Oliver Wyman Engagement Manager Health & Life Science Dubai

Dubai

Engagement Manager

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Who We Are

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 60 cities across 29 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 5,000 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 wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies NYSE: MMC. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.

Health Life Science Practice

Healthcare companies face enormous challenges during this era of reform. The future marketplace will require new paradigms to realize the vision of affordability and quality. Change will impact payers, providers, and pharmaceutical companies alike and require unprecedented collaboration at the intersections.

Recognizing the power of a systemic view, healthcare companies are turning to Oliver Wyman. Our deep expertise across the healthcare landscape is centered in integrated health management a differentiated approach proven to drive critical transformation. Our perspective in life sciences is focused on transformational changes that pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies need to make in a world where product innovation is more challenging and value is measured in patient outcomes.

Oliver Wyman's Middle East HLS practice offers the full breadth of services across the health care continuum. We have a deep understanding of the health sector transformation journey that many GCC countries are currently engaged in, and we are playing a prominent role in helping shaping the strategic direction and planning transformation roadmap.

Our clients comprise government entities (e.g. ministries of health), health payers and providers, financial investors, and life sciences companies. We excel in tangible impact of our advice and recommendations most of our clients are repeat clients. We leverage the global Oliver Wyman health innovation center for unique insights into business model innovation, new models of care and partnership opportunities. Our focus is on helping create sustainable health ecosystems.

The Role And Responsibilities Engagement Manager

Engagement Managers drive the delivery of client engagements as on the ground managers. This role has day-to-day responsibility for the quality of our project delivery to clients, both in the context of specific projects and the client's overall strategic direction.

Engagement Managers have or develop core expertise related to their practice group, Health Life Science in this case. They are responsible for acting as a key contact with senior level clients and delivering high quality work, for developing and capturing intellectual capital and for supporting new or expanded business opportunities. They manage client relationships and provide "thought leadership" and creativity. Internally Engagement Managers have the dual task of providing guidance and coverage for more junior consultants as well as insight and leverage for partners.

We welcome applicants with a proven track record of excellence. Successful applicants typically have previous experience in managing projects with tight deadlines, excelling within a team environment and establishing and maintaining strong business relationships

Desired Skills and Experience

Just as every client project is different, so we recognize and value the diversity of backgrounds and skill sets for successful Associate candidates. We are seeking high-caliber individuals who want to join our winning team. Preference will be given to candidates with:

• 7+ years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm (or other similar organizations);
• Prior experience in health-related topics
• Track record of leading and managing teams, and delivering against tight deadlines in fast-paced, demanding environments
• Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills
• MD and/or other clinical degree a plus, but not a requirement
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program
• Willingness to travel
• Fluency in English

OUR VALUES & CULTURE

We're serious about making OW a rewarding, progressive, enjoyable and balanced place to work.

• Self starters and free thinkers who work well in a team

We are individuals who are self starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do

• Common aspiration, collective endeavour, shared success

We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us

• Straightforward, open, respectful interaction

We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion

• Opportunity without artificial barriers

We value merit and believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity

• Balanced lives

We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm. We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business. We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons. We fundamentally value each other's time, and are sensitive to how it is used. We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people's personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable. We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.