Regional Chief Human Resources Officer — Mixed-Signal Portfolio

The mandate

A change in the economics of the sector has made urgent a regional operating-model shift requiring new leadership and workforce choices within a listed fabless, foundry or semiconductor-systems enterprise. The immediate arena is the mixed-signal portfolio during a product-roadmap transition. For mandate 525, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Regional Chief Human Resources Officer operating perimeter covers approximately US$6,150 million in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, with activity spanning several mixed-signal portfolio customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Regional Chief Human Resources Officer Semiconductor remit carries direct influence over roughly 525 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Regional Chief Human Resources Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the mixed-signal portfolio. The Regional Chief Human Resources Officer Semiconductor seat must resolve a product-roadmap transition, while preserving the underlying strengths of the mixed-signal portfolio. For mandate 525, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Regional Chief Human Resources Officer’s first year on the mixed-signal portfolio is expected to end with leadership supply, workforce affordability and consistent employee relations. In mandate 525, 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 Regional Chief Human Resources Officer — Mixed-Signal Portfolio seat. The incumbent continues to lead the mixed-signal portfolio 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-roadmap transition 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 Regional Chief Human Resources Officer value-creation thesis for the mixed-signal portfolio, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately US$6,150 million in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Regional Chief Human Resources Officer Semiconductor organisation of about 525 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the mixed-signal portfolio economics and execution constraints created by a product-roadmap transition, with Regional Chief Human Resources Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Regional Chief Human Resources Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the mixed-signal portfolio; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have changed an executive structure and workforce economics while sustaining critical talent and employee relations in mandate 525.
• Build the Regional Chief Human Resources Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the mixed-signal portfolio, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Semiconductor organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the mixed-signal portfolio baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to a regional operating-model shift requiring new leadership and workforce choices, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Regional Chief Human Resources Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the mixed-signal 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 mixed-signal portfolio trend against leadership supply, workforce affordability and consistent employee relations, 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 Regional Chief Human Resources Officer’s agreed first-year mixed-signal portfolio value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Regional Chief Human Resources Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the mixed-signal portfolio’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Regional Chief Human Resources Officer mandate’s highest-priority mixed-signal portfolio risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical mixed-signal portfolio talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Regional Chief Human Resources Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Regional Chief Human Resources Officer-owned improvement in the mixed-signal portfolio operating constraint behind a product-roadmap transition, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 525: 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 Regional CHRO, People Director or Business HR Vice President in a listed Semiconductor or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the mixed-signal portfolio, your Regional Chief Human Resources Officer track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Regional Chief Human Resources Officer brief.

As a Regional Chief Human Resources Officer candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Semiconductor or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 18-22 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of US$3,550 million and led an organisation of at least 375 people.

For mandate 525, the board wants two transitions: a difficult mixed-signal portfolio portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a product-roadmap transition. As the prospective Regional Chief Human Resources Officer for this mixed-signal portfolio, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 525 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Regional Chief Human Resources Officer must be based in San Jose; international relocation is supported, but this Semiconductor role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Regional CHRO, People Director or Business HR Vice President, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Semiconductor governance forum.
• Proven Regional Chief Human Resources Officer ownership of at least US$3,550 million and leadership of no fewer than 375 employees in a comparable mixed-signal portfolio context.
• One completed Semiconductor or adjacent-sector example of a regional operating-model shift requiring new leadership and workforce choices with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Regional Chief Human Resources Officer-level mixed-signal portfolio consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the San Jose location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 525.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Regional Chief Human Resources Officer package is US$320,000–420,000 base + annual incentive, calibrated to the final mixed-signal portfolio scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 525 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Regional Chief Human Resources Officer appointment in San Jose, centred on the mixed-signal portfolio, offers regular exposure to the board and its investment committee. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 525.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 525. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 525.