Oliver Wyman – Senior Recruiter – Tokyo (12 months’ contract, convertible to permanent)

Company:Oliver Wyman

Description:

About Oliver Wyman

Oliver Wyman, a Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) business 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’s thought leadership is evident in our agenda-setting books, white papers, research reports, and articles in the business press.  Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top Global 1000 companies.

Visit our website for more details about Oliver Wyman: www.oliverwyman.com 

Job Overview

As a Senior Recruiter, you will play a key role in attracting, engaging, and hiring top talent across Oliver Wyman Japan, leading hiring needs from entry-level and experienced professionals to Partners and support functions. You will partner closely with business leaders to develop sourcing strategies, deliver an exceptional candidate experience, and strengthen Oliver Wyman's employer brand in the market.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and manage the full recruitment lifecycle across Entry-level, Experienced Hire, Partner, and Support Professional roles, from sourcing through offer and onboarding.

• Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to develop and execute effective hiring/ attraction strategies aligned with business needs.

• Proactively lead campus recruiting initiatives for both domestic and international universities, including talent attraction strategies, campus and candidate engagement, recruitment events’ planning, networking, internship programs and interview coordination.

• Build and expand relationships with universities, career centers, student organizations, and external partners to strengthen Oliver Wyman's talent pipeline, including identifying new sourcing channels and recruiting platforms.

• Lead the sourcing and engagement of  high-quality candidates using market mapping, networking, LinkedIn, Bizreach, Gaishishukatsu,  referrals, search firms, and other sourcing channels.

• Lead and deliver an outstanding candidate experience through proactive communication, interview coordination, and effective stakeholder management.

• Lead and  drive continuous improvement of recruiting processes, assessment methodologies, interview frameworks, and selection criteria to enhance efficiency, consistency, and candidate experience.

• Build and maintain talent pipelines and market intelligence to support current and future hiring needs.

• Propose solutions and promote diversity, equity and inclusion through targeted sourcing and hiring strategies.

• Manage recruiting data, reporting, and ATS (i.e. Workday) records to provide insights and support data-driven decision making.

• Manage  general Human Capital operations and projects, including onboarding, employee lifecycle activities, HR process improvements, reporting, and other people initiatives as required.

• Lead  recruiting best practices, employer branding initiatives, and strategic ad-hoc talent acquisition projects.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• 4 to 6 years of recruitment experience, ideally within professional services, consulting, financial services, executive search or multinational companies.

• Experience managing multiple hiring processes across a variety of functions and seniority levels

• Strong sourcing capabilities using LinkedIn Recruiter and other direct search techniques.

• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, networking, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to confidently represent Oliver Wyman externally and build strong partnerships with candidates, universities, and industry contacts through a variety of networking and recruiting events.

• An entrepreneurial, self-driven, and proactive mindset, with the ability to independently identify opportunities, build talent pipelines, and engage with candidates and external partners.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• A collaborative team player who works effectively across business functions and in a matrixed environment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; Japanese language proficiency is required

• Experience with Applicant Tracking Systems (e.g., Workday Recruiter) and proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

Why Join Oliver Wyman’s Human Capital Team?

• Be Part of Our Growth Journey: Join a growing Japan office with the opportunity to shape our recruitment strategy, build our employer brand, and play a key role in expanding the business and headcount.

• Make a Visible Impact: Take ownership of recruitment initiatives, work directly with business leaders, and help attract top talent that will shape the future of our Japan office.

• Collaborative & Inclusive Culture: Thrive in a flat, entrepreneurial, and supportive environment where ideas are valued, collaboration is encouraged, and everyone has the opportunity to make a difference.

• Leverage Global Strengths: Access the expertise, resources, and best practices of Oliver Wyman and Marsh while partnering with regional and global teams.

• Grow Your Career: Benefit from ongoing learning, mentorship, and development opportunities while building a rewarding career in talent acquisition within a leading global consulting firm.

• Kick-start your career with Oliver Wyman in a 12-month fixed-term role, with the opportunity to transition into a permanent position as our Japan office continues to grow.

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 creating 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, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh 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 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.