Senior Manager, Growth and Strategic Initiatives

About the role

Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh, is seeking a Senior Manager, Growth and Strategic Initiatives in New York. This is a high-exposure, global role acting as a strategic partner to the Chief Growth Officer, the Chief of Staff to the Chief Growth Officer and the Head of Platform & Transformation, helping turn growth ambitions into action. The role covers growth and strategic projects such as identifying, evaluating and integrating acquisition targets, and supporting other strategic growth initiatives. It is a hybrid role with an office presence three days per week, with no option to be fully remote.

Key responsibilities

• Growth and M&A: coordinate inorganic growth initiatives with Corporate Development, identify and research acquisition and investment targets, lead the business-side strategic rationale and business case, and manage internal approvals
• Project manage due diligence, coordinating business participation and supporting market research, commercial analysis, risk assessment and negotiation
• Support senior leaders in building relationships with potential targets and strategic partners
• Integration support: partner with Finance, HR, Legal, IT, Marketing and Operations on detailed integration plans, coordinate commercial integration (client and pipeline alignment, cross-sell, go-to-market messaging) and track progress against the business case
• Strategic projects: partner with the Chief Growth Officer and others to develop, prioritize and execute growth initiatives, and lead cross-practice, cross-geography projects

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of relevant experience, ideally in professional services, management consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, corporate development 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
• Track record of managing complex, cross-functional initiatives from ideation through execution
• Proven project and program management capability, including planning, milestone tracking, risk management and stakeholder reporting
• Willingness to travel as needed

Required skills

• Strong PowerPoint and Excel capability, and comfort adopting new analytical and work-optimization tools
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills

What we offer

• Base salary range of $150,000 to $200,000, with possible performance-based incentives
• Health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs, and employee assistance programs