EVP – Risk and Resilience — Industry-Solutions Business

The mandate

A deliberate change of pace is required to deal with board concern over resilience and inconsistent first-line ownership within a privately held enterprise artificial-intelligence products company. The immediate arena is the industry-solutions business during a research-to-product transition. For mandate 160, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – Risk and Resilience operating perimeter covers approximately ₹1,050 crore in AI product and services revenue, with activity spanning several industry-solutions business customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Risk and Resilience Artificial Intelligence remit carries direct influence over roughly 275 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a EVP – Risk and Resilience who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the industry-solutions business. The EVP – Risk and Resilience Artificial Intelligence seat must resolve a research-to-product transition, while preserving the underlying strengths of the industry-solutions business. For mandate 160, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – Risk and Resilience’s first year on the industry-solutions business is expected to end with risk appetite adherence, tested resilience and faster issue closure. In mandate 160, 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 EVP – Risk and Resilience — Industry-Solutions Business seat following an accelerated leadership transition. Interim accountability is in place for the industry-solutions business, but the board wants a permanent appointment within 6–8 weeks because a research-to-product transition 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 EVP – Risk and Resilience value-creation thesis for the industry-solutions business, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹1,050 crore in AI product and services revenue, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Risk and Resilience Artificial Intelligence organisation of about 275 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the industry-solutions business economics and execution constraints created by a research-to-product transition, with EVP – Risk and Resilience-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – Risk and Resilience operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the industry-solutions business; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 160.
• Build the EVP – Risk and Resilience’s three-year succession and capability plan for the industry-solutions business, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Artificial Intelligence organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the industry-solutions business baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to board concern over resilience and inconsistent first-line ownership, 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 – Risk and Resilience portfolio and organisation choices for the industry-solutions 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 industry-solutions business trend against risk appetite adherence, tested resilience and faster issue closure, 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 – Risk and Resilience’s agreed first-year industry-solutions business value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – Risk and Resilience forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the industry-solutions business’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Risk and Resilience mandate’s highest-priority industry-solutions business risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical industry-solutions business talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – Risk and Resilience’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – Risk and Resilience-owned improvement in the industry-solutions business operating constraint behind a research-to-product transition, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 160: 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 Risk, Deputy CRO or Operational Resilience Head in a privately held Artificial Intelligence or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the industry-solutions business, your EVP – Risk and Resilience 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 – Risk and Resilience brief.

As a EVP – Risk and Resilience candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Artificial Intelligence or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of ₹850 crore and led an organisation of at least 200 people.

For mandate 160, the board wants two transitions: a difficult industry-solutions business portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a research-to-product transition. As the prospective EVP – Risk and Resilience for this industry-solutions business, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 160 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Risk and Resilience role in Artificial Intelligence is based in Mumbai; 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 EVP Risk, Deputy CRO or Operational Resilience Head, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Artificial Intelligence governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Risk and Resilience ownership of at least ₹850 crore and leadership of no fewer than 200 employees in a comparable industry-solutions business context.
• One completed Artificial Intelligence or adjacent-sector example of board concern over resilience and inconsistent first-line ownership 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 – Risk and Resilience-level industry-solutions business consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Mumbai location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 160.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Risk and Resilience package is ₹2.2–3.0 crore fixed + performance variable, calibrated to the final industry-solutions business scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 160 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Risk and Resilience appointment in Mumbai, centred on the industry-solutions business, 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 160.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 160. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 160.