SVP – Digital Platforms — Gas And LNG Business

The mandate

The chair and executive committee are aligned that the immediate priority is fragmented digital platforms constraining customer and employee journeys within a listed integrated energy producer and services platform. The immediate arena is the gas and LNG business during an asset-integrity programme. For mandate 359, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The SVP – Digital Platforms operating perimeter covers approximately ₹33,850 crore in operated asset and trading portfolio, with activity spanning several gas and LNG business customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The SVP – Digital Platforms Oil & Energy remit carries direct influence over roughly 575 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a SVP – Digital Platforms who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the gas and LNG business. The SVP – Digital Platforms Oil & Energy seat must resolve an asset-integrity programme, while preserving the underlying strengths of the gas and LNG business. For mandate 359, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The SVP – Digital Platforms’s first year on the gas and LNG business is expected to end with platform adoption, reliability and measurable process simplification. In mandate 359, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

The SVP – Digital Platforms — Gas And LNG Business requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after an asset-integrity programme created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the gas and lng business. 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 SVP – Digital Platforms value-creation thesis for the gas and LNG business, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹33,850 crore in operated asset and trading portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the SVP – Digital Platforms Oil & Energy organisation of about 575 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the gas and LNG business economics and execution constraints created by an asset-integrity programme, with SVP – Digital Platforms-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one SVP – Digital Platforms operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the gas and LNG business; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Show end-to-end ownership of a material platform or value stream, including budget, talent and measurable operating outcomes in mandate 359.
• Build the SVP – Digital Platforms’s three-year succession and capability plan for the gas and LNG business, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Oil & Energy organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the gas and LNG business baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to fragmented digital platforms constraining customer and employee journeys, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal SVP – Digital Platforms portfolio and organisation choices for the gas and LNG business, 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 gas and LNG business trend against platform adoption, reliability and measurable process simplification, 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 SVP – Digital Platforms’s agreed first-year gas and LNG business value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A SVP – Digital Platforms forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the gas and LNG business’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the SVP – Digital Platforms mandate’s highest-priority gas and LNG business risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical gas and LNG business talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the SVP – Digital Platforms’s direct reports.
• A quantified SVP – Digital Platforms-owned improvement in the gas and LNG business operating constraint behind an asset-integrity programme, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 359: 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 SVP Digital, Platform Head or Technology Transformation Leader in a listed Oil & Energy or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the gas and LNG business, your SVP – Digital Platforms track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from energy, oil and gas, utilities, chemicals, renewables or industrial services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this SVP – Digital Platforms brief.

As a SVP – Digital Platforms candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Oil & Energy 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 ₹19,650 crore and led an organisation of at least 400 people.

For mandate 359, the board wants two transitions: a difficult gas and LNG business portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during an asset-integrity programme. As the prospective SVP – Digital Platforms for this gas and LNG business, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 359 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The SVP – Digital Platforms role in Oil & Energy is based in Chennai; 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 SVP Digital, Platform Head or Technology Transformation Leader, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Oil & Energy governance forum.
• Proven SVP – Digital Platforms ownership of at least ₹19,650 crore and leadership of no fewer than 400 employees in a comparable gas and LNG business context.
• One completed Oil & Energy or adjacent-sector example of fragmented digital platforms constraining customer and employee journeys with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from energy, oil and gas, utilities, chemicals, renewables or industrial services; experience that is purely functional and lacks SVP – Digital Platforms-level gas and LNG business consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Chennai location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 359.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated SVP – Digital Platforms package is ₹2.2–3.0 crore fixed + performance variable, calibrated to the final gas and LNG business scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 359 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The SVP – Digital Platforms appointment in Chennai, centred on the gas and LNG business, 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 359.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 359. They will be shared with qualified candidates under a mutual undertaking, and the composite facts here must not be reverse-engineered or circulated for mandate 359.