Country Managing Director — Manufacturing-Technology Programme

The mandate

Following two years of uneven execution, the board is addressing a country business needing renewed licence to grow within a privately held fabless, foundry or semiconductor-systems enterprise. The immediate arena is the manufacturing-technology programme during a capacity-allocation reset. For mandate 534, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Country Managing Director operating perimeter covers approximately NT$9,100 million in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, with activity spanning several manufacturing-technology programme customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Country Managing Director Semiconductor remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,100 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Country Managing Director who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the manufacturing-technology programme. The Country Managing Director Semiconductor seat must resolve a capacity-allocation reset, while preserving the underlying strengths of the manufacturing-technology programme. For mandate 534, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Country Managing Director’s first year on the manufacturing-technology programme is expected to end with local growth, stakeholder confidence and enterprise alignment. In mandate 534, 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 Country Managing Director — Manufacturing-Technology Programme seat following an accelerated leadership transition. Interim accountability is in place for the manufacturing-technology programme, but the board wants a permanent appointment within 6–8 weeks because a capacity-allocation reset 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 Country Managing Director value-creation thesis for the manufacturing-technology programme, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately NT$9,100 million in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Country Managing Director Semiconductor organisation of about 1,100 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the manufacturing-technology programme economics and execution constraints created by a capacity-allocation reset, with Country Managing Director-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Country Managing Director operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the manufacturing-technology programme; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have led a country, division or operating entity with direct commercial, people and governance accountability in mandate 534.
• Build the Country Managing Director’s three-year succession and capability plan for the manufacturing-technology programme, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Semiconductor organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the manufacturing-technology programme baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to a country business needing renewed licence to grow, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Country Managing Director portfolio and organisation choices for the manufacturing-technology 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 manufacturing-technology programme trend against local growth, stakeholder confidence and enterprise alignment, 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 Country Managing Director’s agreed first-year manufacturing-technology programme value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Country Managing Director forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the manufacturing-technology programme’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Country Managing Director mandate’s highest-priority manufacturing-technology programme risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical manufacturing-technology programme talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Country Managing Director’s direct reports.
• A quantified Country Managing Director-owned improvement in the manufacturing-technology programme operating constraint behind a capacity-allocation reset, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 534: 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 Country MD, Country CEO or General Manager in a privately held Semiconductor or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the manufacturing-technology programme, your Country Managing Director 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 Country Managing Director brief.

As a Country Managing Director 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 NT$5,300 million and led an organisation of at least 775 people.

For mandate 534, the board wants two transitions: a difficult manufacturing-technology programme portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a capacity-allocation reset. As the prospective Country Managing Director for this manufacturing-technology programme, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 534 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Country Managing Director must be based in Hsinchu; 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 Country MD, Country CEO or General Manager, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Semiconductor governance forum.
• Proven Country Managing Director ownership of at least NT$5,300 million and leadership of no fewer than 775 employees in a comparable manufacturing-technology programme context.
• One completed Semiconductor or adjacent-sector example of a country business needing renewed licence to grow 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 Country Managing Director-level manufacturing-technology programme consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Hsinchu location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 534.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Country Managing Director package is NT$21–30 million base + annual incentive and equity, calibrated to the final manufacturing-technology programme scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 534 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Country Managing Director appointment in Hsinchu, centred on the manufacturing-technology programme, offers regular exposure to the board and its investment committee. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 534.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 534. 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 534.