Managing Director – Regional Business — Packaging And Test Network

The mandate

A change in the economics of the sector has made urgent several country operations requiring a single commercial and operating owner within a institutionally backed fabless, foundry or semiconductor-systems enterprise. The immediate arena is the packaging and test network during a supply-assurance programme. For mandate 535, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Managing Director – Regional Business operating perimeter covers approximately ₩6,100 billion in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, with activity spanning several packaging and test network customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Director – Regional Business Semiconductor remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,625 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Managing Director – Regional Business who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the packaging and test network. The Managing Director – Regional Business Semiconductor seat must resolve a supply-assurance programme, while preserving the underlying strengths of the packaging and test network. For mandate 535, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Managing Director – Regional Business’s first year on the packaging and test network is expected to end with portfolio profitability, leadership consistency and selective expansion. In mandate 535, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

The Managing Director – Regional Business — Packaging And Test Network requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after a supply-assurance programme created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the packaging and test network. Interim coverage protects essential decisions, but split ownership cannot continue through the next operating gate. The board intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 4–6 weeks while preserving confidential, evidence-led diligence.

What you will own

• Set the Managing Director – Regional Business value-creation thesis for the packaging and test network, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₩6,100 billion in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Director – Regional Business Semiconductor organisation of about 1,625 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the packaging and test network economics and execution constraints created by a supply-assurance programme, with Managing Director – Regional Business-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Managing Director – Regional Business operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the packaging and test network; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have led a country, division or operating entity with direct commercial, people and governance accountability in mandate 535.
• Build the Managing Director – Regional Business’s three-year succession and capability plan for the packaging and test network, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Semiconductor organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the packaging and test network baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to several country operations requiring a single commercial and operating owner, 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 Director – Regional Business portfolio and organisation choices for the packaging and test 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 packaging and test network trend against portfolio profitability, leadership consistency and selective expansion, 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 Director – Regional Business’s agreed first-year packaging and test network value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Managing Director – Regional Business forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the packaging and test network’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Managing Director – Regional Business mandate’s highest-priority packaging and test network risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical packaging and test network talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Managing Director – Regional Business’s direct reports.
• A quantified Managing Director – Regional Business-owned improvement in the packaging and test network operating constraint behind a supply-assurance programme, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 535: 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 Regional MD, Area President or multi-country General Manager in a institutionally backed Semiconductor or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the packaging and test network, your Managing Director – Regional Business track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Managing Director – Regional Business brief.

As a Managing Director – Regional Business candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Semiconductor 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 ₩3,550 billion and led an organisation of at least 1,150 people.

For mandate 535, the board wants two transitions: a difficult packaging and test network portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a supply-assurance programme. As the prospective Managing Director – Regional Business for this packaging and test network, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 535 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Director – Regional Business must be based in Seoul; international relocation is supported, but this Semiconductor role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Regional MD, Area President or multi-country General Manager, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Semiconductor governance forum.
• Proven Managing Director – Regional Business ownership of at least ₩3,550 billion and leadership of no fewer than 1,150 employees in a comparable packaging and test network context.
• One completed Semiconductor or adjacent-sector example of several country operations requiring a single commercial and operating owner with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Managing Director – Regional Business-level packaging and test network consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Seoul location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 535.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Managing Director – Regional Business package is ₩850 million–₩1.2 billion base + annual incentive and equity, calibrated to the final packaging and test network scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 535 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Director – Regional Business appointment in Seoul, centred on the packaging and test network, 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 535.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 535. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 535.