People Strategy Consultant (18 months contract with option to extend)

Company:

Mercer

Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated and collaborative consulting professional to join our European Consulting Team as a People Strategy Consultant.

In this role, you will contribute to strategic HR consulting projects for global organizations and our Marsh partners across Europe, working on a broad range of talent, rewards and organization design related initiatives.

Depending on your experience, the role will cover the full consulting project lifecycle or selected stages of it, including: identifying and developing project opportunities, preparing and presenting proposals, and executing projects directly with Clients. You are going to collaborate with representatives of international organizations with headquarters across Europe or subsidiaries of global businesses. You will work closely with our colleagues across the region and receive support from our global network of specialists.

This role is based in Warsaw, Poland, and offered as a hybrid position.

We will count on you to:

• Drive consulting projects across talent, rewards, and organization design topics.

• Consult Clients on developing and implementing people and rewards related strategies.

• Prepare high-quality Client presentations, reports, and workshop materials.

• Conduct research, analysis, and benchmarking to generate clear and actionable insights.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with our Clients and internal stakeholders.

• Coordinate and support project delivery across multiple workstreams and geographies.

• Identify opportunities to deepen Client relationships and support business growth.

• Collaborate effectively with cross-European teams and the Warsaw hub to deliver projects end to end.

What you need to have:

• A strong consulting background, ideally gained in consulting, professional services, or a strategic in-house advisory environment.

• 4+ years of relevant experience in consulting, HR advisory, people strategy, or a related field.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex information into concise recommendations.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and Client-facing skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and collaborate effectively across international teams.

• Fluent English, both written and spoken.

What makes you stand out:

• Experience advising Clients on broader talent strategy, rewards, organization design, HR transformation, or related consulting areas.

• A commercial mindset and confidence in working with senior stakeholders.

• Experience managing projects end-to-end and coordinating across multiple teams.

• Strong data skills and the ability to turn insights into practical business recommendations.

• Proficiency in another European language, would be an advantage.

• Experience working in international and multicultural environments.

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.

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.