EVP – Supply Chain — AI Safety Programme

The mandate

The chair and executive committee are aligned that the immediate priority is exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times within a listed enterprise artificial-intelligence products company. The immediate arena is the AI safety programme during a research-to-product transition. For mandate 179, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – Supply Chain operating perimeter covers approximately US$850 million in AI product and services revenue, with activity spanning several AI safety programme customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence remit carries direct influence over roughly 500 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a EVP – Supply Chain who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the AI safety programme. The EVP – Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence seat must resolve a research-to-product transition, while preserving the underlying strengths of the AI safety programme. For mandate 179, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – Supply Chain’s first year on the AI safety programme is expected to end with supply assurance, inventory productivity and dual-source readiness. In mandate 179, 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 – Supply Chain — AI Safety Programme seat, established because a research-to-product transition 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 ai safety programme, 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 – Supply Chain value-creation thesis for the AI safety programme, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately US$850 million in AI product and services revenue, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Supply Chain Artificial Intelligence organisation of about 500 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the AI safety programme economics and execution constraints created by a research-to-product transition, with EVP – Supply Chain-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – Supply Chain operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the AI safety programme; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 179.
• Build the EVP – Supply Chain’s three-year succession and capability plan for the AI safety programme, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Artificial Intelligence organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the AI safety programme baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times, 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 – Supply Chain portfolio and organisation choices for the AI safety programme, 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 AI safety programme trend against supply assurance, inventory productivity and dual-source readiness, 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 – Supply Chain’s agreed first-year AI safety programme value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – Supply Chain forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the AI safety programme’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Supply Chain mandate’s highest-priority AI safety programme risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical AI safety programme talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – Supply Chain’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – Supply Chain-owned improvement in the AI safety programme operating constraint behind a research-to-product transition, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 179: 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 Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer or Operations Leader in a listed Artificial Intelligence or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the AI safety programme, your EVP – Supply Chain 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 EVP – Supply Chain brief.

As a EVP – Supply Chain candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Artificial Intelligence or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 18-22 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of US$1,100 million and led an organisation of at least 500 people.

For mandate 179, the board wants two transitions: a difficult AI safety programme portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a research-to-product transition. As the prospective EVP – Supply Chain for this AI safety programme, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 179 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Supply Chain must be based in New York; 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 EVP Supply Chain, Chief Procurement Officer or Operations Leader, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Artificial Intelligence governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Supply Chain ownership of at least US$1,100 million and leadership of no fewer than 500 employees in a comparable AI safety programme context.
• One completed Artificial Intelligence or adjacent-sector example of exposure to concentrated suppliers and unstable lead times 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 EVP – Supply Chain-level AI safety programme consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the New York location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 179.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Supply Chain package is US$320,000–420,000 base + annual incentive, calibrated to the final AI safety programme scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 179 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Supply Chain appointment in New York, centred on the AI safety programme, 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 179.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 179. 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 179.