Manager - Orphoz
McKinsey & Company · Helsinki, Finland · 2d ago
ManagerOn-siteStrategy & Management Consulting
Who you'll work with
Driving lasting impact and building long-term capabilities with our clients is not easy work. You are the kind of person who thrives in a high performance/high reward culture - doing hard things, picking yourself up when you stumble, and having the resilience to try another way forward.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we'll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities you need to become a stronger leader faster than you ever thought possible. Your colleagues—at all levels—will invest deeply in your development, just as much as they invest in delivering exceptional results for clients. Every day, you'll receive apprenticeship, coaching, and exposure that will accelerate your growth in ways you won’t find anywhere else.
When you join us, you will have:
- Continuous learning: Our learning and apprenticeship culture, backed by structured programs, is all about helping you grow while creating an environment where feedback is clear, actionable, and focused on your development. The real magic happens when you take the input from others to heart and embrace the fast-paced learning experience, owning your journey.
- A voice that matters: From day one, we value your ideas and contributions. You’ll make a tangible impact by offering innovative ideas and practical solutions, all while upholding our unwavering commitment to ethics and integrity. We not only encourage diverse perspectives, but they are critical in driving us toward the best possible outcomes.
- Global community: With colleagues across 65+ countries and over 100 different nationalities, our firm’s diversity fuels creativity and helps us come up with the best solutions for our clients. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from exceptional colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- World-class benefits: On top of a competitive salary (based on your location, experience, and skills), we provide a comprehensive benefits package to enable holistic well-being for you and your family.
What you'll do
You will drive transformations through governance and execution, including setting up and operationalising Transformation Offices, defining structures, governance, and performance cadence to drive accountability and measurable impact.
You will lead workstream delivery jointly with the client organization, taking full ownership of delivery across defined workstreams. You will set up transformations and actively push workstreams, translating strategic ambitions into concrete initiatives, milestones, and KPIs that drive focus, accountability, and results.
You will unlock value at scale by identifying, prioritizing, and delivering performance levers across areas such as cost, productivity, procurement, working capital, and growth. You will strengthen financial performance by embedding disciplined execution and practical operating mechanisms that sustain impact over time.
You will mobilize leadership and teams by coaching executives, enabling ownership, and building transformation capabilities across client organizations to ensure change endures. You will collaborate closely across McKinsey, working with strategists, functional experts, and digital specialists to connect insight with execution and deliver tangible business outcomes.
You will be based in Helsinki, with hybrid flexibility and travel as required. Engagement rhythm is typically Monday–Thursday on-site or hybrid, with Fridays focused on firm building and development. You will work in small, high‑trust teams (3–5 colleagues), integrated with McKinsey partners and experts.
Orphoz is a distinct practice within McKinsey focused on transformation execution and value creation—turning strategy into results. We stay through delivery, partnering with clients until impact is achieved and embedded. We are a global community of 500+ transformation professionals across McKinsey, with 250+ Orphoz colleagues across 13 European countries.
Your background
- Master’s degree from a broad range of academic fields, with a strong academic record.
- 5+ years’ experience delivering complex transformation or performance improvement programmes that drive measurable business and financial impact.
- Proven ability to lead workstreams or project modules independently, from planning through execution to impact delivery, including running Transformation Offices with governance, performance tracking, and leadership cadence.
- Proven experience managing and mentoring team members.
- Experience in management or strategy consulting, with exposure to one or more industries such as Mining, Energy & Utilities (GEM), AI / Advanced Industries (including digital, AI, and automation), TMT, or Financial Services preferred.
- Strong influencing skills with senior stakeholders; ability to deliver in complex, fast-paced environments.
- Structured problem-solving with strong analytical and communication skills.
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; ability to turn analysis into action.
- Functional experience with AI-related solutions (e.g., analytics, automation, AI-enabled tools) is highly desirable.
- Entrepreneurial, resilient, and proactive; thrives under pressure and ambiguity.
- Deep functional experience in one or more value-creation areas (e.g., operating-model redesign, working-capital optimization, procurement excellence, productivity improvement, or broader P&L transformation).
- C1-level language skills in English are required; native-level language skills in Finnish or other Nordic languages are highly advantageous