Talent Manager - Consulting Team

About the role

Oliver Wyman is seeking a Talent Manager in Dallas to manage a group of about 60 consultants across its offices and practices. The role covers scheduling and performance management, and involves personally engaging with each consultant to understand their strengths, development objectives, preferences and career goals. It also means working with Partners and other Talent Managers to assemble consulting teams and resolve issues. The position is hybrid, with an office presence of 3 days per week and no option to be fully remote.

Key responsibilities

• Talent management: use the performance process to discuss development and training needs, act as a trusted advisor, direct consultants to career resources, support escalation of employee relations issues, monitor work-life quality and collaborate with the Human Capital Manager on training, onboarding and performance improvement.
• Staffing: liaise with project team leaders, gather project details from Partners and Practice Group TMs, anticipate capacity issues, manage staff for Business Development, Intellectual Capital and other beach work, track mobility, holidays and trainings, and communicate staffing outcomes empathetically.
• Performance and development: read performance appraisals, follow up on performance flags, coordinate annual Career Reviews, and review weekly utilization reports and availability reports.
• Data and reporting: prepare documents for senior leadership meetings, analyze performance results, maintain employee records and resource planning systems, and prepare weekly reports.
• Broader Human Capital work: contribute to projects on employee experience, retention, benefits, flexible working and utilization, and take part in cross-team assignments.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience in a fast-paced client services environment.
• Management consulting and/or human resources experience preferred.
• Ability to build relationships at all levels, communicate and negotiate effectively, and tailor messages to different audiences.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, accurate, and able to prioritize and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable working independently and in a team, and genuinely interested in consultants' development.

Required skills

• Excel and PowerPoint
• Enterprise resource management tools and performance systems