Company:

Oliver Wyman

Description:

Oliver Wyman is looking for a seasoned Talent Management Lead for our Data and Analytics (DNA) Specialists in IMEA region!

About the Role:

The Talent Management Lead will grow and steward the DNA Specialist community across India and Kuala Lumpur. Acting as a strategic partner to DNA stakeholders, they will own career development, performance management, and workforce planning for the specialist population. Responsibilities include balancing project staffing needs with business priorities and individual skills and preferences, allocating the right talent to the right projects, and providing trusted advisory support to business leaders. The role also delivers actionable insights through regular analysis and reporting of talent metrics—such as utilization, staff deployment, and project performance—to drive staffing decisions and talent development initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Career Development

• Provide advice and guidance to specialists and be keenly aware of specialists’ preferences and performance based on frequent personal interactions.

• Work with Specialists Career Advisors to align on career development goals and implementation

• Proactively seek informal feedback from Partners, Principals and Engagement Managers as projects are ending to ensure any development objectives are taken into account for future staffing assignments and development.

• Work closely with the local and global DNA Partners and Leaders and fellow TMs to ensure specialists fully understand feedback and areas for developments and coach specialists on how best to meet firm expectations.

• Ensure skills & experiences are updated based on project reviews.

• Track and proactively manage specialists learning & development in IMEA.

Performance Management

• Act as a trusted advisor for DNA Leadership and help define the Specialists Talent Management agenda and priorities

• Accountable for the successful completion of the full performance management cycle for Specialists across the offices covered

• Actively engage with and manage the execution of the career review process at MY and YE, working closely with the performance management team, the TM team and relevant business stakeholders.

• Ensure project reviews are triggered correctly and delivered in a timely manner.

• Support Talent Development Plans (TDPs) and related actions; manage and act on performance concerns, manage out-placement and initiate counsel-out process

• Track specialists’ progress against development objectives and initiate any next steps if applicable.

Staffing

• Collaborate with project leaders to assess staffing needs and relevant details.

• Coordinate and interact daily with Specialist TM colleagues to collaboratively provide best team options across global DNA, carefully balancing business priorities, skill requirements and individual career aspirations.

• Manage local Business Development, IC and other internal requests.

• Manage specialists’ leave request approvals and extensions.

• Keep the staffing system up to date at all times.

• Maintain up-to-date data including availability, project experience, areas of expertise & interest, competency & skills development, utilization and overall career progression.

Talent Management

• Address any work life balance challenges raised, closely liaising with the broader TM team, Business leaders (when applicable) as well as the IMEA Wellbeing Lead.

• Drive and implement talent management programs like sponsorship programs, BOOST, LoA programs, transfers, etc.).

• Support office culture and staff engagement in close coordination with office leader, DNA Leaders and TM Lead.

Experience Required:

• Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree and over 5 years of relevant professional experience in a fast-paced and dynamic client services business environment. Talent management or Consulting Experience preferred.

• Experience balancing ever-changing work demands in a challenging environment with numerous stakeholders.

• Proven ability to foster relationships at all levels of the organization.

Skills and Attributes:

• Proactive, positive and problem solver.

• High level of energy, creativity and initiative-taking.

• Excellent communicator – able to deal effectively with people at all levels in a multicultural work environment.

• Methodical, organized and excellent attention to detail.

• Ability to maintain and respect confidentiality.

• One who takes constructive feedback in stride and incorporates feedback quickly.

• Collaborative team player.

• Ability to navigate ambiguity and uncertainty

• Comfortable operating in complex and ambiguous environments

• Skilled at making decisions with incomplete information

Technical Skills:

• Strong Word, Excel and Outlook skills.

• Fluent in English (written and verbal).

• Experience working with a resource management system highly desirable.

• Proficient with data analysis and reporting.

Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh Mc Lennan (NYSE: MMC), is a management consulting firm combining deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise to help clients optimize their business, improve operations and accelerate performance. Marsh Mc Lennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh Mc Lennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, caste, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, 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.