Oliver Wyman – Engagement Manager – Johannesburg

Marsh McLennan; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 700 000 - 1 000 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm is seeking an Engagement Manager based in Johannesburg. You will lead project teams, ensuring effective problem-solving and strong communication with clients. The ideal candidate has 6-10 years of experience from a top-tier consulting firm, a deep understanding of strategic problem solving, and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Flexible work schedule

Continuous training

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 – 10 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top‑tier strategy consulting firm.
• Fluent in English is required.
• Willingness to work fluidly and respectfully with a talented team.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and ensure problem-solving processes are efficient.
• Communicate recommendations clearly and effectively.
• Build strong relationships with clients.

Skills

Strategic problem solving

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Initiative

Creativity

Financial Services knowledge

Education

Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program

Job description

Who We Are

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. Over 7,000 professionals help clients optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman’s thought leadership is evident in our agenda‑setting books, white papers, research reports, and articles in the business press. Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top Global 1,000 companies. Visit our website for more details about Oliver Wyman: www.oliverwyman.com.

Why Join Us

Our work is marked by exceptional impact for our clients. By consistently producing results, we have earned a reputation for quality work and attractive career opportunities.

• -A growing, entrepreneurial firm with exceptional economics; global revenues exceeded $2.0 BN in 2018
• -Work with our clients’ senior management from Day one to solve challenging problems
• -A meritocratic eco system that provides for rapid development without an MBA
• -Specialization at your own pace, with the opportunity to work across multiple industries
• -Significant international assignments & attractive compensation for performance
• -Programs to ensure work‑life quality & career flexibility through our FlexOW talent initiatives including: 10/11 month work years or sabbaticals, non‑profit fellowships, and corporate externships
• -An open, respectful, and inclusive culture that welcomes, values, and supports all colleagues as they are
• -A company that is committed to having fun & providing a springboard to exciting future career options
• -Continuous training available at all levels & across various domains
• -You will be part of a new growing office in Johannesburg.

The Role and Responsibilities

Engagement Managers are the on‑scene leaders who run our projects day to day. You will lead the team through an efficient and effective problem‑solving process from initial thought process through convergence on a solution. You will ensure that recommendations are correct, practical, sensible, relevant and cohesive. It’s a role that demands thought leadership at the strategic level – and command of all the technical and operational details of execution. You will need great communication skills and the ability to forge strong relationships.

Attributes and Experience

• Minimum of 6 – 10 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top‑tier strategy consulting firm (or other similar organizations)
• Knowledge in Financial Services topics
• Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both formal and informal settings
• Fluent in English
• Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program
• Know how to take the initiative, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills and put the ones you’ve already got to good use.
• Are not just intelligent, but creative too: ready to come up with novel ideas to solve our clients’ biggest problems.
• Have an aptitude for analytical work, like sniffing out clues in massive data sets or hunting down the key issues in a hugely complex challenge.

A willingness to work fluidly and respectfully with our incredibly talented team.

Our Values & Culture

• Self‑stators 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 endeavour, shared success We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world.
• 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, anti-Kudzu 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.

Legal & Equal Opportunity Statement

Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a management consulting firm combining deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise to help clients optimize their business, improve operations and accelerate performance. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing 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. We are also committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. We welcome candidates to contact us at [e-mail] to discuss any specific needs.

Marsh McLennan 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 McLennan 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.