Managing Director – India Platform — Packaging And Test Network

The mandate

The board has concluded that incremental adjustment will not resolve a mandate to combine previously separate India businesses within a institutionally backed fabless, foundry or semiconductor-systems enterprise. The immediate arena is the packaging and test network during a yield and ramp challenge. For mandate 511, 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 ₹9,750 crore in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, with activity spanning several packaging and test network customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Director – India Platform Semiconductor remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,500 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 packaging and test network. The Managing Director – India Platform Semiconductor seat must resolve a yield and ramp challenge, while preserving the underlying strengths of the packaging and test network. For mandate 511, 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 packaging and test network is expected to end with one country plan, integrated governance and profitable scale. In mandate 511, 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 Managing Director – India Platform — Packaging And Test Network seat, established because a yield and ramp challenge 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 packaging and test network, 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 Managing Director – India Platform value-creation thesis for the packaging and test network, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹9,750 crore in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Director – India Platform Semiconductor organisation of about 1,500 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the packaging and test network economics and execution constraints created by a yield and ramp challenge, 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 packaging and test network; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have led a country, division or operating entity with direct commercial, people and governance accountability in mandate 511.
• Build the Managing Director – India Platform’s three-year succession and capability plan for the packaging and test network, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Semiconductor organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the packaging and test network 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 packaging and test network, 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 packaging and test network 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 packaging and test network 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 packaging and test network’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Managing Director – India Platform mandate’s highest-priority packaging and test network risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical packaging and test network 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 packaging and test network operating constraint behind a yield and ramp challenge, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 511: 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 Semiconductor or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the packaging and test network, 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 semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering 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 Semiconductor 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 ₹5,650 crore and led an organisation of at least 1,050 people.

For mandate 511, the board wants two transitions: a difficult packaging and test network portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a yield and ramp challenge. As the prospective Managing Director – India Platform for this packaging and test network, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 511 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Director – India Platform role in Semiconductor 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 Semiconductor governance forum.
• Proven Managing Director – India Platform ownership of at least ₹5,650 crore and leadership of no fewer than 1,050 employees in a comparable packaging and test network context.
• One completed Semiconductor 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 semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Managing Director – India Platform-level packaging and test network consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Bengaluru location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 511.

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 packaging and test network scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 511 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Director – India Platform appointment in Bengaluru, centred on the packaging and test network, 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 511.

Confidentiality

The organisation will be identified only after reciprocal interest and a confidentiality undertaking for mandate 511. The market, scale and situation in this brief are intentionally composite and are not a coded description of a named enterprise for mandate 511.