Oliver Wyman -Commercial Effectiveness and Private Capital Engagement Manager​/Principal

Private Capital x Commercial Effectiveness – Engagement Manager /Principal

The Private Capital and Value Creation team at Oliver Wyman specializes in supporting private equity investors throughout the entire deal lifecycle—from opportunity identification through due diligence to post‑transaction value realization. Our approach is multi‑specialist, leveraging deep industry knowledge and functional expertise to help clients achieve differentiated results in their investments.

The Commercial Effectiveness (CE) arm of our Value Creation team specifically works across industries to drive breakthrough revenue and margin improvement. Our approach is multi‑specialist, leveraging deep industry knowledge and functional expertise to help clients achieve differentiated results. This role offers an opportunity to work within a fast‑growing, dynamic team.

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting that combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. Our mission is to help clients achieve lasting success by solving their most complex problems and seizing their biggest opportunities.

Practice Group:
Private Capital, Performance Transformation – Commercial Effectiveness (CE)

Location:

New York;
San Francisco;
Boston;
Chicago;
Washington D.C.;
Toronto;
Houston;
Dallas

Role:
Engagement Manager

Our consulting roles offer excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with relevant prior experience. As an Engagement Manager, you will lead project teams in both post‑deal value creation efforts and pricing/GTM due diligence activities. Specific responsibilities include:

• Leading teams of consultants on a wide range of commercial topics, including pricing, sales, and/or marketing. This includes developing hypotheses; managing data collection, model creation and analyses; conducting primary and secondary research; creatively tackling information limitations; and surfacing insights.
• Guiding the consulting team as they develop hypotheses, review client information, conduct interviews, generate insights, and produce deliverables.
• Synthesizing findings into written presentations; reviewing and discussing with clients and other stakeholders.
• Supporting Partners in project execution through excellent project management, including work planning, workflow management, and coaching, mentoring, and formal career development support for junior team members.
• Cultivating strong client relationships and networks, presenting to senior audiences, and working day‑to‑day with C‑Suite, senior executives, and mid‑level clients.
• Communicating issues and solutions in formal and informal settings, through written and verbal communication.
• Applying best practice, your own (and your team’s) expertise and the firm’s wider technical competencies to deliver successful projects.
• Guiding and influencing client and team thinking.
• Contributing to business development efforts, including proposals, pitches, and identification of follow‑on opportunities within accounts.
• Guiding clients through implementation and change management, ensuring adoption and measurable impact of new commercial strategies and tools.

Oliver Wyman is a diverse and entrepreneurial partnership of individuals who like to pursue new opportunities or build a unique franchise doing what they do best in a collegial, fun environment. While specific responsibilities will vary based on previous experience, the ideal candidate will have most of the following:

• For an Engagement Manager, minimum of 5‑8+ years of relevant experience, ideally in management consulting (or other similar organizations with project‑based, team‑oriented environments) with a focus on top‑line growth strategy, pricing, go‑to‑market strategy.
• For Principals, 8+ years of experience in a relevant role, probably in a top‑tier strategy consulting firm or similar organization.
• In‑depth knowledge of pricing and/or sales and/or marketing topics with familiarity in analytics‑driven approaches and commercial effectiveness tools…