Managing Director – India Platform — Managed-Services Unit

The mandate

The board has concluded that incremental adjustment will not resolve a mandate to combine previously separate India businesses within a institutionally backed enterprise technology and digital-products group. The immediate arena is the managed-services unit during a product-line consolidation. For mandate 111, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Managing Director – India Platform operating perimeter covers approximately ₹2,300 crore in annual recurring revenue portfolio, with activity spanning several managed-services unit customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Director – India Platform Technology remit carries direct influence over roughly 800 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Managing Director – India Platform who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the managed-services unit. The Managing Director – India Platform Technology seat must resolve a product-line consolidation, while preserving the underlying strengths of the managed-services unit. For mandate 111, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Managing Director – India Platform’s first year on the managed-services unit is expected to end with one country plan, integrated governance and profitable scale. In mandate 111, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a planned replacement for the Managing Director – India Platform — Managed-Services Unit seat. The incumbent continues to lead the managed-services unit through an agreed succession period and will support a structured handover. The board has allowed 4–6 months to assess candidates, complete diligence and protect continuity while a product-line consolidation is addressed. The search is confidential so the transition can be communicated to employees, customers and partners in a controlled sequence.

What you will own

• Set the Managing Director – India Platform value-creation thesis for the managed-services unit, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹2,300 crore in annual recurring revenue portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Director – India Platform Technology organisation of about 800 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the managed-services unit economics and execution constraints created by a product-line consolidation, with Managing Director – India Platform-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Managing Director – India Platform operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the managed-services unit; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have led a country, division or operating entity with direct commercial, people and governance accountability in mandate 111.
• Build the Managing Director – India Platform’s three-year succession and capability plan for the managed-services unit, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Technology organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the managed-services unit baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to a mandate to combine previously separate India businesses, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Managing Director – India Platform portfolio and organisation choices for the managed-services unit, 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 managed-services unit trend against one country plan, integrated governance and profitable scale, 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 Managing Director – India Platform’s agreed first-year managed-services unit value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Managing Director – India Platform forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the managed-services unit’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Managing Director – India Platform mandate’s highest-priority managed-services unit risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical managed-services unit talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Managing Director – India Platform’s direct reports.
• A quantified Managing Director – India Platform-owned improvement in the managed-services unit operating constraint behind a product-line consolidation, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 111: 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 Country MD, India CEO or Regional Business President in a institutionally backed Technology or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the managed-services unit, your Managing Director – India Platform track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from software, cloud services, digital platforms, IT services or technology-enabled business services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Managing Director – India Platform brief.

As a Managing Director – India Platform candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Technology 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 ₹1,350 crore and led an organisation of at least 700 people.

For mandate 111, the board wants two transitions: a difficult managed-services unit portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a product-line consolidation. As the prospective Managing Director – India Platform for this managed-services unit, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 111 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Director – India Platform role in Technology is based in Bengaluru; 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 Country MD, India CEO or Regional Business President, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Technology governance forum.
• Proven Managing Director – India Platform ownership of at least ₹1,350 crore and leadership of no fewer than 700 employees in a comparable managed-services unit context.
• One completed Technology or adjacent-sector example of a mandate to combine previously separate India businesses with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from software, cloud services, digital platforms, IT services or technology-enabled business services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Managing Director – India Platform-level managed-services unit consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Bengaluru location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 111.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Managing Director – India Platform package is ₹5.0–7.5 crore fixed + performance variable and LTI, calibrated to the final managed-services unit scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 111 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Director – India Platform appointment in Bengaluru, centred on the managed-services unit, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 111.

Confidentiality

The organisation will be identified only after reciprocal interest and a confidentiality undertaking for mandate 111. The market, scale and situation in this brief are intentionally composite and are not a coded description of a named enterprise for mandate 111.