Global Employee Experience & Engagement Practice Leader

Mercer

Global Employee Experience & Engagement Practice Leader

Mercers Employee Experience & Engagement practice sits at one of the most consequential intersections in modern business: how organizations understand energize and unlock the performance of their people. For years the category has been defined by surveys instruments that measure sentiment benchmark scores and report findings. That era is closing. Clients no longer want to be told what their employees think; they want to know what to do about it what its worth and how AI is reshaping the answer.

We are hiring a Managing Director/Partner to lead this practice globally and take it into its next chapter: from product-led survey provider to the category-defining advisor on workforce intelligence and human performance. P&L for the practice sits in our regions where it belongs close to clients and markets. This role leads the practice itself: its strategy its solutions its thought leadership its global partnerships and the capability of its people. Success will be measured by whether the regions hit and exceed their goals because of what this leader builds ships and influences.

What youll own

Global practice strategy and direction. You will set the strategic agenda for the practice worldwide and sit on the global Talent Advisory leadership team In partnership with the head of Talent you will define where we play what we sell what we stand for and how we evolve from survey provider to workforce intelligence advisor. Youll define the multi-year roadmap our partnership and product strategy and align the practice behind a coherent point of view.

Commercial impact through the regions. Regional leaders own the P&L; you own the conditions for their success. That means equipping markets with sharper offers better proposals stronger sales materials and the kind of differentiated thinking that wins competitive pursuits. Youll partner closely with regional and country leaders on their largest opportunities parachute into the pursuits where your presence makes the difference and hold yourself accountable for whether the practice is growing across the regions not just in any one of them.

Client delivery and advisory presence. This is not a role that leads from a distance. You will personally engage on our most strategic global client relationships the CHRO conversations where the question isnt what does our engagement score mean but what should we do about hybrid about AI adoption about the productivity and trust gap about the workforce well need in three years. Clients should want you in the room and your judgment in the work because of the perspective and rigor you bring.

Solution and offer evolution. You will set the direction for what we sell and how evolving our solution set so that listening intelligence and action sit on a single thread. Expect to work closely with our product data science and AI teams to embed predictive and generative capabilities into how clients diagnose issues decide what to do and measure what changes. The goal is a practice thats recognizably Mercer in rigor and reach and recognizably ahead of the market in what it can do.

Capability building across the global community. You will lead the global practice community the consultants analysts and specialists who deliver the work in every region. The capability shift is significant: from survey design and report-out to diagnostics AI-enabled workforce intelligence behavioural science organizational design implications and measurable business impact. Youll set the bar for what great looks like build the learning paths and certifications to get there attract senior talent into the community and make this a practice the best people in the field want to be part of.

Global partnerships and initiatives. You will own the practices most important external partnerships technology providers academic institutions research bodies and the global initiatives (flagship research signature offerings large transformation programs) that travel across regions and require central stewardship.

Voice and brand. You will be a visible external face of Mercer on the future of work employee experience and workforce intelligence with clients in the press on stage and in writing. We want our point of view to be sharper more frequent and more genuinely useful than the category norm and we want this leader to set that tone.

What were looking for

• A senior consulting or industry leader (typically 15 years) with deep credibility in employee experience engagement talent or adjacent workforce domains with a clear point of view of the value employee listening and workforce intelligence can bring to companies.

• A track record of leading through influence in a matrixed global organization driving commercial outcomes through regional teams you dont directly control. This is a growth focused role.

• Demonstrated wins at the CHRO / C-suite level with evidence of selling beyond products into advisory and transformation work.

• Personal credibility as a practitioner: someone clients ask for by name because of the quality of their thinking and delivery not just their title.

• A clear point of view on where employee experience engagement and workforce intelligence are heading including a working fluency with how AI is changing diagnostics prediction and the consulting model itself.

• Track record of building global communities of practice and raising capability not only acquiring it.

• Comfort being a public voice confident with media stage and written thought leadership while operating within a global brand.

• Global mindset; experience working across the Americas EMEA and Asia-Pacific is strongly preferred.

Why this role why now

The category is up for grabs. The incumbents are defending product positions; newer entrants have technology but lack the depth reach and trust Mercer has earned over decades. We have one of the largest client bases and thus we have the data the brand and the appetite to invest. What we want is a leader with the ambition and craft to put it all together and the standing to be recognized externally and internally as a leading voice on the future of EX.

Mercer is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) a global leader in risk reinsurance and capital people and investments and management consulting advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95000 colleagues Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information about Mercer visit or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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Marsh is committed to hybrid work which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one anchor day per week on which their full team will be together in person.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $216000 to $324000.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience skills training location certifications education and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case addition to the base salary this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits tuition assistance 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.