Oliver Wyman - Senior Manager, Growth and Strategic Initiatives

Marsh McLennan•Boston, NY

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

Oliver Wyman is seeking a Senior Manager, Growth and Strategic Initiatives to support the long-term ambitions of its Insurance, Asset Management (IAM), and Actuarial (OWA) businesses. This role is central to driving growth through organic and inorganic means, including acquisitions and expansion. The Senior Manager will translate growth ambitions into action by managing a portfolio of strategic projects, identifying and evaluating acquisition targets, leading integration planning, and supporting other strategic growth initiatives. This is a high-exposure, global role requiring collaboration with senior leaders, navigating ambiguity, and driving initiatives from concept to execution. The role is hybrid, requiring three days per week in the office.

Requirements

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.
Demonstrated track record of managing complex, cross-functional initiatives from ideation and analysis through execution and measurable outcome.
Proven project and program management capability, including planning, milestone tracking, risk management and stakeholder reporting across multiple concurrent workstreams.
Strong PowerPoint and Excel capability, and comfort adopting new analytical and work-optimization tools.
Willingness to travel as needed to support the business.

Nice To Haves

Direct transaction execution experience is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary business-side coordinator for inorganic growth initiatives across IAM and OWA, in close partnership with Oliver Wyman and Marsh Corporate Development.
Identify and research acquisition and investment targets across all practices and geographies, drawing on market research, leadership networks, and collaboration with Corporate Development.
Lead development of the business-side strategic rationale and business case, covering capability fit, market attractiveness, strategic benefits, potential synergies, and key risks; manage any required internal approval processes.
Project manage the due diligence process on potential targets, coordinating business participation and assisting Corporate Development with market research, commercial analysis, risk assessment, and negotiation support.
Support senior leaders in developing and managing relationships with potential targets and strategic partners, as needed.
Partner with the functional teams responsible for executing detailed integration plans across Finance, HR, Legal, IT, Marketing, and Operations, holding the overall plan together and resolving cross-functional issues.
Coordinate commercial integration: client and pipeline alignment, cross-sell opportunities, capability positioning, and go-to-market messaging.
Track integration progress and acquisition outcomes against the original business case, escalating issues and helping leadership ensure the strategic rationale and expected business benefits are realized.
Partner with the Chief Growth Officer, Chief of Staff to the Chief Growth Officer, Head of Platform & Transformation, and other leaders to develop, prioritize, and execute strategic growth initiatives.
Lead high-priority strategic and operational projects focused on the growth agenda that require coordination across practices, geographies, and functions.
Act as a connector across teams, helping ensure growth priorities are understood and that functional expertise and resources are mobilized effectively.