Oliver Wyman - Program Manager - Risk and Insurance

Chicago, IL, United States

Company:

Oliver Wyman

Description:

Oliver Wyman - Program Manager - Risk and Insurance

Company Overview

The Actuarial and Insurance and Asset Management (IAM) Practices of Oliver Wyman advise clients across a broad spectrum of risk management and strategy issues. We are a rapidly growing group with offices expanding across the globe. Our actuaries hold the highest professional qualifications and are nationally recognized as experts in their field(s). We use mathematical and statistical modeling skills and our qualitative assessment methodologies to assist clients in evaluating and addressing risk. Our solutions help clients manage and prepare for the potential financial consequences of uncertain future events. We bring a combination of broad-based expertise with specialized knowledge of specific risks, allowing us to provide independent, objective advice in the three primary areas of risk: healthcare, life and annuity, and property and casualty. Our IAM professionals operate across three core areas: strategy, operations, and finance. By drawing on our industry expertise, analytical insight, and market-leading intellectual capital, we employ global best practices to deliver breakthrough solutions to our clients' most difficult challenges. We are at the forefront of supporting and driving work globally to reimagine the future of the insurance industry and drive transformational value growth for customers, shareholders, and societies.

Job Description

Job Title: Risk and Insurance Graduate Program Manager

Office/Regions available: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, San Francisco and St. Louis; other locations may be considered, and hybrid work arrangements.

A day in the life.

The Risk and Insurance Graduate Program Manager will work collaboratively with key leaders to build, implement, and manage a pre-eminent entry program that creates a pipeline of fungible expertise across the Actuarial and IAM practices that enables recruitment of top talent while generating significant brand recognition, drawing from key risk management, insurance, business, actuarial, and other relevant programs to bring and build the expertise, collaboration, and capacity we need for the future.

You can expect:

An opportunity to design, implement, and manage a strategic initiative that delivers a best-in-class global rotational training program that produces uniquely skilled consultants of the future positioned to support transformative work in the risk and insurance space to help solve the most challenging problems for clients.

To engage and build relationships with key internal business leaders and C-suite stakeholders to acquire the data, buy-in, and decisions necessary to co-create, support, and manage this new program to successful outcomes.

We will rely on you to: Be a relationship builder who can work collaboratively across the business to develop a full understanding of our vision and goals to ensure the creation of a program that supports our five-year drive to become a $1B Juggernaut and advances the pre-eminence of the Oliver Wyman brand.

Lead the build out, development, and implementation of the global program from recruitment to graduation, working collaboratively with all relevant stakeholders to ensure the end-product meets the needs of the business and the participants.

Work with Practice Leaders and technical subject matter experts to identify training needs and devise training plans for program participants.

Design and implement an engaging and impactful training curriculum that ensures development of required skills and knowledge for success.

Develop detailed program delivery roadmaps, including resources, outcomes, schedules, costs, assumptions, dependencies, and communications.

Serve as a subject matter expert in design and delivery, providing guidance and support to the wider business in defining the right approaches and ensuring solutions are fit for purpose.

Foster effective relationships with senior business partners and third-party vendors, facilitating timely decision-making and communication of progress, risks, and issues to key stakeholders.

Provide effective and values-led management to the program participants, including goal setting and tracking, delivery of performance assessment and review, provision of regular feedback, monitoring of progress against program metrics, support in creating and executing development plans, and other people management duties as needed.

Ensure consistent and meaningful communication with Program Sponsors, Practice Leaders, and other stakeholders to ensure quality and timely feedback on program and program participants is solicited, received, assessed, and utilized to inform changes that improve overall program outcomes.

Ensure a steady pipeline of appropriate projects and activities that both support business deliverables and advance participant development through collaborative relationships with key internal business leaders.

You will be rewarded with: An opportunity to build and own a high-profile strategic initiative with significant organizational impact that stretches both globally and temporally.

The chance to play an integral role in creating the vision for the consultant-of-tomorrow needed for Oliver Wyman's future success in the risk and insurance space.

A role in which you can engage with key leaders at the highest levels of the OW Actuarial and Insurance and Asset Management organization.

The ability to meaningfully and positively impact the careers of young professionals for years to come.

The opportunity to impact the industry by creating the blueprint for what a best-in-class global rotational consultant training program should be and do.

Competitive salary and an excellent benefits package in an entrepreneurial culture that values continued learning, purposeful togetherness, and intellectual curiosity in service to our people, or firm, and our clients.

You stand out with : MBA or equivalent preferred qualification.

Relevant program management qualification: MSP/PMI/APM or equivalent.

Demonstrated history of successfully developing, implementing, and managing curricula and/or training programs.

Proven ability to work successfully with global teams and different cultures to deliver programs.

Evidence of being a strategic thinker with a thorough understanding of organizational dynamics with a proven track record in building, leading, and delivering complex multinational programs.

Our future colleague.

We'd love to meet you if your professional track record shows you to have/be: A values-directed leader with a proven history of successfully recruiting, developing, and managing a team.

A service-oriented strategic thinker and solutions-oriented problem solver with excellent judgment and strong decision-making and execution skills.

A self-directed and proactive builder with an entrepreneurial spirt energized by the opportunity to own and drive initiatives from ideation to implementation.

Detail oriented with strong planning, organizational, time management, and analytical skills.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and people at all levels across a multicultural environment.

Team player who is enthusiastic and engaging with an ability to build productive relationships across functions and geographies.

Ability and desire to foster an environment that embraces diversity, integrity, trust, and respect.

Willingness to perform other related duties as assigned.

These additional qualifications are a plus, but not required to apply: Proven experience as a Program Manager or in a similar role.

Your Physical Demands & Work Environment requires: Travel to geographies hosting participants likely to be required.

Work occurs during regular day hours as well as occasional extended hours and schedule flexibility necessary to complete tasks to meet needs.

We know there are excellent candidates who might not check all of these boxes. Don't be shy. If you're close, we'd be very interested in meeting you.

About Oliver Wyman

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 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]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on X [redacted]

For more information, please visit our website at www.oliverwyman.com/actuaries.

Oliver Wyman is committed to the principles for equal employment opportunity and complies with all relevant federal, state, and local laws.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive, and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their sex/gender, marital or parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting TANA[redacted]

Valuable benefits.

We value and respect the impact our colleagues make every day both inside and outside our organization. We've built a culture that promotes colleague well-being through robust benefit programs and resources, encourages professional and personal development, and celebrates opportunities to pursue the projects and causes that give colleagues fulfilment outside of work.

Some benefits included in this role are: Generous time off, including personal and volunteering.

Professional development opportunities.

Charitable contribution match programs.

Stock purchase opportunities.

You will need legal work authorization to work in the U.S. on a permanent and ongoing basis without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.