SVP – Product and Markets — Logistics Marketplace

The mandate

Customer and operating evidence now point to a product portfolio that no longer maps cleanly to customer economics within a multinational-owned technology-enabled mobility and transport platform. The immediate arena is the logistics marketplace during a city-portfolio rationalisation. For mandate 428, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The SVP – Product and Markets operating perimeter covers approximately S$3,900 million in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, with activity spanning several logistics marketplace customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The SVP – Product and Markets Mobility remit carries direct influence over roughly 500 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a SVP – Product and Markets who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the logistics marketplace. The SVP – Product and Markets Mobility seat must resolve a city-portfolio rationalisation, while preserving the underlying strengths of the logistics marketplace. For mandate 428, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The SVP – Product and Markets’s first year on the logistics marketplace is expected to end with portfolio focus, adoption and lifecycle profitability. In mandate 428, 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 SVP – Product and Markets — Logistics Marketplace seat, established because a city-portfolio rationalisation now requires one accountable executive rather than distributed ownership. The board has classified the appointment as urgent and intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 6–8 weeks. Interim governance protects the logistics marketplace, but it is not a substitute for a permanent appointee. The external search remains confidential to avoid unnecessary disruption before the appointment is agreed.

What you will own

• Set the SVP – Product and Markets value-creation thesis for the logistics marketplace, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately S$3,900 million in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the SVP – Product and Markets Mobility organisation of about 500 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the logistics marketplace economics and execution constraints created by a city-portfolio rationalisation, with SVP – Product and Markets-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one SVP – Product and Markets operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the logistics marketplace; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Show end-to-end ownership of a material platform or value stream, including budget, talent and measurable operating outcomes in mandate 428.
• Build the SVP – Product and Markets’s three-year succession and capability plan for the logistics marketplace, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Mobility organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the logistics marketplace baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to a product portfolio that no longer maps cleanly to customer 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 SVP – Product and Markets portfolio and organisation choices for the logistics 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 logistics marketplace trend against portfolio focus, adoption and lifecycle profitability, 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 SVP – Product and Markets’s agreed first-year logistics marketplace value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A SVP – Product and Markets forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the logistics marketplace’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the SVP – Product and Markets mandate’s highest-priority logistics marketplace risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical logistics marketplace talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the SVP – Product and Markets’s direct reports.
• A quantified SVP – Product and Markets-owned improvement in the logistics marketplace operating constraint behind a city-portfolio rationalisation, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 428: 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 SVP Product, Product Line GM or Commercial Product Head in a multinational-owned Mobility or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the logistics marketplace, your SVP – Product and Markets 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 SVP – Product and Markets brief.

As a SVP – Product and Markets candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Mobility 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 S$2,250 million and led an organisation of at least 350 people.

For mandate 428, the board wants two transitions: a difficult logistics marketplace portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a city-portfolio rationalisation. As the prospective SVP – Product and Markets for this logistics marketplace, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 428 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The SVP – Product and Markets must be based in Singapore; international relocation is supported, but this Mobility role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of SVP Product, Product Line GM or Commercial Product Head, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Mobility governance forum.
• Proven SVP – Product and Markets ownership of at least S$2,250 million and leadership of no fewer than 350 employees in a comparable logistics marketplace context.
• One completed Mobility or adjacent-sector example of a product portfolio that no longer maps cleanly to customer 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 SVP – Product and Markets-level logistics marketplace consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Singapore location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 428.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated SVP – Product and Markets package is S$360,000–480,000 base + annual incentive, calibrated to the final logistics marketplace scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 428 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The SVP – Product and Markets appointment in Singapore, centred on the logistics marketplace, 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 428.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 428. 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 428.