EVP – Strategy and Portfolio — Data-Products Franchise

The mandate

The enterprise is entering a phase in which leadership must resolve portfolio choices that have remained unresolved across planning cycles within a privately held enterprise technology and digital-products group. The immediate arena is the data-products franchise during a platform reliability gap. For mandate 106, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – Strategy and Portfolio operating perimeter covers approximately ₹1,800 crore in annual recurring revenue portfolio, with activity spanning several data-products franchise customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Strategy and Portfolio Technology remit carries direct influence over roughly 875 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a EVP – Strategy and Portfolio who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the data-products franchise. The EVP – Strategy and Portfolio Technology seat must resolve a platform reliability gap, while preserving the underlying strengths of the data-products franchise. For mandate 106, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – Strategy and Portfolio’s first year on the data-products franchise is expected to end with decisive capital allocation and a sequenced growth agenda. In mandate 106, 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 EVP – Strategy and Portfolio — Data-Products Franchise seat, established because a platform reliability gap 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 data-products franchise, 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 EVP – Strategy and Portfolio value-creation thesis for the data-products franchise, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹1,800 crore in annual recurring revenue portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Strategy and Portfolio Technology organisation of about 875 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the data-products franchise economics and execution constraints created by a platform reliability gap, with EVP – Strategy and Portfolio-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – Strategy and Portfolio operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the data-products franchise; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 106.
• Build the EVP – Strategy and Portfolio’s three-year succession and capability plan for the data-products franchise, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Technology organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the data-products franchise baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to portfolio choices that have remained unresolved across planning cycles, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal EVP – Strategy and Portfolio portfolio and organisation choices for the data-products franchise, 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 data-products franchise trend against decisive capital allocation and a sequenced growth agenda, 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 EVP – Strategy and Portfolio’s agreed first-year data-products franchise value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – Strategy and Portfolio forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the data-products franchise’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Strategy and Portfolio mandate’s highest-priority data-products franchise risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical data-products franchise talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – Strategy and Portfolio’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – Strategy and Portfolio-owned improvement in the data-products franchise operating constraint behind a platform reliability gap, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 106: 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 EVP Strategy, Chief Strategy Officer or Portfolio Head in a privately held Technology or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the data-products franchise, your EVP – Strategy and Portfolio 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 EVP – Strategy and Portfolio brief.

As a EVP – Strategy and Portfolio candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Technology or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of ₹1,050 crore and led an organisation of at least 625 people.

For mandate 106, the board wants two transitions: a difficult data-products franchise portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a platform reliability gap. As the prospective EVP – Strategy and Portfolio for this data-products franchise, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 106 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Strategy and Portfolio 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 EVP Strategy, Chief Strategy Officer or Portfolio Head, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Technology governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Strategy and Portfolio ownership of at least ₹1,050 crore and leadership of no fewer than 625 employees in a comparable data-products franchise context.
• One completed Technology or adjacent-sector example of portfolio choices that have remained unresolved across planning cycles 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 EVP – Strategy and Portfolio-level data-products franchise consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Bengaluru location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 106.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Strategy and Portfolio package is ₹2.2–3.0 crore fixed + performance variable, calibrated to the final data-products franchise scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 106 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Strategy and Portfolio appointment in Bengaluru, centred on the data-products franchise, 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 106.

Confidentiality

The organisation will be identified only after reciprocal interest and a confidentiality undertaking for mandate 106. The market, scale and situation in this brief are intentionally composite and are not a coded description of a named enterprise for mandate 106.