Oliver Wyman Actuarial – Business Impact Manager

Company Overview

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 7,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities.

Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC).

The Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman works with companies to manage property and casualty, life and annuity, and healthcare risks across a broad range of industries. Our firm assists with quantification of risk and loss exposures, and provides advice on external business strategy, internal risk management, implications of mergers and acquisitions, and new product development. We use mathematical and statistical modeling skills and our qualitative assessment methodologies to assist our clients in evaluating and addressing risk.

We offer solutions so our clients may manage and prepare for the potential financial consequences of uncertain future events.

Oliver Wyman Actuarial is seeking an exceptionally qualified candidate for a Senior Business Impact Manager position to provide business operations support to the Health Practice Leader and Health Leadership Team. The Senior Business Impact Manager will play a critical role in supporting these leaders to own and drive key initiatives, execute on practice objectives, facilitate effective communication and smooth day‑to‑day operations for the Health team.

This position will involve close collaboration and partnership across all levels of the Actuarial Health Practice along with cross‑functional teams, and Oliver Wyman’s Health and Life Sciences management consultants. This role requires an effective operator who is eager and able to “roll up their sleeves” to drive work quickly, has exceptional organizational abilities, and possesses outstanding diplomacy and interpersonal skills enabling them to engage, build trust, and inspire individuals at all levels.

• Manage operational functions: ensure the smooth operational running of the Health Practice across a range of areas—problem resolution, drafting presentations and communications, managing the action list, staying abreast and ahead of trends; own key elements of the operational functions for the Actuarial Health team, including coordinating and/or delivering elements of key processes such as budgeting, staffing, recruiting, training & mentorship, and business development.
• Drive implementation of key initiatives: identify and implement improvements in operational processes, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in day‑to‑day activities; deliver strategic decision support analyses to practice leadership, leveraging data, analysis, and problem‑solving skills to enable informed decision‑making; collaborate with HR, Finance and IT to streamline internal workflows and support scalable growth.
• Meeting and project management: run practice operations and leadership meetings, craft agendas, prepare presenters, manage meetings and outcomes, and track project milestones.
• Internal communications: facilitate communication and collaboration to achieve common goals; prepare necessary reports and presentations for senior management.
• Build trust with key stakeholders across the business: maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the Health Actuarial staff at all levels and others across the OW and Marsh family.
• Support building and monitoring of practice strategy: assist the leadership team to develop and implement strategic plans that align with the organization’s goals and objectives; monitor progress and provide insights to ensure successful execution; increase visibility into business performance and client impact.
• Provide ad‑hoc support to Practice Leader: stay closely aligned to the Health Practice Leader, flex priorities with agility as leadership needs evolve; deliver a wide…