Chief Executive Officer — Cloud Platform

The mandate

The board has concluded that incremental adjustment will not resolve portfolio reset after a board-led strategic review within a listed enterprise technology and digital-products group. The immediate arena is the cloud platform during a shift from licences to subscriptions. For mandate 101, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Chief Executive Officer operating perimeter covers approximately ₹1,300 crore in annual recurring revenue portfolio, with activity spanning several cloud platform customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Chief Executive Officer Technology remit carries direct influence over roughly 450 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Chief Executive Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the cloud platform. The Chief Executive Officer Technology seat must resolve a shift from licences to subscriptions, while preserving the underlying strengths of the cloud platform. For mandate 101, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Chief Executive Officer’s first year on the cloud platform is expected to end with enterprise value, cash conversion and leadership credibility. In mandate 101, 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 Chief Executive Officer — Cloud Platform seat following an accelerated leadership transition. Interim accountability is in place for the cloud platform, but the board wants a permanent appointment within 6–8 weeks because a shift from licences to subscriptions 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 Chief Executive Officer value-creation thesis for the cloud platform, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹1,300 crore in annual recurring revenue portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Chief Executive Officer Technology organisation of about 450 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the cloud platform economics and execution constraints created by a shift from licences to subscriptions, with Chief Executive Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Chief Executive Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the cloud platform; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Show personal ownership of a whole-enterprise choice involving capital, customers and leadership, not merely sponsorship of a functional programme in mandate 101.
• Build the Chief Executive Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the cloud platform, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Technology organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the cloud platform baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to portfolio reset after a board-led strategic review, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Chief Executive Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the cloud 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 cloud platform trend against enterprise value, cash conversion and leadership credibility, 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 Chief Executive Officer’s agreed first-year cloud platform value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Chief Executive Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the cloud platform’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Chief Executive Officer mandate’s highest-priority cloud platform risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical cloud platform talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Chief Executive Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Chief Executive Officer-owned improvement in the cloud platform operating constraint behind a shift from licences to subscriptions, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 101: 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 Chief Executive Officer, Business CEO or Group President in a listed Technology or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the cloud platform, your Chief Executive Officer track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from software, cloud services, digital platforms, IT services or technology-enabled business services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Chief Executive Officer brief.

As a Chief Executive Officer candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Technology 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 ₹1,200 crore and led an organisation of at least 450 people.

For mandate 101, the board wants two transitions: a difficult cloud platform portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a shift from licences to subscriptions. As the prospective Chief Executive Officer for this cloud platform, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 101 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Chief Executive Officer role in Technology is based in Bengaluru; 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 Chief Executive Officer, Business CEO or Group President, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Technology governance forum.
• Proven Chief Executive Officer ownership of at least ₹1,200 crore and leadership of no fewer than 450 employees in a comparable cloud platform context.
• One completed Technology or adjacent-sector example of portfolio reset after a board-led strategic review with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from software, cloud services, digital platforms, IT services or technology-enabled business services; experience that is purely functional and lacks Chief Executive Officer-level cloud platform consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Bengaluru location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 101.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Chief Executive Officer package is ₹5.0–7.5 crore fixed + performance variable and LTI, calibrated to the final cloud platform scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 101 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Chief Executive Officer appointment in Bengaluru, centred on the cloud platform, 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 101.

Confidentiality

The organisation will be identified only after reciprocal interest and a confidentiality undertaking for mandate 101. The market, scale and situation in this brief are intentionally composite and are not a coded description of a named enterprise for mandate 101.