Talent Manager

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.

The Opportunity:

The Talent Management team is responsible for the optimal mobilisation of specialists across our external client projects taking into consideration the commercial needs of the business and the individual needs of the specialists.

The DNA Talent Manager will be responsible for the staffing and all talent management initiatives for a pool of our specialists. The person will be part of the SPC Talent Management team and will be working in close collaboration with the broader European Talent Management team and the respective local Partners.

This is a hybrid role (60% of the time working from the Newcastle office).

Key Responsibilities:

• Staffing of specialists onto client projects, considering balances betweenproject requirements and execution, development objectives and personal preferences
• Oversee local utilization, ensure that trapped capacity is limited
• Talent Management for a specialist population including on-boarding, performance management and career development
• Management of Mid-Year and Year-End performance management processes
• Act as person of trust for specialists regarding work related issues such as career development, work-life-balance or conflict resolution
• Collaboration with other Human Capitalfunctions regarding topics such as training,performance management, recruiting
• Working on project-based initiatives

Qualifications:

• 2 – 5 years of experience as a Talent Manager, Resource Manager, Recruiter or HR, preferably in a dynamic client services business environment (management consulting or professional services)
• Excellent communication skills on all levels of the organization
• Team player able to function independently, but collaboratively, in a fast-paced environment
• Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse personalities and different cultures
• Proactive, high performing multi-tasker who takes full ownership of their work and manages the details
• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Psychology, Human Resource Management or Business Administration
• Excellent MS Office skills (Word,Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to use AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT,Claude, Gemini)

Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.