Principal (m/f/d) — Strategic People & Organization Advisory, Europe

ppMarsh People and Investment is the world's most impactful HR consulting firm. We are looking for colleagues who combine individual excellence with genuine team play. Distributed across our European offices and working as one team, we deliver strategic people work for leading multinational organizations: workforce transformation, organizational transformation and design, HR transformation, talent, and rewards. We work side-by-side with our colleagues from Oliver Wyman delivering on joint strategic client engagements, and we build our project success on unmatched workforce data and AI-enabled ways of working. Demand for advisory-led, AI-enabled people work is accelerating across Europe — and this team is being built to capture it. /p pJoin our regional European People Advisory Group as a /p h3Principal (m/f/d) — Strategic People Organization Advisory, Europe /h3 h3As Principal, you own the answer. /h3 h3What you will own /h3 ul libEnd-to-end leadership of client engagements: /bscoping, workstream design, team leadership, quality of the analysis and delivery, and the final recommendation to senior client executives — measurable, sustainable impact is your definition of done. /li libA real seat at the table: /byou are the primary day-to-day counterpart for CHROs, transformation leaders, and their teams — building the trusted relationships from which the next mandate comes. /li libDelivery across the people agenda: /bworkforce transformation, organizational transformation and design, HR transformation, and complex talent and rewards mandates — anchored in one area, fluent across all of them. /li libThe commercial process, together with Partners: /byou shape proposals, follow-up on engagements, uncover opportunities and lead pursuits towards success – co-selling to our multinational client base alongside Partners at Marsh and Oliver Wyman. /li libTeam leadership and followership: /byou build and lead high-performing project teams across Europe, and you develop the consultants around you — apprenticeship on live work is how this team grows. /li libIntellectual capital and AI-enabled delivery: /byou create additive thought leadership, build reusable assets, and treat AI-enabled ways of working as the default -- not the experiment. /li /ul h3What you bring /h3 ul liSeveral years (typically 8+) of consulting experience in a dynamic and demanding environment— ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm or a leading people advisory practice — with a consistent record of high performance. /li liA track record of selling and leading client engagements end-to-end in fast-paced environments: projects you can point to with tangible client impact, delivered through teams you led. /li liCredibility with senior executives: you have presented to, challenged, and won the confidence of C-level stakeholders. /li liDepth in at least one of our fields — workforce transformation, organizational design and development, HR transformation and HR operating models, talent, or rewards — and genuine curiosity across the rest. /li liStructured, hypothesis-driven problem solving; outstanding written and verbal communication (in English); the craft to turn hundreds of pages of analysis into the one decision the client buys. /li liA mentor's instinct: role model and coach for developing talent, sparring partner for expert colleagues and clients. /li liWillingness for European travel during delivery peaks. /li liA completed university degree (e.g., business, economics, psychology, or a related field); an advanced degree is welcome. Fluent English is required; any further languages are a plus. /li /ul h3What we offer /h3 ul libA founding role. /bYou join at the start and help shape the team's methods, standards, and culture — with visibility to European and global practice leadership from day one. /li libWork that matters, at the top of the house. /bC-suite exposure on complex, high-stakes people mandates for Europe's most significant organizations. /li libThe Oliver Wyman connection. /bJoint pursuits and engagements with a leading strategy house within the same group — a connection no external alliance can match. /li libA consulting career built to last. /bThe intellectual intensity of top-tier consulting with a more sustainable rhythm — distributed working, European travel during delivery peaks, and a culture that expects excellence without exhaustion. /li libGrowth. /bStructured development (consulting and client-leadership programs), senior mentorship, and a transparent, merit-based progression — the natural preparation for the pathway towards Partner level. /li libFlexibility and security. /bMobile and flexible working, modern centrally-located offices, competitive compensation aligned to your market, and the benefits of a strong international group. /li libCulture. /bDEI at Marsh is lived practice, not a concept — we want everyone to feel at home here. /li /ul pThe role can be based in any of Marsh's European offices. /p pWhere required by local pay-transparency regulation, the salary range is stated in the market-specific posting. /p pMarsh (NYSE: MRSH) is 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 marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X. /p pMarsh 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. /p pMarsh 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. /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr