Oliver Wyman - Knowledge Manager, Aerospace & Defense - Americas

Marsh McLennan•Washington, DC

5d•$95,000 - $126,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Oliver Wyman is seeking a Knowledge Manager to support the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) sector for the Americas region. This role focuses on the US market and related Private Capital work. The A&D sector within Oliver Wyman covers commercial aerospace, defense, space, and government services, with expertise in corporate growth, commercial strategy, transformation, operational effectiveness, and Private Capital. This is a business-facing Knowledge Management role that requires building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, understanding sector priorities, and transforming project experience and intellectual capital into practical, reusable knowledge assets. The successful candidate will need strong ownership, proactivity, and the ability to drive initiatives from conception through execution and adoption. This role involves close collaboration with A&D leadership, Partners, Consultants, Knowledge Services colleagues, and other support functions. The Knowledge Manager will help shape and deliver the A&D knowledge agenda, enhance knowledge capture and reuse, and promote practical AI-enabled ways of working within KM workflows. An ideal candidate will have a background in knowledge management, consulting, or research, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to work with structure, pace, and independence. Prior experience or a strong interest in A&D and/or Private Capital is preferred.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
3+ years’ experience in knowledge management, consulting, research, or business development
Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills

Nice To Haves

Experience or strong interest in A&D and Private Capital preferred
Experience working with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
Experience using SharePoint, Teams, knowledge platforms, and AI tools preferred

Responsibilities

Build trusted relationships with A&D Americas and relevant Private Capital stakeholders.
Translate business priorities into clear KM priorities, initiatives, and routines.
Create a regular cadence with the team to identify needs, track progress, and ensure follow-through.
Build internal networks to connect the team with the right experts, content, and support.
Capture and codify high-value knowledge from projects, proposals, and sector work.
Develop and maintain reusable assets with the A&D team.
Keep knowledge repositories structured, current, and easy to use.
Embed core KM routines, including project closeout, content refresh, and knowledge tool usage.
Promote reuse of knowledge assets across A&D Americas and relevant Private Capital work.
Train consultants in proper use of knowledge tools and KM processes.
Drive A&D knowledge development initiatives from planning through execution.
Identify knowledge gaps and work with the business to close them.
Support business development and project delivery with targeted knowledge input.
Promote practical use of approved AI tools in KM workflows.
Identify AI-enabled opportunities for knowledge capture, retrieval, synthesis, and reuse.
Help test and scale AI use cases that improve access to knowledge and team efficiency.
Encourage AI-fluent ways of working across the A&D knowledge agenda.