Oliver Wyman - Technical Specialist Talent Manager
Oliver Wyman - Technical Specialist Talent Manager
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About Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 70 cities across 30 countries Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy operations risk management and organization transformation. Over 7000 professionals help clients optimize their business improve their operations and risk profile and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wymans thought leadership is evident in our agendasetting books white papers research reports and articles in the business press. Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top Global 1000 companies.
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Job Overview:
Oliver Wyman is seeking a Specialist Talent Manager to manage a population of 60 specialists that make up the technical discipline teams within OW practices e.g. engineering architecture data science design delivery. This role will be responsible for their project staffing and performance management and for personally engaging with the specialists in your groups to know and understand their strengths development objectives personal preferences and career goals. You will also interact with Partners and Talent Managers in other parts of the business to assemble project teams and to remediate any issues.
The successful Specialist Talent Manager will be able to proactively delicately and empathetically balance the needs of the business alongside the preferences career goals and development needs of the specialist to deliver appropriate staffing and talent management outcomes. You will work in a tight knit team against demanding timelines to help deliver Oliver Wymans business model.
***This is a hybrid role that will require a presence in the office 3 days per week. There is no option to be fully remote.***
Key Responsibilities:
Talent Management:
Use the performance management process as a basis for engaging own specialists on development needs and areas for training
Develop relationships with each specialist and begin to be seen as a trusted advisor
Assist in directing specialists towards resources for career advice
Assist specialists in escalating employee relations issues or questions around general Human Capital operations
Monitor for worklifequality issues and escalate when needed
Collaborate relevant leads and function teams on managing the pyramid training initiatives onboarding of new hires attending candidate fit interviews and performance management initiatives
Project Staffing:
Understand at a highlevel the nuances of the type of work / roles being filled
Liaise with project team leaders to understand specialist staffing needs
For assigned projects collect all relevant details from Partners Discipline Leads and Practice Group TMs on projects to be staffed
Anticipate capacity issues and manage specialists expectations and Partner/project team expectations accordingly
As needed source appropriate resources externally from partner firms IC network to augment internal specialist capacity
As needed coordinate and schedule screening and discovery calls between partner firm and IC resources and project teams
Work with contractor management team to timely onboard external resources to OW projects
Manage all staff for Business Development Intellectual Capital and other beach work
Communicate staffing outcomes to specialists under your TM purview
Track mobility issues holidays trainings background checks and other adhoc staffing enabling tasks
Development and Performance Management:
Understand specialist performance skills and development needs to facilitate a smooth staffing process
Understand the specialist performance management framework and competency model and how it applies to own specialists situations
Read all performance appraisals and followup any issues / performance flags with manager/advisor/project lead
Coordinate performance management processes and touchpoints for own specialists throughout the performance cycle attend and contribute to midyear and yearend performance review meetings for own specialist populations
Data analysis and reporting:
Review weekly utilization reports cross reference with Certnia to ensure latest information is captured
Assist with the assembly of the project pipeline and specialist availability reports
Help to prepare documents and exhibits for various senior leadership meetings (using Excel and PowerPoint)
Assist with the analysis of performance outcome results
Ad hoc analyses and reporting as needed
Demonstrate capability in using enterprise resource management tools and performance systems
Maintain all employee records and keep resource planning systems up to date
Prepare key weekly reports
Oliver Wyman Development:
Participate in project work within and adjacent to the broader Human Capital function on topics such as employee experience retention benefits flexible working utilization performance etc.
Organize own work and display ability to guide colleagues in building project deliverables
Work within TM teams to deliver special / adhoc assignment in a collaborative manner
Be a firm citizen and embody Oliver Wyman values in daytoday activities
Display a strong willingness to learn more about OW outside of the TM function by seeking out opportunities for broader involvement
Experience Required:
Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience
35 years of relevant Human Capital professional experience in a fastpaced and dynamic client services business environment
Tech industry / tech consulting industry and/or technical recruiting experience highly preferred
Skills and Attributes:
Proven ability to establish and grow relationships at all levels within an organization
Credible highly professional able to communicate and negotiate effectively while managing diverse personalities cultures and backgrounds
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to tailor the message to fit the audience
Selfmotivated and proactive; someone who takes full ownership of her/his work and is flexible to prioritize or reprioritize as needed
Comfortable working with data (tableau excel powerpoint and enterprise resource management software)
Creative strategic thinker who continually seeks ways to improve processes
Genuinely interested in the development and career success of the specialists with whom you work
A strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy is required to juggle multiple projects and tasks simultaneously; as well as the ability to organize prioritize and manage ones day and schedule to effectively to meet deadlines
Comfortable working independently but can thrive in a team setting; all while working in a fastpaced environment
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
