Senior Manager - IT Project Management

Company:Oliver Wyman

Description:

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 50+ cities across 26 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. Our 4100+ professionals help clients optimize their business, improve their operations, and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman’s thought leadership is evident in our agenda-setting books, white papers, research reports, and articles in the business press. Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top Global 1000 companies.

Visit our website for more details about Oliver Wyman: www.oliverwyman.com

Job Overview:

The Project Manager is responsible for leading the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of key OWG Tech projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals. In addition, adhering to project management best practices, standards, and guidelines. This position is an internal role and will support projects and teams that work within Oliver Wyman.  While our core business is in consulting, this role is not a consultant position. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive and execute OWG Tech projects aligned with departmental or organizational strategy.

• Develop effective project plans with defined objectives, deliverables, and communication plans.

• Manage project resources and budget to ensure objectives are met.

• Partner with OWG Tech managers, to ensure roles and expectations are clearly defined and understood on each project.

• Identify critical paths and risks and on the project; track them and facilitate mitigation of these risks.

• Create and maintain relationships with stakeholders and manage expectations.

• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.

• Report project health and status utilizing agreed project management systems and tools.

• Ensure project closure meetings are held, produce project closure reports highlighting areas for improvement.

Skills and Attributes:

• Strong interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, negotiation, and consensus building skills.

• Strong knowledge of IT project management methodologies.

• Strong knowledge of project management framework, information management practices and IT solution delivery processes, procedures, and toolsets.

• Strong technical knowledge and background, Product ownership and relationship management.

• Strong understanding of AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) and cloud architecture principles.

• Experience with managing cloud implementation projects in large organizations.

• Knowledge of budget, invoicing, and project financials.

• Excellent analytical and technical skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Excellent planning and organizational skills.

• Excellent customer and/or client service orientation.

• Polished and professional demeanor.

• Ability to plan and facilitate effective meetings and good presentation skills.

• Ability to manage multiple projects.

Experience:

• Eight years plus of Project Management experience, with a focus on cloud and AWS projects.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, business, or equivalent experience.

• Scrum Master certifications required.

• PMP certification preferred.

• AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification strongly preferred.

Why join our Team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.

• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) 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 $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marshmclennan.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, caste, 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.

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.

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) 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 marshmclennan.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, caste, 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.

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.