Oliver Wyman -Private Capital/Financial Services – Engagement Manager
About the role
Oliver Wyman’s Private Equity team in North America is seeking consultants to support rapid growth. The team collaborates with private equity investors across the full transaction lifecycle—from opportunity identification through due diligence and post-transaction value realization—leveraging multi-specialist teams with deep industry and functional expertise, proprietary approaches, and a global network to deliver differentiated results for clients. The team has completed hundreds of engagements for leading private equity firms across North America, Europe, the Middle East, China, and Southeast Asia, creating sustainable shareholder value.
Practice Groups
- Financial Services
- Communication, Media & Technology
- Education Services
- Industrials
- Healthcare
Location
- New York
- Boston
- Chicago
- Washington, DC
Roles
- Engagement Manager
- Open to Associates and Senior Consultants
Responsibilities
Engagement Managers lead projects day to day, overseeing due diligence and post-transaction engagements for private equity funds and portfolio companies. Responsibilities include ensuring findings are insightful and data-driven, providing strategic thought leadership, managing technical and operational execution details, communicating effectively, and building strong client relationships.
Requirements
- Professional experience with commercial and operational due diligence in a management consulting firm
- Experience working across or within industries within Private Equity
- In-depth knowledge and experience with customer research techniques (interviews, surveys, focus groups, etc.)
- Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrated analytical skills
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both formal and informal settings
- Fluent in English
- Undergraduate or advanced degree from a strong academic program
- Proactive initiative-taker who seeks opportunities to learn and apply new and existing skills
- Creative problem-solver capable of generating novel ideas to address complex client challenges
- Aptitude for analytical work, including extracting insights from large datasets and identifying key issues in complex problems
- Ability to collaborate fluidly and respectfully with high-performing teams
Pay
The base salary range for this role is $225,000 – $240,000. Base pay is determined based on factors including experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and applicable minimum wage requirements, with decisions made on a case-by-case basis. Performance-based incentives may also be available.
Benefits
- Health and welfare benefits
- Tuition assistance
- 401(k) savings and other retirement programs
- Employee assistance programs