Oliver Wyman is looking to hire a Chief of Staff for the Defense and Security global taskforce.
Job Overview:
The Business Impact Team (BIT) supports the growth of Oliver Wyman by seamlessly enabling business development and management activities.
The Chief of Staff (CoS) has a central role in the strategic and commercial development, operation and community building of Marsh’s and Oliver Wyman’s Defense & Security (D&S) task force. The role provides support to the Oliver Wyman Defense & Security Leadership, in managing the day-to-day affairs of the task force and is a go-to-person for all colleagues for task force-related topics.
The role translates Marsh’s and Oliver Wyman’s Defense & Security vision into clear strategic initiatives, performance metrics, and operational plans. The role is centered on Oliver Wyman’s D&S strategy roll-out but also supports Oliver Wyman’s leadership in their steering of the collaboration across Marsh businesses in the roll-out of Marsh’s D&S growth acceleration strategy. The CoS acts as a thought partner to leadership, orchestrates cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Business Development, Marketing, Legal, Talent, IT, Knowledge, and Events, and ensures that commercial performance, investments, and people decisions are tightly aligned to the business’s strategic goals. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role suited to someone who combines strategic thinking, rigorous analytical skills, strong stakeholder management, and a deep interest in defense, national security, and government-related clients.
Key Responsibilities:
Marsh strategy through implementation:
Implement the Marsh Defense and Security Strategy Initiative
Stand up security clearance and security office functions in geographies for Marsh
Refine Marsh six priority go to market propositions
Manage monthly Marsh Defense SteerCos and governance
Support the establishment of related risk & compliance governance at Marsh level
Practice management (commercial, people, capability):
Commercial
People
Global & regional pyramid forecasting (supply vs demand)
Global & regional recruitment coordination (external & internal)
Support to objective setting and professional development
Capability
Global partnerships
New methods/tools
Business development coordination:
RFP and proposal planning, resourcing and submission ownership
Global proposition development — alongside Partners and Principals
Knowledge management:
Global primer development — content and process
Global credentials management (e.g. for future projects, proposals)
Onboarding of new D&S-affiliated consultants — primers, L&D buddy, etc
Research:
Support to project teams on high-importance topics, coordinating with Knowledge Services
Thought Leadership:
Publication drafting — content role, alongside Partners/Principals
Global campaign management — working with Marketing
Events planning & management — working with Marketing
Experience Required:
The ideal candidate will possess 6+ years of experience at a leading management consulting firm; experience with Defense & Security or government clients is strongly preferred.
Experience dealing with confidential and business critical issues
Skills and Attributes:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Further languages helpful, but not required
Ownership mentality with a strong impact focus
Initiative and a can-do attitude, with a willingness to embrace new challenges.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to manage a varied workload with conflicting priorities and meet deadlines.
Strong judgment and problem-solving skills, particularly under pressure and adhoc tasks
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with colleagues of all levels
Collaborative team player with a positive attitude and adaptability to change.
Experience dealing with confidential and business critical issues
Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of advanced data analysis is a plus
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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.
Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.