Senior Partner – Capital and Deals — Commercial-Vehicle Platform

The mandate

Customer and operating evidence now point to demand for sector-specific capital and transaction advice across the region within a privately held integrated automotive and components manufacturer. The immediate arena is the commercial-vehicle platform during a software-defined vehicle transition. For mandate 288, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals operating perimeter covers approximately SEK 9,250 million in regional revenue and programme portfolio, with activity spanning several commercial-vehicle platform customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals Automotive remit carries direct influence over roughly 650 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Senior Partner – Capital and Deals who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the commercial-vehicle platform. The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals Automotive seat must resolve a software-defined vehicle transition, while preserving the underlying strengths of the commercial-vehicle platform. For mandate 288, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s first year on the commercial-vehicle platform is expected to end with board access, deal conversion and post-deal value capture. In mandate 288, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals — Commercial-Vehicle Platform requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after a software-defined vehicle transition created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the commercial-vehicle platform. Interim coverage protects essential decisions, but split ownership cannot continue through the next operating gate. The board intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 4–6 weeks while preserving confidential, evidence-led diligence.

What you will own

• Set the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals value-creation thesis for the commercial-vehicle platform, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately SEK 9,250 million in regional revenue and programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals Automotive organisation of about 650 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the commercial-vehicle platform economics and execution constraints created by a software-defined vehicle transition, with Senior Partner – Capital and Deals-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Senior Partner – Capital and Deals operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the commercial-vehicle platform; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have originated and led board-sponsored work whose benefits survived beyond the engagement team’s departure in mandate 288.
• Build the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s three-year succession and capability plan for the commercial-vehicle platform, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Automotive organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the commercial-vehicle platform baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to demand for sector-specific capital and transaction advice across the region, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Senior Partner – Capital and Deals portfolio and organisation choices for the commercial-vehicle platform, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable commercial-vehicle platform trend against board access, deal conversion and post-deal value capture, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s agreed first-year commercial-vehicle platform value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Senior Partner – Capital and Deals forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the commercial-vehicle platform’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals mandate’s highest-priority commercial-vehicle platform risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical commercial-vehicle platform talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s direct reports.
• A quantified Senior Partner – Capital and Deals-owned improvement in the commercial-vehicle platform operating constraint behind a software-defined vehicle transition, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 288: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a Senior Partner, Deals Leader or Investment Committee adviser in a privately held Automotive or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the commercial-vehicle platform, your Senior Partner – Capital and Deals track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from automotive, industrial manufacturing, mobility, components or engineering services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Senior Partner – Capital and Deals brief.

As a Senior Partner – Capital and Deals candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Automotive or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of SEK 5,350 million and led an organisation of at least 450 people. Advisory seats require equivalent commercial-vehicle platform client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 288, the board wants two transitions: a difficult commercial-vehicle platform portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a software-defined vehicle transition. As the prospective Senior Partner – Capital and Deals for this commercial-vehicle platform, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 288 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals must be based in Gothenburg; international relocation is supported, but this Automotive role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Senior Partner, Deals Leader or Investment Committee adviser, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Automotive governance forum.
• Proven Senior Partner – Capital and Deals ownership of at least SEK 5,350 million and leadership of no fewer than 450 employees in a comparable commercial-vehicle platform context.
• One completed Automotive or adjacent-sector example of demand for sector-specific capital and transaction advice across the region with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from automotive, industrial manufacturing, mobility, components or engineering services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Senior Partner – Capital and Deals-level commercial-vehicle platform consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Gothenburg location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 288.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Senior Partner – Capital and Deals package is SEK 2.8–3.8 million base + annual incentive, calibrated to the final commercial-vehicle platform scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 288 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals appointment in Gothenburg, centred on the commercial-vehicle platform, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A structured client and conflict transition of up to 6 months can be accommodated for mandate 288.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 288. Identifying information will follow only when both sides elect to proceed under confidentiality; nothing in the published mandate should be treated as a clue to ownership or brand for mandate 288.