Managing Partner – Sector Advisory — Passenger-Vehicle Business

The mandate

The next planning cycle has brought into focus creation of a sector-led advisory franchise with uneven partner economics within a listed integrated automotive and components manufacturer. The immediate arena is the passenger-vehicle business during a plant-footprint reset. For mandate 263, 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 – Sector Advisory operating perimeter covers approximately ₹13,150 crore in regional revenue and programme portfolio, with activity spanning several passenger-vehicle business customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Partner – Sector Advisory Automotive remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,725 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Managing Partner – Sector Advisory who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the passenger-vehicle business. The Managing Partner – Sector Advisory Automotive seat must resolve a plant-footprint reset, while preserving the underlying strengths of the passenger-vehicle business. For mandate 263, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Managing Partner – Sector Advisory’s first year on the passenger-vehicle business is expected to end with anchor-client growth, partner productivity and an investable proposition. In mandate 263, 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 Managing Partner – Sector Advisory — Passenger-Vehicle Business seat approved as part of the next operating model; it is not an incumbent replacement. The board is running a planned 4–6 month search so the appointee can join ahead of the next capital and talent cycle. Current leaders retain their existing accountabilities until the passenger-vehicle business remit is formally activated. Confidentiality protects organisation design choices while the board compares external and adjacent-sector talent.

What you will own

• Set the Managing Partner – Sector Advisory value-creation thesis for the passenger-vehicle business, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹13,150 crore in regional revenue and programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Partner – Sector Advisory Automotive organisation of about 1,725 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the passenger-vehicle business economics and execution constraints created by a plant-footprint reset, with Managing Partner – Sector Advisory-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Managing Partner – Sector Advisory operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the passenger-vehicle business; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Bring a verifiable book of trusted board relationships and evidence of building partner economics beyond personal billings in mandate 263.
• Build the Managing Partner – Sector Advisory’s three-year succession and capability plan for the passenger-vehicle business, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Automotive organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the passenger-vehicle business baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to creation of a sector-led advisory franchise with uneven partner economics, 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 – Sector Advisory portfolio and organisation choices for the passenger-vehicle business, 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 passenger-vehicle business trend against anchor-client growth, partner productivity and an investable proposition, 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 – Sector Advisory’s agreed first-year passenger-vehicle business value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Managing Partner – Sector Advisory forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the passenger-vehicle business’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Managing Partner – Sector Advisory mandate’s highest-priority passenger-vehicle business risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical passenger-vehicle business talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Managing Partner – Sector Advisory’s direct reports.
• A quantified Managing Partner – Sector Advisory-owned improvement in the passenger-vehicle business operating constraint behind a plant-footprint reset, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 263: 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, Practice Leader or Senior Partner in a listed Automotive or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the passenger-vehicle business, your Managing Partner – Sector 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 automotive, industrial manufacturing, mobility, components or engineering services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Managing Partner – Sector Advisory brief.

As a Managing Partner – Sector Advisory candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Automotive 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 ₹7,650 crore and led an organisation of at least 1,200 people. Advisory seats require equivalent passenger-vehicle business client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 263, the board wants two transitions: a difficult passenger-vehicle business portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a plant-footprint reset. As the prospective Managing Partner – Sector Advisory for this passenger-vehicle business, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 263 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Partner – Sector Advisory role in Automotive is based in Gurugram; relocation is expected, although a structured weekly commute may be considered during the first quarter.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Managing Partner, Practice Leader or Senior Partner, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Automotive governance forum.
• Proven Managing Partner – Sector Advisory ownership of at least ₹7,650 crore and leadership of no fewer than 1,200 employees in a comparable passenger-vehicle business context.
• One completed Automotive or adjacent-sector example of creation of a sector-led advisory franchise with uneven partner economics with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from automotive, industrial manufacturing, mobility, components or engineering services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Managing Partner – Sector Advisory-level passenger-vehicle business consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Gurugram location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 263.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Managing Partner – Sector Advisory package is ₹5.0–7.5 crore fixed + performance variable and LTI, calibrated to the final passenger-vehicle business scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 263 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Partner – Sector Advisory appointment in Gurugram, centred on the passenger-vehicle business, 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 263.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 263. 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 263.