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Senior Partner – Transformation — Electric-Mobility Platform

Planned Hiring / New

Confidential Senior Partner – Transformation seat addressing a fleet-electrification programme for a technology-enabled mobility and transport platform in India.

The mandate

A change in the economics of the sector has made urgent client demand for board-level transformation counsel not currently served at scale within a institutionally backed technology-enabled mobility and transport platform. The immediate arena is the electric-mobility platform during a fleet-electrification programme. For mandate 415, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Senior Partner – Transformation operating perimeter covers approximately ₹4,250 crore in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, with activity spanning several electric-mobility platform customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Senior Partner – Transformation Mobility remit carries direct influence over roughly 550 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a Senior Partner – Transformation who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the electric-mobility platform. The Senior Partner – Transformation Mobility seat must resolve a fleet-electrification programme, while preserving the underlying strengths of the electric-mobility platform. For mandate 415, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Senior Partner – Transformation’s first year on the electric-mobility platform is expected to end with trusted board access, signature engagements and a strong partner bench. In mandate 415, 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 Senior Partner – Transformation — Electric-Mobility Platform 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 electric-mobility platform remit is formally activated. Confidentiality protects organisation design choices while the board compares external and adjacent-sector talent.

What you will own

  • Set the Senior Partner – Transformation value-creation thesis for the electric-mobility platform, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
  • Carry stewardship of approximately ₹4,250 crore in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
  • Lead the Senior Partner – Transformation Mobility organisation of about 550 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
  • Resolve the electric-mobility platform economics and execution constraints created by a fleet-electrification programme, with Senior Partner – Transformation-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
  • Establish one Senior Partner – Transformation operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the electric-mobility platform; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
  • Have originated and led board-sponsored work whose benefits survived beyond the engagement team’s departure in mandate 415.
  • Build the Senior Partner – Transformation’s three-year succession and capability plan for the electric-mobility platform, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Mobility organisation.

The first 12 months

  • Days 1–90: Validate the electric-mobility platform baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to client demand for board-level transformation counsel not currently served at scale, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
  • Months 4–9: Make the principal Senior Partner – Transformation portfolio and organisation choices for the electric-mobility platform, 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 electric-mobility platform trend against trusted board access, signature engagements and a strong partner bench, 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 Senior Partner – Transformation’s agreed first-year electric-mobility platform value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
  • A Senior Partner – Transformation forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the electric-mobility platform’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
  • Closure of the Senior Partner – Transformation mandate’s highest-priority electric-mobility platform risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
  • Retention of at least 90% of critical electric-mobility platform talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Senior Partner – Transformation’s direct reports.
  • A quantified Senior Partner – Transformation-owned improvement in the electric-mobility platform operating constraint behind a fleet-electrification programme, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
  • Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 415: 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 Senior Partner, Practice Leader or Operating Partner in a institutionally backed Mobility or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the electric-mobility platform, your Senior Partner – Transformation 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 Senior Partner – Transformation brief.

As a Senior Partner – Transformation candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Mobility or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 18-22 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of ₹2,450 crore and led an organisation of at least 375 people. Advisory seats require equivalent electric-mobility platform client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 415, the board wants two transitions: a difficult electric-mobility platform portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a fleet-electrification programme. As the prospective Senior Partner – Transformation for this electric-mobility platform, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 415 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Senior Partner – Transformation role in Mobility is based in Pune; 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 Senior Partner, Practice Leader or Operating Partner, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Mobility governance forum.
  • Proven Senior Partner – Transformation ownership of at least ₹2,450 crore and leadership of no fewer than 375 employees in a comparable electric-mobility platform context.
  • One completed Mobility or adjacent-sector example of client demand for board-level transformation counsel not currently served at scale 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 Senior Partner – Transformation-level electric-mobility platform consequences will not meet the bar.
  • Willingness to meet the Pune location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 415.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Senior Partner – Transformation package is ₹2.2–3.0 crore fixed + performance variable, calibrated to the final electric-mobility platform scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 415 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Senior Partner – Transformation appointment in Pune, centred on the electric-mobility platform, offers regular exposure to the group board and the relevant risk and people committees. A structured client and conflict transition of up to 6 months can be accommodated for mandate 415.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 415. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 415.

This mandate is confidential. The client is named only under a mutual NDA, and your own record is never listed, sold or shown to a company under your name until you release it for this specific mandate.