Joint Managing Director – Operations — Subscription-Mobility Portfolio

The mandate

A recent strategy review exposed succession into a split leadership model during a complex execution phase within a multinational-owned technology-enabled mobility and transport platform. The immediate arena is the subscription-mobility portfolio during a regulatory operating-model change. For mandate 412, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Joint Managing Director – Operations operating perimeter covers approximately ₹4,600 crore in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, with activity spanning several subscription-mobility portfolio customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Joint Managing Director – Operations Mobility remit carries direct influence over roughly 900 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a Joint Managing Director – Operations who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the subscription-mobility portfolio. The Joint Managing Director – Operations Mobility seat must resolve a regulatory operating-model change, while preserving the underlying strengths of the subscription-mobility portfolio. For mandate 412, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Joint Managing Director – Operations’s first year on the subscription-mobility portfolio is expected to end with delivery certainty, operating discipline and a credible succession bridge. In mandate 412, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a newly created Joint Managing Director – Operations — Subscription-Mobility Portfolio seat, established because a regulatory operating-model change now requires one accountable executive rather than distributed ownership. The board has classified the appointment as urgent and intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 6–8 weeks. Interim governance protects the subscription-mobility portfolio, but it is not a substitute for a permanent appointee. The external search remains confidential to avoid unnecessary disruption before the appointment is agreed.

What you will own

• Set the Joint Managing Director – Operations value-creation thesis for the subscription-mobility portfolio, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹4,600 crore in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Joint Managing Director – Operations Mobility organisation of about 900 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the subscription-mobility portfolio economics and execution constraints created by a regulatory operating-model change, with Joint Managing Director – Operations-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Joint Managing Director – Operations operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the subscription-mobility portfolio; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have led a country, division or operating entity with direct commercial, people and governance accountability in mandate 412.
• Build the Joint Managing Director – Operations’s three-year succession and capability plan for the subscription-mobility portfolio, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Mobility organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the subscription-mobility portfolio baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to succession into a split leadership model during a complex execution phase, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Joint Managing Director – Operations portfolio and organisation choices for the subscription-mobility portfolio, 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 subscription-mobility portfolio trend against delivery certainty, operating discipline and a credible succession bridge, 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 Joint Managing Director – Operations’s agreed first-year subscription-mobility portfolio value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Joint Managing Director – Operations forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the subscription-mobility portfolio’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Joint Managing Director – Operations mandate’s highest-priority subscription-mobility portfolio risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical subscription-mobility portfolio talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Joint Managing Director – Operations’s direct reports.
• A quantified Joint Managing Director – Operations-owned improvement in the subscription-mobility portfolio operating constraint behind a regulatory operating-model change, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 412: 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 Joint MD, COO, Executive Director or Business President in a multinational-owned Mobility or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the subscription-mobility portfolio, your Joint Managing Director – Operations track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from mobility, logistics, automotive, travel technology or consumer platforms will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Joint Managing Director – Operations brief.

As a Joint Managing Director – Operations candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Mobility or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 28-plus experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of ₹2,650 crore and led an organisation of at least 900 people.

For mandate 412, the board wants two transitions: a difficult subscription-mobility portfolio portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a regulatory operating-model change. As the prospective Joint Managing Director – Operations for this subscription-mobility portfolio, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 412 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Joint Managing Director – Operations role in Mobility is based in Gurugram; relocation is expected, although a structured weekly commute may be considered during the first quarter.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Joint MD, COO, Executive Director or Business President, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Mobility governance forum.
• Proven Joint Managing Director – Operations ownership of at least ₹2,650 crore and leadership of no fewer than 900 employees in a comparable subscription-mobility portfolio context.
• One completed Mobility or adjacent-sector example of succession into a split leadership model during a complex execution phase with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from mobility, logistics, automotive, travel technology or consumer platforms; experience that is purely functional and lacks Joint Managing Director – Operations-level subscription-mobility portfolio consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Gurugram location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 412.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Joint Managing Director – Operations package is ₹5.0–7.5 crore fixed + performance variable and LTI, calibrated to the final subscription-mobility portfolio scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 412 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Joint Managing Director – Operations appointment in Gurugram, centred on the subscription-mobility portfolio, offers regular exposure to the group board and the relevant risk and people committees. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 412.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 412. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 412.