Company:

Oliver Wyman

Description:

About Oliver Wyman

At Oliver Wyman, a Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) business, we bring deep industry insight, bold innovation, and a collaborative approach that cuts through complexity to help organizations navigate their most defining transformative moments. 

As a business of Marsh, we work alongside the world’s leading experts across risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting. Together with Marsh Risk, Guy Carpenter, and Mercer, we help organizations build resilience and competitive advantages from every angle. With annual revenue of $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues in 130 countries, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. 

 

For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.    

 

 

Job Overview:

Oliver Wyman is seeking a dynamic and seasoned professional to serve as the Head of Recruiting for the Asia Pacific region.  This pivotal leadership role will oversee the entirety of the recruiting function in the region, driving our recruitment strategy and execution across all job families (i.e., Experienced Hiring, Partner Hiring, Entry Level, Internships, Specialist Hiring, Support Professionals Recruiting and contingent workforce). 

 

The Director of Recruiting will act as the strategic architect of our talent acquisition function, responsible for attracting, engaging, and securing top-tier talent aligned with our firm’s vision and regional growth ambitions. This role demands strategic thought leadership in talent acquisition and deep understanding of the evolving talent market in management consulting across a complex regional talent landscape.  The role requires an innovative, results-oriented, data-driven, and inclusive leader with a passion for people who will inspire and drive the evolution in our recruiting strategy leveraging technology to drive effectiveness and process efficiencies.

 

The Director of Recruiting will lead, mentor and inspire a high performing recruitment team, foster a culture of continuous improvement, inclusion and accountability.  Ideal candidates will possess a proven track record in recruiting senior executives and/or Partners, building high-performing teams in professional services industries, developing clear and compelling recruitment strategies aligned to business objectives, leading the recruitment operations for a region as well as partnering with senior leaders on evolving our recruitment efforts.

 

At Oliver Wyman, our people are our greatest asset, and our culture is our best differentiator. This role offers the opportunity to be at the core of enabling our business to grow profitably and thrive by attracting and hiring the best talent and making Oliver Wyman an amazing place to build a career.

 

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a forward-thinking recruitment strategy aligned with business growth objectives adapting to evolving talent market dynamics in management consulting
• Champion innovative sourcing methods, leveraging data analytics, market insights, and emerging technologies (potentially including AI) to enhance recruitment effectiveness and a best-in-class candidate experience
• Manage and maintain effective and strategic employment relationships with 3rd party vendors
• Enhance Oliver Wyman’s employer brand through compelling storytelling, strategic partnerships, and targeted outreach that resonate with high-calibre talent pools
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a high-performing recruitment team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, inclusion, and accountability
• Collaborate closely with the regional Executive Director of Talent, Region Head, FP&A, Regional COO and Practice Leaders to align talent acquisition priorities with business unit strategies and human capital priorities, advising business leaders on their recruitment goals, to ensure alignment with business needs
• Work collaboratively with marketing to ensure that Oliver Wyman’s value proposition is well understood in the marketplace particularly on campuses and help set and manage expectations of candidates
• Work collaboratively with the other region's recruiting functions to help drive best practices and knowledge sharing and ensure a consistent employee value proposition
• Provide insights to business leaders on regional recruiting trends and competitive intelligence and share knowledge with the global community of recruiters
• Integrate inclusive hiring practices and metrics to build high performance teams that drive innovation and reflect the clients and communities we serve
• Define and monitor recruitment KPIs, ensuring transparent reporting and continuous optimization of recruitment processes and outcomes
• Uphold the highest standards of legal and regulatory compliance in all recruiting activities
• Drive results through effective team and individual performance, setting clear goals and managing accountability
• Build relationships with senior recruiting team members in Marsh to understand how we might leverage the scaled recruiting resources of Marsh

 

 

Experience Required:

• Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 15+ years of relevant professional experience in a fast-paced and dynamic client services business environment, with a preference for senior executive recruiting experience in management consulting
• A proven track record of building high performance recruiting function within professional services environment
• Demonstrated ability to balance shifting work demands in a challenging environment while satisfying numerous stakeholders
• Experience of understanding, balancing, and satisfying numerous stakeholders at different levels in the organization and leading teams effectively
• Proven track record in Executive search and end to end recruitment at the senior level
• Experience in building and managing contingent workforces
• Proven capability to cultivate relationships at organizational levels
• Experience in developing and utilizing analytics to inform sound recommendations and decisions
• Experience in capacity planning, complex budgets, and engaging multiple stakeholders
• A strong track record of successfully delivering complex projects, while inspiring and empowering team members
• Proven ability to successfully nurture and grow a high-performance team culture

 

 

Skills and Attributes:

• Garner internal respect based on results orientation, as well as an open, collaborative, consultative demeanor
• Proficient in consensus building across multiple business areas with exceptional communication skills
• Proven business leader with strong business acumen and partnership capabilities. Able to learn and adapt quickly to changing business needs. Demonstrated ability to influence others and build strong, collaborative relationships and networks.
• Creative, proactive, and adaptable with an ability to drive change
• Open-minded, viewing change as an opportunity rather than a challenge
• Possesses a strong customer focus and sense of urgency
• Ability to work fully independently, while also being part of a highly collaborative team
• Results-orientated
• Strong analytical skills

 

Oliver Wyman 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 $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X. 

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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.