Managing Partner – Operations Advisory — Cloud Platform

The mandate

The investment committee has withheld further expansion pending clarity on an operations practice moving from diagnostic work to outcome-linked transformation within a listed enterprise technology and digital-products group. The immediate arena is the cloud platform during a shift from licences to subscriptions. For mandate 137, 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 – Operations Advisory operating perimeter covers approximately €2,050 million in annual recurring revenue portfolio, with activity spanning several cloud platform customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory Technology remit carries direct influence over roughly 700 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Managing Partner – Operations Advisory who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the cloud platform. The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory Technology seat must resolve a shift from licences to subscriptions, while preserving the underlying strengths of the cloud platform. For mandate 137, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory’s first year on the cloud platform is expected to end with executive sponsorship, realised benefits and scalable delivery IP. In mandate 137, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a planned replacement for the Managing Partner – Operations Advisory — Cloud Platform seat. The incumbent continues to lead the cloud platform through an agreed succession period and will support a structured handover. The board has allowed 4–6 months to assess candidates, complete diligence and protect continuity while a shift from licences to subscriptions is addressed. The search is confidential so the transition can be communicated to employees, customers and partners in a controlled sequence.

What you will own

• Set the Managing Partner – Operations Advisory value-creation thesis for the cloud platform, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately €2,050 million in annual recurring revenue portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Partner – Operations Advisory Technology organisation of about 700 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the cloud platform economics and execution constraints created by a shift from licences to subscriptions, with Managing Partner – Operations Advisory-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Managing Partner – Operations Advisory operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the cloud platform; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Bring a verifiable book of trusted board relationships and evidence of building partner economics beyond personal billings in mandate 137.
• Build the Managing Partner – Operations Advisory’s three-year succession and capability plan for the cloud platform, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Technology organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the cloud platform baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to an operations practice moving from diagnostic work to outcome-linked transformation, 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 – Operations Advisory portfolio and organisation choices for the cloud platform, 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 cloud platform trend against executive sponsorship, realised benefits and scalable delivery IP, 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 – Operations Advisory’s agreed first-year cloud platform value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Managing Partner – Operations Advisory forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the cloud platform’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Managing Partner – Operations Advisory mandate’s highest-priority cloud platform risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical cloud platform talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Managing Partner – Operations Advisory’s direct reports.
• A quantified Managing Partner – Operations Advisory-owned improvement in the cloud platform operating constraint behind a shift from licences to subscriptions, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 137: 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, Operations Practice Leader or Operating Partner in a listed Technology or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the cloud platform, your Managing Partner – Operations Advisory 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 Managing Partner – Operations Advisory brief.

As a Managing Partner – Operations Advisory candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Technology 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 €1,200 million and led an organisation of at least 500 people. Advisory seats require equivalent cloud platform client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 137, the board wants two transitions: a difficult cloud platform portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a shift from licences to subscriptions. As the prospective Managing Partner – Operations Advisory for this cloud platform, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 137 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory must be based in Berlin; international relocation is supported, but this Technology role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Managing Partner, Operations Practice Leader or Operating Partner, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Technology governance forum.
• Proven Managing Partner – Operations Advisory ownership of at least €1,200 million and leadership of no fewer than 500 employees in a comparable cloud platform context.
• One completed Technology or adjacent-sector example of an operations practice moving from diagnostic work to outcome-linked transformation 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 Managing Partner – Operations Advisory-level cloud platform consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Berlin location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 137.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Managing Partner – Operations Advisory package is €475,000–650,000 base + annual incentive and LTI, calibrated to the final cloud platform scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 137 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory appointment in Berlin, centred on the cloud platform, offers regular exposure to the board and its investment committee. A structured client and conflict transition of up to 6 months can be accommodated for mandate 137.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 137. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 137.