Managing Partner – Sector Advisory — Urban-Mobility Marketplace

The mandate

The next planning cycle has brought into focus creation of a sector-led advisory franchise with uneven partner economics within a listed technology-enabled mobility and transport platform. The immediate arena is the urban-mobility marketplace during a fleet-electrification programme. For mandate 413, 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 ₹5,450 crore in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, with activity spanning several urban-mobility marketplace customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Partner – Sector Advisory Mobility remit carries direct influence over roughly 800 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 urban-mobility marketplace. The Managing Partner – Sector Advisory Mobility seat must resolve a fleet-electrification programme, while preserving the underlying strengths of the urban-mobility marketplace. For mandate 413, 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 urban-mobility marketplace is expected to end with anchor-client growth, partner productivity and an investable proposition. In mandate 413, 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 Managing Partner – Sector Advisory — Urban-Mobility Marketplace seat following an accelerated leadership transition. Interim accountability is in place for the urban-mobility marketplace, but the board wants a permanent appointment within 6–8 weeks because a fleet-electrification programme 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 Managing Partner – Sector Advisory value-creation thesis for the urban-mobility marketplace, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹5,450 crore in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Partner – Sector Advisory Mobility organisation of about 800 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the urban-mobility marketplace economics and execution constraints created by a fleet-electrification programme, 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 urban-mobility marketplace; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Bring a verifiable book of trusted board relationships and evidence of building partner economics beyond personal billings in mandate 413.
• Build the Managing Partner – Sector Advisory’s three-year succession and capability plan for the urban-mobility marketplace, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Mobility organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the urban-mobility marketplace 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 urban-mobility marketplace, 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 urban-mobility marketplace 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 urban-mobility marketplace 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 urban-mobility marketplace’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Managing Partner – Sector Advisory mandate’s highest-priority urban-mobility marketplace risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical urban-mobility marketplace 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 urban-mobility marketplace operating constraint behind a fleet-electrification programme, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 413: 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 Mobility or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the urban-mobility marketplace, 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 mobility, logistics, automotive, travel technology or consumer platforms 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 Mobility 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 ₹3,150 crore and led an organisation of at least 550 people. Advisory seats require equivalent urban-mobility marketplace client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 413, the board wants two transitions: a difficult urban-mobility marketplace portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a fleet-electrification programme. As the prospective Managing Partner – Sector Advisory for this urban-mobility marketplace, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 413 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Partner – Sector Advisory role in Mobility 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 Managing Partner, Practice Leader or Senior Partner, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Mobility governance forum.
• Proven Managing Partner – Sector Advisory ownership of at least ₹3,150 crore and leadership of no fewer than 550 employees in a comparable urban-mobility marketplace context.
• One completed Mobility 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 mobility, logistics, automotive, travel technology or consumer platforms; experience that is purely functional and lacks Managing Partner – Sector Advisory-level urban-mobility marketplace consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Mumbai location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 413.

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 urban-mobility marketplace scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 413 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Partner – Sector Advisory appointment in Mumbai, centred on the urban-mobility marketplace, 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 413.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 413. 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 413.