Managing Partner – Operations Advisory — Mixed-Signal Portfolio

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 fabless, foundry or semiconductor-systems enterprise. The immediate arena is the mixed-signal portfolio during a design-win conversion gap. For mandate 537, 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 US$8,650 million in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, with activity spanning several mixed-signal portfolio customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory Semiconductor remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,300 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 mixed-signal portfolio. The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory Semiconductor seat must resolve a design-win conversion gap, while preserving the underlying strengths of the mixed-signal portfolio. For mandate 537, 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 mixed-signal portfolio is expected to end with executive sponsorship, realised benefits and scalable delivery IP. In mandate 537, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory — Mixed-Signal Portfolio requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after a design-win conversion gap created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the mixed-signal portfolio. 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 Partner – Operations Advisory value-creation thesis for the mixed-signal portfolio, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately US$8,650 million in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Partner – Operations Advisory Semiconductor organisation of about 1,300 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the mixed-signal portfolio economics and execution constraints created by a design-win conversion gap, 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 mixed-signal portfolio; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Bring a verifiable book of trusted board relationships and evidence of building partner economics beyond personal billings in mandate 537.
• Build the Managing Partner – Operations Advisory’s three-year succession and capability plan for the mixed-signal portfolio, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Semiconductor organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the mixed-signal portfolio 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 mixed-signal portfolio, 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 mixed-signal portfolio 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 mixed-signal portfolio 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 mixed-signal portfolio’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Managing Partner – Operations Advisory mandate’s highest-priority mixed-signal portfolio risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical mixed-signal portfolio 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 mixed-signal portfolio operating constraint behind a design-win conversion gap, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 537: 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 Semiconductor or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the mixed-signal portfolio, 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 semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering 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 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 US$5,000 million and led an organisation of at least 900 people. Advisory seats require equivalent mixed-signal portfolio client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 537, the board wants two transitions: a difficult mixed-signal portfolio portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a design-win conversion gap. As the prospective Managing Partner – Operations Advisory for this mixed-signal portfolio, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 537 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory must be based in San Jose; 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 Managing Partner, Operations Practice Leader or Operating Partner, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Semiconductor governance forum.
• Proven Managing Partner – Operations Advisory ownership of at least US$5,000 million and leadership of no fewer than 900 employees in a comparable mixed-signal portfolio context.
• One completed Semiconductor 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 semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Managing Partner – Operations Advisory-level mixed-signal portfolio consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the San Jose location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 537.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Managing Partner – Operations Advisory package is US$600,000–850,000 base + annual incentive and long-term equity, calibrated to the final mixed-signal portfolio scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 537 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory appointment in San Jose, centred on the mixed-signal portfolio, 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 537.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 537. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 537.