Oliver Wyman - Experienced Hire Recruiter - Chicago

Company:

Oliver Wyman

Description:

About Oliver Wyman

At Oliver Wyman, a Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) business, we bring deep industry insight, bold innovation, and a collaborative approach that cuts through complexity to help organizations navigate their most defining transformative moments.

As a business of Marsh, we work alongside the world’s leading experts across risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting. Together with Marsh Risk, Guy Carpenter, and Mercer, we help organizations build resilience and competitive advantages from every angle. With annual revenue over $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues in 130 countries, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective.

For more information, visit oliverwyman.com , or follow us on LinkedIn and X .

This is a hybrid role that requires a presence in the office 3 days per week. There is no option to be fully remote.

Role Purpose:

Oliver Wyman is seeking an Experienced Hire Recruiter to lead full-cycle recruiting for specialized consulting and technology professionals across the Americas. This role will support hiring across areas such as AI and advanced analytics, software engineering, technology strategy, technical due diligence, and technology transformation.

The Recruiter will partner closely with Consulting Practice leaders, technical hiring managers, and Human Capital colleagues to identify, engage, assess, and hire experienced professionals in competitive and highly specialized talent markets. Success requires a combination of proactive sourcing, technical recruiting literacy, consultative stakeholder management, and the ability to deliver an exceptional candidate experience.

Why Join Us:

• •Impact : Shape hiring for high-growth practices and contribute directly to firm performance.
• •Partnership : Work closely with Practice and Human Capital leaders to address strategic and specialized talent needs.
• •Growth : Develop recruiting expertise through technical talent sourcing, market intelligence, brand advocacy, and contributions to broader talent strategy.

How this role will contribute to team success

• •Own recruitment searches for assigned practices across the Americas (United States, Mexico and Canada), supporting hiring goals for Specialists, Experienced Consultants, and technical professionals.
• •Build consultative relationships with Practice leaders and hiring managers, including technical stakeholders, to align recruiting strategies, to understand talent needs, and deliver effective recruiting outcomes
• •Collaborate with recruiting colleagues to strengthen direct sourcing, share talent market intelligence, improve candidate experience, and contribute to broader talent strategy.

Your day-to-day

Develop and execute sourcing strategies: Use market mapping, LinkedIn Recruiter, referrals, alumni networks, GitHub, specialized talent networks, and other web-based searches to identify and engage qualified candidates, including passive talent through direct-sourcing efforts.

Manage full-cycle recruiting: Independently manage searches for Specialists, Experienced Consultants, and technical professionals across areas such as software engineering, AI and machine learning, technology strategy, and technical due diligence. Oversee the recruitment process from sourcing, candidate assessment, interview management, offer negotiation, and closing.

Partner with Practice and technical hiring leaders : Build consultative relationships with hiring managers, understand role requirements and relevant technical capabilities, develop job descriptions, align on candidate profiles, manage expectations and provide recruiting updates and market insights.

Manage candidate experience and recruiting operations : Deliver a high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruitment process. Maintain accurate records in Workday and proprietary CRM systems, manage interview feedback, prepare and send offer letters, and coordinate with Human Capital Operations and Learning & Development teams regarding onboarding.

Contribute to recruiting effectiveness and talent strategy : Partner with Talent Management to support new-hire integration, share market intelligence and hiring trends, collaborate with recruiting colleagues to improve effectiveness, and contribute ideas to broader talent strategy and Oliver Wyman brand advocacy.

Skills and what you bring to the team

• •Recruiting experience : At least three years of corporate recruiting experience, ideally in professional services, consulting, technology or financial services, with a focus on recruiting mid- and senior-level professionals, with the ability to manage searches independently from sourcing through offer acceptance. Experience and confidence in negotiating compensation packages.
• •Technical and specialist recruiting experience: Demonstrated ability to source, engage, and evaluate candidates for specialized technology and/or technology consulting positions. Familiarity with talent markets spanning software engineering, AI and machine learning, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, technology strategy, or technical due diligence.
• •Technical literacy and learning agility: Ability to understand complex technical and consulting role requirements, translate them into effective sourcing strategies, and engage credibly with candidates and hiring managers. Comfortable learning new technologies, technical disciplines, and specialized professional backgrounds as hiring needs evolve.
• •Recruiting and Human Capital tools : Proficiency with applicant tracking systems such as Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, ChatGPT and Claude AI.
• •Communication and stakeholder management : Strong written and verbal communication, judgment, organization, and stakeholder-management skills. Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently and collaboratively, maintain confidentiality, respond constructively to feedback, and deliver a white-glove candidate experience.

The applicable base salary range for this role is: $84,000 to $120,000

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, 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.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.

Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit oliverwyman.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to providing an inclusive work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best, most qualified people and value colleagues of all backgrounds, without regard to age background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you require an accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know by contacting [email protected]

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working toget