Senior Partner – Capital and Deals — Applied-AI Portfolio

The mandate

Customer and operating evidence now point to demand for sector-specific capital and transaction advice across the region within a privately held enterprise artificial-intelligence products company. The immediate arena is the applied-AI portfolio during a responsible-AI control build. For mandate 188, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals operating perimeter covers approximately C$700 million in AI product and services revenue, with activity spanning several applied-AI portfolio customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals Artificial Intelligence remit carries direct influence over roughly 125 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Senior Partner – Capital and Deals who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the applied-AI portfolio. The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals Artificial Intelligence seat must resolve a responsible-AI control build, while preserving the underlying strengths of the applied-AI portfolio. For mandate 188, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s first year on the applied-AI portfolio is expected to end with board access, deal conversion and post-deal value capture. In mandate 188, 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 Senior Partner – Capital and Deals — Applied-AI Portfolio seat, established because a responsible-AI control build 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 applied-ai portfolio, 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 Senior Partner – Capital and Deals value-creation thesis for the applied-AI portfolio, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately C$700 million in AI product and services revenue, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals Artificial Intelligence organisation of about 125 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the applied-AI portfolio economics and execution constraints created by a responsible-AI control build, with Senior Partner – Capital and Deals-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Senior Partner – Capital and Deals operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the applied-AI portfolio; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have originated and led board-sponsored work whose benefits survived beyond the engagement team’s departure in mandate 188.
• Build the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s three-year succession and capability plan for the applied-AI portfolio, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Artificial Intelligence organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the applied-AI portfolio baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to demand for sector-specific capital and transaction advice across the region, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Senior Partner – Capital and Deals portfolio and organisation choices for the applied-AI 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 applied-AI portfolio trend against board access, deal conversion and post-deal value capture, 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 Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s agreed first-year applied-AI portfolio value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Senior Partner – Capital and Deals forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the applied-AI portfolio’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals mandate’s highest-priority applied-AI portfolio risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical applied-AI portfolio talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Senior Partner – Capital and Deals’s direct reports.
• A quantified Senior Partner – Capital and Deals-owned improvement in the applied-AI portfolio operating constraint behind a responsible-AI control build, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 188: 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 Senior Partner, Deals Leader or Investment Committee adviser in a privately held Artificial Intelligence or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the applied-AI portfolio, your Senior Partner – Capital and Deals track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from AI, enterprise software, data infrastructure, cloud, analytics or applied research will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Senior Partner – Capital and Deals brief.

As a Senior Partner – Capital and Deals candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Artificial Intelligence 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 C$400 million and led an organisation of at least 100 people. Advisory seats require equivalent applied-AI portfolio client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 188, the board wants two transitions: a difficult applied-AI portfolio portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a responsible-AI control build. As the prospective Senior Partner – Capital and Deals for this applied-AI portfolio, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 188 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals must be based in Toronto; international relocation is supported, but this Artificial Intelligence role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Senior Partner, Deals Leader or Investment Committee adviser, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Artificial Intelligence governance forum.
• Proven Senior Partner – Capital and Deals ownership of at least C$400 million and leadership of no fewer than 100 employees in a comparable applied-AI portfolio context.
• One completed Artificial Intelligence or adjacent-sector example of demand for sector-specific capital and transaction advice across the region with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from AI, enterprise software, data infrastructure, cloud, analytics or applied research; experience that is purely functional and lacks Senior Partner – Capital and Deals-level applied-AI portfolio consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Toronto location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 188.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Senior Partner – Capital and Deals package is C$330,000–440,000 base + annual incentive, calibrated to the final applied-AI portfolio scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 188 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Senior Partner – Capital and Deals appointment in Toronto, centred on the applied-AI portfolio, 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 188.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 188. Identifying information will follow only when both sides elect to proceed under confidentiality; nothing in the published mandate should be treated as a clue to ownership or brand for mandate 188.