As a member of the Marsh McLennan Global Early Careers Talent Development team, the regional Early Career Lead is responsible for designing and implementing a comprehensive early career program that ensures the success of our emerging talent in their current positions and equips them for bigger roles in the future. Working closely with the Talent Acquisition team, this role will establish a strong, diverse pipeline of early career talent that not only provides rewarding experience for young professionals but also contributes significantly to the growth and success of our organization.

This position will liaise with regional business leaders, talent acquisition teams, Talent Partners, learning specialists and People Partners to ensure regional early career talent requirements are meeting our evolving business needs, while also providing different experiences for colleagues.

This leader will play a crucial role by overseeing the end-to-end execution of the regional early career framework and program(s). This includes identifying the hiring needs of the business, collaborating with talent acquisition to develop diversity sourcing plans, ensuring successful onboarding and induction processes, conducting talent reviews, facilitating performance conversations, and providing support for development and growth opportunities.

The Early Career Lead is a recognized subject matter expert who will manage large-scale projects or processes and solve complex problems. This role will manage junior team members in effective and efficient completion of tasks to encourage career development and growth. The Early Career Lead will always aim to leverage centralized content and only develop content that can be further deployed as we seek to leverage best-practice and scale.

The Early Career Lead will report to the Global Early Careers Development Leader. They will be a key contributor as we seek to drive greater consistency and collaboration and adopt a “One Marsh McLennan” approach. 

Talent Development Center of Expertise

The Talent & Inclusion Center of Expertise (COE) collaborates with the other teams in our people function to deliver core people services and programs that enable colleague development and engagement.  The COE provides strategy, design, and subject matter expertise to the organization on talent management, learning, leadership, performance, diversity, inclusion, social impact and colleague experience drivers, ensuring alignment between people and business strategies.  The COE implements programs that are simple and user-focused in a fast-moving environment. 

MMC is committed to building an organization that is flatter, faster and more creative, with collaboration at the center.  The ideal candidate will be 1) excited by this mandate and its implications and 2) eager to be part of a highly collaborative team focused on executing with speed, simplicity and excellence.  

We will count on you to:

Develop, execute and project manages end-to-end early career framework, programs and processes, including formal graduate, apprenticeship and/or intern programs as well as non-programmatic early career pipeline initiativesPlay a key role in customizing existing resources, developing new solutions to meet targeted group development needs working with agility.Engage end-users in the business, People Function and Finance in talent program design to ensure effective sourcing, placement, onboarding and delivery of program requirementsContinuously monitor the evolving technical and soft skills expected in the business. Drive rigor across all talent and learning processes (in partnership with relevant HR and business stakeholders) for early career colleagues. Including: assessment and selection, onboarding, talent review, succession planning, learning and development, career map development, and job mobility / promotion.May lead transformation initiatives including but not limited to program redesigns and execution.May facilitate large or complex training sessions, meetings, focus groups, and interviews to support early career efforts as required.Build trusted relationships by being the link between business leaders, early career talent acquisition and the key stakeholders within the People Function and the Business; secures executive engagement and participation in early career programming elements and sponsorship.Collaborate with Regional Sr. Talent Partner and People Partners to deliver executive level summary updates, presentations, and supporting data.Ensure programs and initiatives are effectively communicated and implemented, leveraging technology to enable scale and access and measurement.Drive for enterprise-wide standardization of talent programs, while allowing for region/business-specific nuances where necessary.May guide a team in project managing talent and learning programs, initiatives, tools, and processes.Leverage expert technical knowledge in industry trends, learning and development, and talent/performance management best-practices to design large-scale programs, tools, and processes.Ensure all development programs and initiatives are aligned to agreed relevant schedule, budget and objectives.Manage vendor relationships and surfaces new opportunities and vendors to integrate tools and innovative platforms into existing programs and initiatives.Implement appropriate metrics and parameters involved with assessing program effectiveness and recommend improvements and enhancements to close gaps and improve results.

What you need to have:  

A Bachelor’s DegreeA minimum of 5 years of early careers talent development experience

What makes you stand out:

Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills and can inspire others (with direct and indirect accountability) into action.Subject matter expert in designing and leading talent/learning development and/or experience interventions, pathways and programs with a focus on ensuring an excellent colleague experience that is relevant across businesses, ideally with expertise in the emerging talent population. Experience in a global matrixed organization; preferably a professional services firm would be highly desired

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 impact for 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.

The applicable base salary range for this role is $100,700 to $210,000.

The base pay offered will be determined on factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and any applicable minimum wage requirements. Decisions will be determined on a case-by-case basis. In addition to the base salary, this position may be eligible for performance-based incentives.

We are excited to offer a competitive total rewards package which includes health and welfare benefits, tuition assistance, 401K savings and other retirement programs as well as employee assistance programs.

Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC) 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 marshmclennan.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, veteran status (including protected veterans), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.

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.