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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 5,000 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 wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC].


Consulting Practice Manager Opportunity


The Europe Business Impact Team (BIT) supports the growth of Oliver Wyman Europe by seamlessly enabling regional business development and management activities are looking for a Business Impact Practice Manager to support the UK & Ireland market and Banking practices.

As the Practice Manager, you will play a central role in the management and community building of the UK&I market and Banking practices. You will act as a lynchpin, and effectively orchestrate market and practice staff (Partners, affiliated consultants, specialists) and the business support functions of Oliver Wyman (Human Capital, Finance, Marketing, Knowledge Services, ) to ensure an effective management of the market / practice.

You will work closely with the Market Head and Regional Practice Head in managing the day-to-day affairs of the business, acting as a go-to-person for all colleagues regarding market or practice-related topics.


Responsibilities:


General:

Support Market Head and Regional Practice Head in execution of day-to-day to do list

Act as central point of contact for market / practice staff (Partners, affiliated consultants and specialists), support departments and Executive Assistants, to ensure and facilitate the effective management of the market / practice

Project management:

Coordinate Europe support and market / practice colleagues to drive specific initiatives, particularly related to strategy

Manage and conduct any ad hoc initiatives in- or outside the focus market and practice, in concert with Europe Head of Business Impact

Process coordination:

Act as market or practice representative, liaising with Partners and internal support teams to ensure compliance / best practice in relevant processes, for example:

Supporting Partner objectives setting and tracking Supporting Partner and Principal promotion processes Supporting external recruitment and internal alignment and integration of new joiners Supporting key pitches, including pricing and investments Disseminating marketing material

Management meetings:

Plan and drive key internal market/practice meetings, e.g. leadership meetings, Partner meetings, all staff events, offsites etc.

Proactively prepare meetings including ownership of materials

PMO responsibilities, track actions and ensure follow-up

Communications:

Work with Market Head and Regional Practice Head in managing and maintaining communications with their teams

Work with the Partner group and Support departments to ensure all internal information is updated including email groups, intranet, knowledge management system etc.

Culture and social:

Set and deliver social calendar

Keep informal pulse on sentiment and flag issues


Experience Required:



The ideal candidate will possess 4+ years of experience in professional services, experience at a leading management consulting firm highly desirable

Experience dealing with confidential and business critical issues


Skills and Attributes:



Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with colleagues of all levels

Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects, work independently as needed and meet tight business deadlines

Willingness to respond to ad-hoc requests and projects

BONUS: Understanding of UK&I strategy consulting market industry dynamics

Quantitative skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (in particular Excel)

Strong academic credentials, excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Further languages helpful, but not required


Why join us at Oliver Wyman?


At Oliver Wyman,
we lead with heart -
we love what we do and have fun while we do it! We also
strive for breakthroughs
by questioning, seeking diverse perspectives, and finding powerful and sustainable solutions
(link removed)>If you share these values and want to
work as one and own our impact at the same time, be brave
and achieve the amazing with us!


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

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

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

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

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 others time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for peoples personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.

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