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 Atlanta. 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, guiding the IAM and OWA growth agenda. The role is hybrid, with an office presence three days per week and 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 such as client and pipeline alignment, and track progress against the business case
• Strategic projects: partner with senior leaders 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
• Comfort adopting new analytical and work-optimization tools
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills