Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.
As Senior Category Manager for Expert Network Services (ENS), you will lead one of the firm’s most strategically significant and highest-risk categories as part of the External Capabilities and Insights (eC&I) team.
ENS underpins thousands of client engagements annually by enabling distinctive expert discovery; connecting our teams with the right voices at the right moment to sharpen insights, accelerate problem solving, and elevate client impact.
You will be the firm’s owner for our ENS Category, accountable for setting a bold, multi-year strategy and ensuring its disciplined execution. This includes securing a robust governance model, embedding risk and compliance processes, and giving client teams the confidence to engage external experts quickly and safely. You will create a safe space for ENS-powered assets ensuring call transcripts, GenAI-enabled insights, and other outputs are developed and used in line with firm standards on IP, confidentiality, and data privacy.
At the same time, you will drive operational excellence, stronger automation, onboarding and payment controls, robust supplier KPIs, and strategic negotiations that enhance quality, resilience, and economics. You will also lead the firm’s engagement with our largest suppliers, shaping the roadmap, negotiating at scale, and unlocking new models for how McKinsey discovers and leverages experts globally. Your mandate is not only to manage ENS, but to reimagine how the firm accesses external expertise creating new pathways for speed, quality, and safe innovation.
The role demands visible leadership and convenorship across the firm. You will align Practice leaders, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Optimize around a unified agenda. You will set the drumbeat for category priorities, ensuring decisions move at pace, initiatives advance with urgency, and progress is tracked with rigor. By doing so, you will transform ENS into a strategically governed category that supports innovation while protecting the firm.
Beyond category leadership, you will invest in building the next generation of leaders within eC&I. You will serve as sponsor and mentor to colleagues, creating an apprenticeship culture that grows distinctive talent while modeling the judgment, stewardship, and inclusive leadership expected at this level. You will also act as a critical thought partner to the Global Director of eC&I, helping to shape priorities across service lines and contributing visibly to cross-firm initiatives.
This is a role where strategic judgment, convenorship, and execution converge: you will set direction, establish governance, and sustain the steady drumbeat of progress that defines how McKinsey discovers, scales, and safeguards expertise in an increasingly complex, fast-moving environment.
You are someone who thrives in a high-performance environment, bringing a growth mindset and entrepreneurial spirit to tackle meaningful challenges that have a real impact.
In return for your drive, determination, and curiosity, we’ll provide the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to help you quickly broaden your expertise, grow into a well-rounded professional, and contribute to work that truly makes a difference.
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FOR U.S. APPLICANTS: McKinsey & Company is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Certain US jurisdictions require McKinsey & Company to include a reasonable estimate of the salary for this role. For new joiners for this role in the United States, including all office locations where the job may be performed, a reasonable estimated range is $190,900 - $254,600 USD —to help you understand what you can expect. This reflects our best estimate of the lowest to highest [salary/hourly wages] for this role at the time of this posting, ensuring you have a clear picture right from the start, though it's important to remember that actual salaries may vary. Factors like your office location, your unique blend of experience and skills, start date and our current organizational needs all play a part in determining the final figure. Certain roles are also eligible for bonuses, subject to McKinsey's discretion and based on factors such as individual and/or organizational performance.
Additionally, we provide a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our commitment to the wellness of our colleagues and their families. This includes medical, mental health, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, a generous retirement contributions program, financial guidance, and paid time off.
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