Strategy & Planning – Senior Manager

Company:

Marsh

Description:

R_310747 - Strategy and Planning – Senior Manager – London

As a Senior Manager in the Strategy and Planning team within the Transformation Office (TO), you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategy and design of Marsh's most significant and impactful programs. Reporting directly to the Global Transformation Leader, you will have the unique opportunity to lead a team while providing essential support to the International Chief Operating Officer (COO). This position involves regular engagement with senior leaders across BCS and Marsh in various regions. Your team of specialists will be instrumental in advancing the firm's operational excellence journey by identifying new opportunities, recommending execution strategies, and ensuring accountability among leaders for delivery.

We will count on you to:

• Collaborate with regional and global COOs to implement their strategies by guiding execution and monitoring progress.
• Conduct research and evaluate new ideas in partnership with senior business leaders to develop commercially viable business cases.
• Prepare presentations that track the impact of operational excellence across the organization, tailored for various levels of seniority, including the Marsh Executive Committee and the MMC Executive Committee.
• Provide functional oversight of a team of specialists across multiple regions, ensuring high morale and productivity.
• Develop global strategies that promote a consistent operating model while acknowledging regional nuances.
• Collaborate on cross-functional opportunities within Marsh and across Business Units (BUs) to deliver optimal solutions for our clients.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders, including operations and business leaders globally, to sustain a pipeline of opportunities.
• Ensure alignment on strategic priorities through various forums, including quarterly business reviews.
• Advocate for the tools and services provided by the Transformation Office (TO).

What you need to have: 

• Proven self-starter with a successful track record in executing complex projects seamlessly.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities, strong presentation skills, and effective networking capabilities.
• Excellent communication skills, adaptable to influence leaders across diverse regions.
• High level of integrity and ethical behaviour in handling sensitive information, with a commitment to confidentiality.

What makes you stand out: 

• Detail-oriented with strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and solution-oriented skills.
• Ability to challenge the status quo to enhance operational processes.
• Experience in financial modelling and business case design.
• Proficient in building relationships with leaders at all levels and across departments.
• Strong work ethic with a collaborative, team-oriented approach.
• Quick learner with the ability to maintain high performance in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Proven independent leadership and influencing skills, with experience acting as a change agent.
• Understanding of innovative solutions and their business applications (e.g., robotics, artificial intelligence), with the ability to discuss and develop new products, processes, and standards to support business strategy.

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, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is the world’s top insurance broker and risk advisor. 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 marsh.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] 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.