Oliver Wyman Forum - Editorial Director

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The Oliver Wyman Forum, the independent think tank and convening arm of global management consultancy Oliver Wyman, seeks an Editorial Director to lead, manage, and help set strategy for a thriving thought leadership operation. This person should be a seasoned editorial leader and accomplished writer who can develop and place influential op-eds, shape major reports and articles, and manage a high-performing editorial team.

The ideal candidate will bring the judgment, intellectual range, and storytelling instincts of a top-tier journalist or editor, combined with the strategic discipline to build a distinctive thought leadership agenda for a global professional services firm.

• Editorial strategy, writing, and external influence
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Oliver Wyman to define a strategic agenda of content topics that support the Forum's overall positioning and objectives
• Identify the Forum's strongest ideas and shape them into clear, differentiated points of view that can travel with senior business, policy, and media audiences
• Write, edit, and develop op-eds, essays, reports, and articles that meet the standards of top-tier journalism
• Collaborate with partners and subject-matter experts to turn research, client insight, and market intelligence into compelling public arguments
• Work with communications and media relations colleagues to identify tier-one placement options and develop pitches
• Identify and support Oliver Wyman Forum content partnership efforts and contribute content to increase distribution of Oliver Wyman Forum insights, analytics, and interactive tools across a wide spectrum of channels
• Work closely and creatively with research, consulting, marketing, design, knowledge management, events, and IT colleagues to package editorial and visual/interactive content in new and innovative ways
• Team leadership and editorial operations
• Lead, manage, and develop a team of writers and editors, ensuring the group operates with clear priorities, strong editorial discipline, high standards, and a shared sense of ambition
• Manage the editorial calendar and pipeline, balancing major research launches, event-driven campaigns, executive op-eds, and timely short-form commentary
• Create efficient editorial processes that improve speed, quality, collaboration, and accountability across stakeholders
• Lead thoughtful AI adoption across the editorial function, identifying and testing new applications, building team capability, and establishing appropriate quality, verification, confidentiality, and governance standards
• Track editorial output and placement performance across volume, tier, and reach of coverage, and use that data to sharpen the team's priorities and standards

• Minimum of 10 years' experience (15+ preferred) as a journalist, editor, editorial leader, or senior thought leadership professional in a top-tier media, policy, financial, business, and/or professional services…