Gladwin InternationalConfidential mandate

Managing Partner – Value Creation — Fleet-Operations Network

Urgent / Replacement

Confidential Managing Partner – Value Creation seat addressing a post-merger platform integration for a technology-enabled mobility and transport platform in India.

The mandate

Following two years of uneven execution, the board is addressing expansion of a value-creation practice beyond founder-led delivery within a privately held technology-enabled mobility and transport platform. The immediate arena is the fleet-operations network during a post-merger platform integration. For mandate 414, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Managing Partner – Value Creation operating perimeter covers approximately ₹6,350 crore in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, with activity spanning several fleet-operations network customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Partner – Value Creation Mobility remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,150 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Managing Partner – Value Creation who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the fleet-operations network. The Managing Partner – Value Creation Mobility seat must resolve a post-merger platform integration, while preserving the underlying strengths of the fleet-operations network. For mandate 414, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Managing Partner – Value Creation’s first year on the fleet-operations network is expected to end with repeatable client impact, senior hiring and durable fee growth. In mandate 414, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is an urgent replacement for the Managing Partner – Value Creation — Fleet-Operations Network seat following an accelerated leadership transition. Interim accountability is in place for the fleet-operations network, but the board wants a permanent appointment within 6–8 weeks because a post-merger platform integration cannot remain under split ownership. The predecessor’s outcome is being handled neutrally and professionally. The external search remains confidential until the preferred candidate and transition plan are agreed.

What you will own

  • Set the Managing Partner – Value Creation value-creation thesis for the fleet-operations network, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
  • Carry stewardship of approximately ₹6,350 crore in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
  • Lead the Managing Partner – Value Creation Mobility organisation of about 1,150 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
  • Resolve the fleet-operations network economics and execution constraints created by a post-merger platform integration, with Managing Partner – Value Creation-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
  • Establish one Managing Partner – Value Creation operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the fleet-operations network; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
  • Bring a verifiable book of trusted board relationships and evidence of building partner economics beyond personal billings in mandate 414.
  • Build the Managing Partner – Value Creation’s three-year succession and capability plan for the fleet-operations network, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Mobility organisation.

The first 12 months

  • Days 1–90: Validate the fleet-operations network baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to expansion of a value-creation practice beyond founder-led delivery, 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 Partner – Value Creation portfolio and organisation choices for the fleet-operations 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 fleet-operations network trend against repeatable client impact, senior hiring and durable fee growth, 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 Partner – Value Creation’s agreed first-year fleet-operations network value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
  • A Managing Partner – Value Creation forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the fleet-operations network’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
  • Closure of the Managing Partner – Value Creation mandate’s highest-priority fleet-operations network risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
  • Retention of at least 90% of critical fleet-operations network talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Managing Partner – Value Creation’s direct reports.
  • A quantified Managing Partner – Value Creation-owned improvement in the fleet-operations network operating constraint behind a post-merger platform integration, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
  • Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 414: 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 Managing Partner, Operating Partner or Transformation Practice Head in a privately held Mobility or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the fleet-operations network, your Managing Partner – Value Creation track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from mobility, logistics, automotive, travel technology or consumer platforms will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Managing Partner – Value Creation brief.

As a Managing Partner – Value Creation candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Mobility 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 ₹3,700 crore and led an organisation of at least 800 people. Advisory seats require equivalent fleet-operations network client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 414, the board wants two transitions: a difficult fleet-operations network portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a post-merger platform integration. As the prospective Managing Partner – Value Creation for this fleet-operations network, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 414 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Partner – Value Creation role in Mobility is based in Hyderabad; 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 Managing Partner, Operating Partner or Transformation Practice Head, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Mobility governance forum.
  • Proven Managing Partner – Value Creation ownership of at least ₹3,700 crore and leadership of no fewer than 800 employees in a comparable fleet-operations network context.
  • One completed Mobility or adjacent-sector example of expansion of a value-creation practice beyond founder-led delivery with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
  • Sector credibility from mobility, logistics, automotive, travel technology or consumer platforms; experience that is purely functional and lacks Managing Partner – Value Creation-level fleet-operations network consequences will not meet the bar.
  • Willingness to meet the Hyderabad location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 414.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Managing Partner – Value Creation package is ₹5.0–7.5 crore fixed + performance variable and LTI, calibrated to the final fleet-operations network scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 414 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Partner – Value Creation appointment in Hyderabad, centred on the fleet-operations network, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A structured client and conflict transition of up to 6 months can be accommodated for mandate 414.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 414. 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 414.

This mandate is confidential. The client is named only under a mutual NDA, and your own record is never listed, sold or shown to a company under your name until you release it for this specific mandate.