People Manager NY

People Experience Manager - (14074-1) New York, NY

Strong project and program management skills, Experience in culture, engagement, or people experience initiatives, People Experience Manager

Experience level:
Mid-senior Experience required: 10 Years Education level:
Bachelor’s degree Job function:
Human Resources Industry: Insurance Pay rate : $68 per hour Total position: 1 Relocation assistance:
No Visa sponsorship eligibility:
No

People Experience is a critical performance enabler for our business.

As a People Experience Manager (FTC), you will play a pivotal role in shaping the day-to-day experiences of our colleagues across the globe. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute directly to Oliver Wyman’s culture, ensuring that our people feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work. In this role, you will partner closely with leaders and teams across multiple regions, acting as a champion for our values and a catalyst for positive change.

You will help drive initiatives that foster engagement, inclusion, and well-being, ensuring that we embed a consistent approach to positive culture and investment of our values and center people in everything that we do.

As a key member of the team that powers our firm’s culture, you will help elevate the experience of every colleague, every day. Beyond designing, developing, and delivering flagship global programs, you will help drive innovation, creating and piloting new initiatives that regional teams can adopt and tailor to their needs.

This is a unique chance to join a passionate, high-impact team at the heart of our global organization. You will gain exposure to senior leaders, work on high-profile strategic projects, and develop your expertise in people experience and organizational culture.

• Initiate, scope, and deliver a portfolio of People Experience (PE) projects and programmes (including but not limited to activities that support wellbeing, colleague engagement and the future of work) demonstrating strong ownership mentality and proactivity from conception through execution, while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Project Manage our People Experience strategic action plan as part of our People Experience Strategy, providing robust oversight and coordination across multiple stakeholders. Ensure actions with multiple dependencies remain on track, proactively escalates risks and barriers, and drive accountability through regular monitoring, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
• Support strategic communications and engagement plans for key PE initiatives, tailoring messaging style and approach to different levels of seniority and diverse audiences to achieve maximum impact.
• Continue embedding our flagship learning and development program on culture, driving growth and engagement of our community of Culture Champions.
• Support global colleague group initiatives, building capabilities, and providing community management where appropriate.
• Operationalize and continuously improve back-end systems and processes that underpin the People Experience function.
• Lead the redesign and ongoing management of internal communication pages, ensuring colleagues have easily accessible, up-to-date information about People Experience programs, initiatives, offerings and opportunities.
• Embed the People Experience philosophy into firm-wide people processes, including performance management and feedback. Ensure all related procedures and communications reflect our core values, foster positive colleague experiences and drive continuous improvement in engagement and culture.
• Own and update People Experience inputs for requests for proposals (RFPs) and provide commercial advice to support client work and business development as required.
• Create and implement toolkits, presentations, and surveys to enhance colleague engagement and drive broad participation in PE programs.
• Develop and track KPIs for all PE initiatives, ensuring rigorous monitoring, measurement, and continuous improvement of project outcomes and colleague experiences.
• Partner proactively with regional teams, providing actionable advice and insights, and translating people…