Oliver Wyman – Consumer, Telco & Technology – Senior Consultant or Associate

About the Practice

Oliver Wyman helps industry leaders in the consumer, telco, and technology industries develop value growth strategies, improve operations, and maximize organizational effectiveness. Our clients include wireless and wireline equipment and communications service providers, enterprise IT, consumer electronics, and semiconductor companies, as well as broadcasters, publishers, platform operators, online, and entertainment companies.

In Consumer, Telco, and Technology (CTT), we see consumer-facing industries converging, with technology continuing to disrupt all business models, and B2C, B2B, and B2B2C services models ever-growing. We aim to build new Partner connections by bringing together those serving consumer-facing businesses, such as retailers, as well as technology, communications, media, and services, to further elevate our narratives and executive relevance while maintaining deep sub-sector capabilities.

About the Role

Senior Consultants and Associates are critical members of our consulting team, working side-by-side with our clients. The position offers excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with relevant prior experience.

Responsibilities

• Managing the execution of individual project workstreams, including developing hypotheses, managing data collection, model creation and analyses, conducting primary and secondary research, creatively tackling information limitations, and surfacing insights.
• Synthesizing findings into written presentations and reviewing and discussing with clients and other stakeholders.
• Supporting our Partner group in project delivery through accurate and high-quality execution.
• Reporting to Engagement Managers and Principals, effectively seeking guidance for technical expertise or senior-level advice on project execution and client engagement.
• Coaching consultants and helping them develop their skill sets.

Requirements

• At least 3-6 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm (or similar organization).
• Experience within Retail, Consumer Goods, Telecommunications, Software/Technology, or Media industries preferred, but not required.
• Familiarity/experience with a range of analytical tools (e.g., Excel, SQL, Python).
• A strong background in strategic problem-solving with demonstrable analytical skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both formal and informal settings.
• An undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program.
• Willingness to travel.

Skills

• Ability to take initiative, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills and put existing ones to good use.
• Creativity and readiness to come up with novel ideas to solve clients’ biggest problems.
• Aptitude for analytical work, such as identifying clues in massive data sets or addressing complex challenges.
• Willingness to work fluidly and respectfully with our talented team.

Our Values & Culture

• Self-starters and free thinkers: We are individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, and entrepreneurial about what we do.
• Common aspiration, collective endeavor, shared success: We share the aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy, and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business.
• Straightforward, open, respectful interaction: We value an environment where every member is encouraged and expected to voice their opinion.
• Opportunity without artificial barriers: We value merit and believe in removing artificial barriers to opportunity.
• Balanced lives: We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities, believing they make better contributions to the firm. We provide flexibility, including the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons, and respect each other’s time.

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 more than 6,000 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 (NYSE: MMC).

Pay

The applicable base salary range for this role is $135,000 - $205,000 CAD. The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, and education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

Benefits

• Health and welfare benefits.
• Tuition assistance.
• 401K savings and other retirement programs.
• Employee assistance programs.

Schedule

All 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.