Associate Principal - Talent & Transformation

Company:

Mercer

Description:

Associate Principal - Talent & Transformation

Mercer Talent Solutions business: Mercer Singapore’s Talent Solutions business helps clients navigate the Future of Work. With the strongest Workforce Products & Insights database the market, we bring Reward and Talent expertise together to improve the way work works – from organization design, to strategic workforce planning, to identifying future work, skills needed, skill-gaps, action plans for transformation, to performance and total rewards.

We will count on you to:

• Lead, direct and guide consulting engagements by providing appropriate guidance to project teams to deliver client value

• Manage projects end-to-end from deconstructing the problem statement to shaping the project delivery approach, methodology and solutioning

• Manage projects to time, quality, budget while building team skills

• Independently facilitate client meetings/communications and act as a trusted advisor to clients

• Anticipate potential risks and roadblocks, propose solutions and engaging relevant stakeholders for escalation as required

• Lead the development and review of client ready reports/analysis, with minimal guidance

• Lead business development efforts including the generation of leads and engagement with prospects, build a strong and sustainable business development pipeline

• Lead proposal shaping, solution design fit to client needs and nurture upselling/ cross-selling client opportunities

• Coach, guide and mentor junior team members, including playing a people management role for junior colleagues

What you need to have:

• Prior HR consulting across various HR domains such as workforce transformation, talent management, assessments, organizational development, skills and capabilities, employee experience and culture

• Thrive in problem-solving, shaping solutions, understanding and solving for client needs

• Champion change management efforts for strengthening Mercer’s overall business and financial performance

• Ability to engage internal and external stakeholders across all levels and interact with multiple teams

• Strong analytical, project management and problem-solving skills

• Highly organized with keen attention to detail

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint)

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 work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact on colleagues, clients, and communities.

• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer 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 about Mercer, visit mercer.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.