in fast-paced, demanding environments
• Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Quantitative, technical toolkit including proficiency in SQL and Python
• Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program
• Client management experience
• A passion for the creative process and a love for expansive and creative thinking
• An analytical and rigorous approach to uncovering insights
• 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
• A balance of humility and confidence, always seeking truth from a place of inquiry
• Highly motivated and committed to excellence
• An undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program
• Willingness to travel 50% of the time, including internationally

OUR VALUES & CULTURE

We’re serious about making OW a rewarding, progressive, enjoyable and balanced place to work

• Self-starters and free thinkers who work well in a team

We are individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do

• Common aspiration, collective endeavor, shared success

We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us

• Straightforward, open, respectful interaction

We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion

• Opportunity without artificial barriers

We value merit and believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity

• Balanced lives

We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm. We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other’s time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people’s personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.

About Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 6,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh [NYSE: MMC]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.

Marsh and its Affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $225,000 - $240,000.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, and education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.

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 $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visitoliverwyman.com, or follow us onLinkedInandX.

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