Oliver Wyman - Talent Manager - Dallas

Job R368485

EXTERNALENGLOBALRequisition: R_368485

Company:
Marsh Mc Lennan Location : 1717 Main Street, Comerica Bank Tower, Dallas, TX 75201, United States of America

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Human Resources Industry: Real Estate Posted:  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. . For more information, visit   , or follow us on  Linked In  and  X .      Job Overview:

Oliver Wyman is seeking a Talent Manager to manage a population of ~60 consultants across Oliver Wyman’s offices and Practices.  This role will be responsible for their scheduling and performance management, and for personally engaging with the consultants in your group 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 consulting teams and to remediate any issues.

The successful 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 consultant to deliver appropriate staffing and talent management outcomes. You will work in a tight knit team against demanding timelines to help deliver Oliver Wyman’s 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 consultants on development needs and areas for training

Develop relationships with each consultant and begin to be seen as a trusted advisor

Assist in directing consultants towards resources for career advice

Assist the consultants in escalating employee relations issues or questions around general Human Capital operations

Monitor for work-life-quality issues and escalate when needed

Collaborate with Human Capital Manager on managing the pyramid, training, onboarding, performance improvement initiatives

Project Staffing:

Understand at a high-level the nuances of the type of work / roles being filled

Liaise with project team leaders to understand staffing needs in your area

For assigned projects, collect all relevant details from Partners and Practice Group TMs on projects to be staffed

Anticipate capacity issues and manage consultants' and Partner expectations accordingly

Manage all staff for Business Development, Intellectual Capital and other beach work Communicate staffing outcomes to consultants under your TM purview in an empathetic manner

Track mobility issues, holidays, trainings, background checks and other ad-hoc staffing enabling tasks

Consultant Development and Performance Management:

Understand consultant performance, skills and development needs to facilitate a smooth staffing process

Understand the performance management framework and competency model and how it applies to own consultant's situations

Read all performance appraisals and follow-up any issues / performance flags with project team and manager

Coordinate, attend and contribute to annual Career Review meetings in for own consultant populations

Data, analysis and reporting:

Review weekly utilization reports, cross reference with Retain to ensure latest information is captured

Assist with the assembly of the project pipeline and consultant 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…