As our Mercer OCIO (Outsourced CIO) business continues on a path of growth and expansion, we are seeking talented individuals for the position of Strategic Initiatives Leader for Mercer’s Investment Solutions team in the International region. This position is a senior role within the business and is intended to support and report into the regional Chief Operating Officer of the Investment Solutions business.
This is an exciting opportunity for a senior candidate to join the Investment Solutions business which is one of Mercer’s largest and fastest growing areas having seen assets under management in the region surpass $250bn and global assets under management surpass $600bn.
What can you expect:
The role will have leadership responsibility for strategic programs designed to support Mercer’s commercial growth objectives and requires a highly organised and proactive individual with exceptional communications and leadership skills. This role requires a strong strategic mindset, exceptional leadership skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
The Strategic Initiatives Leader will play a critical role in shaping the organisation's long-term vision and driving its strategic objectives including platform transformation, M&A activity, development of operational solutions for existing and new client segments, global organisation alignment activities amongst other responsibilities.
We will rely on you to:
- Develop and implement strategic initiatives: Lead the identification, development, and execution of strategic initiatives aligned with the organisation's goals and objectives.
- Strategic planning: Collaborate with senior leadership to define the organisation's strategic direction and develop long-term plans.
- Project management: Oversee the end-to-end execution of strategic initiatives, ensuring timely delivery, effective resource allocation, and successful implementation.
- Stakeholder management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior executives, department heads, and external partners, to ensure alignment and support for strategic initiatives.
- People Management: Manage a small team of senior professionals and foster a high performance & high delivery mindset across the team.
- Performance monitoring: Establish metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the progress and impact of strategic initiatives, and provide regular updates to senior leadership.
- Change management: Drive organisational change by effectively communicating the rationale, benefits, and impact of strategic initiatives to all relevant stakeholders.
- Risk assessment and mitigation: Identify potential risks and challenges associated with strategic initiatives, and develop mitigation strategies to ensure successful outcomes.
- Continuous improvement: Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement and optimization within the strategic initiatives framework.
What you need to have:
- 3rd level qualification or professional qualification hopefully in a related field.
- Sufficient experience in senior strategic planning, project management, or a related field in the Investments industry.
- Proven track record of getting things done.
- Have a strategic mindset and be able to influence at a senior level.
What makes you stand out:
- Asset Management/Investment Management experience is highly desirable.
- Change Management/Programme Management experience would be welcome.
- Data driven decision making capability.
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 collaborate 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.
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Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. 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 mercer.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, 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, Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability/health condition to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. We welcome candidates to contact us at [email protected] to discuss any specific needs.
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.
