Oliver Wyman - Events Manager, OW Forum - London

Company:Oliver Wyman

Description:

The Opportunity:

The Oliver Wyman Forum Events Manager is an integral part of the overall OW Global Events Team. This role involves leading OW Forum branded client events across Europe, as well as developing and implementing a strategic, multi-faceted OW Forum event program for the UKI market with a specific focus on events designed to deepen engagement and meet business objectives. For this purpose, the Events Manager collaborates daily (via dotted line reporting) with the OW Forum UK Partner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement an annual event plan for OW Forum - (a series of C-suite level forums, workshops, and dinners) both virtual and in-person from brief to onsite execution.

• Lead the planning of events, establishing the vision, and overseeing the ideation, planning, and execution process while in partnership with support functions (Design Team, Marketing and EAs,) and external vendors.

• Manage all aspects of event logistics – venue contracting, travel management, invitation and registration, event setup and AV production.

• Ownership of budgets and expenses for all managed events.

• Provide consultancy services to business teams, advising on event planning and firm guidelines.

• Work closely with the Marketing Team (OW Forum) to understand and deliver on their marketing campaigns.

• Support the Events Director on regional and global OW & cross-MMC initiatives across Europe as required.

• Independent execution of several strategic projects for OW Forum as required.

• Implement industry innovation and trends in the industry to create compelling event designs and continually improve standards in our events offering.

• Manage vendor relationship across multiple services from procurement to contract negotiation.

• Coaching and mentoring junior team members providing opportunities to build event management skillset.

Experience Required:

• At least 7 years of international event management experience across a broad range of large-scale events e.g. conferences, group meetings, networking events, virtual broadcasts and webinars

• Experience coaching team members and leading project teams.

• Previous Events Management experience from the management consultancy, or professional/financial services sector will be preferable.

• Bachelor’s Degree Preferred.

Skills & Attributes:

• Communicates in all forms a clear, inclusive, and respectful manner (English as the main business language)

• Works with creativity, agility, and purpose to achieve the best results

• Highly self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and able to work effectively and guide senior executives and stakeholders on event recommendations.

• Maintain professional service level when dealing with senior internal and external clients

• Maintain strong working relationships with senior stakeholders across the firm network

• Adapts to various situations in a fast-paced, demanding environment

• Prioritizes workload and project deliverables, is accountable for quality work and delivers impactful results

• Risk mindful and takes pre-emptive measures to avoid issues

• Focused on being proactive and solutions oriented

• Responds positively to change and demonstrates resilience

• A team player with the ability to function independently

• An individual known to exhibit enthusiasm, integrity, and willingness to help whenever necessary

• Adopts a learning mindset, open to feedback, seeks opportunities to learn and develop self and others

• Recognized as key firm contributor

• Enjoys travel as projects require.

Technical Skills:

• Advanced proficiency with MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)

• Strong experience with meeting management software and technology platforms such as Cvent, Zoom, MS Teams.

Why join us at Oliver Wyman?

At Oliver Wyman, we lead with heart - we love what we do and have fun while we do it! We also strive for breakthroughs by questioning, seeking diverse perspectives, and finding powerful and sustainable solutions. If you share these values and want to work as one and own our impact at the same time, be brave and achieve the amazing with us!

• We’re individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do

• We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us

• We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion

• We believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity

• We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.

• We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other’s time and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people’s personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.

Marsh & McLennan Companies and its Affiliates are EOE Minority/Female/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity employers.

Oliver Wyman, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a management consulting firm combining deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise to help clients optimize their business, improve operations and accelerate performance. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.Marsh McLennan 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, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at [email protected].

Marsh McLennan 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 McLennan 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.