Job Description

Company:

Mercer

We are seeking a talented individual for HR Consulting Project Manager (Talent / Cross-border M&A) position at Mercer. This role will be based in Korea.

We help clients transform business performance through people, organization, and culture. We are looking for a Project Manager who can lead end-to-end HR consulting delivery across the Talent spectrum, supported by strong analytical rigor, structured problem solving, and stakeholder leadership.

We will count on you to:

Project Leadership & Delivery

• Lead end-to-end HR consulting projects: diagnosis → solution design → implementation roadmap → change enablement

• Own project workplan, risks/issues, and delivery quality; ensure outcomes are on time, on budget, and high quality

• Lead and coach consultants/analysts; review deliverables for analytical rigor, consistency, and story-lining

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Partner with senior stakeholders across HR/Business/Finance/Legal to drive alignment and decisions

• Produce executive-ready deliverables with clear logic, quantified insights, and actionable recommendations

Cross-border M&A People Agenda

• Support cross-border HR due diligence and post-merger integration/stand-up projects

• Deliver multi-country people workstream outputs, such as:

  • People risk assessment and Retention strategy

  • Compensation and equity harmonization

  • Organization and workforce integration approach

  • Employee communications and change enablement across geographies

Talent

Support clients on HR transformation topics including:

• Leadership assessment

• Workforce Planning

• Recruiting process and policy design

• HR operating model & service delivery

• Organization design & operating model

• Culture & change management

Business Development (Nice-to-have)

• Contribute to proposals, client pursuit activities (not required, but valued)

What you need to have:

• 8–15 years of relevant experience in HR consulting or in-house HR in a project-driven environment

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects with multiple stakeholders and deliver high-quality client outputs

• Strong structured problem solving, synthesis, and analytical skills (quantitative orientation preferred)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in large enterprises or technology companies

  • STEM background preferred (Engineering / Mathematics / Statistics) with strong analytical orientation

  • Licensed labor attorney (노무사) preferred

What makes you stand out?

• Hypothesis-driven consulting mindset with strong story lining and executive presence

• Proven stakeholder leadership across complex, cross-functional environments

• Ability to translate analysis into implementable plans (operating model, governance, adoption plan)

• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to drive decisions in fast-moving contexts (including cross-border settings)

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.