EVP – Sustainability and Transition — Analytics Organisation

The mandate

The next planning cycle has brought into focus transition commitments that are not yet embedded in capital decisions within a listed multinational global-capability-centre network. The immediate arena is the analytics organisation during a leadership succession. For mandate 233, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – Sustainability and Transition operating perimeter covers approximately €3,300 million in annual global services budget, with activity spanning several analytics organisation customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Sustainability and Transition Global Capability Centres remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,025 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a EVP – Sustainability and Transition who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the analytics organisation. The EVP – Sustainability and Transition Global Capability Centres seat must resolve a leadership succession, while preserving the underlying strengths of the analytics organisation. For mandate 233, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s first year on the analytics organisation is expected to end with credible transition economics, delivery governance and auditable progress. In mandate 233, 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 EVP – Sustainability and Transition — Analytics Organisation seat, established because a leadership succession 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 analytics organisation, 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 EVP – Sustainability and Transition value-creation thesis for the analytics organisation, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately €3,300 million in annual global services budget, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Sustainability and Transition Global Capability Centres organisation of about 1,025 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the analytics organisation economics and execution constraints created by a leadership succession, with EVP – Sustainability and Transition-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – Sustainability and Transition operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the analytics organisation; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 233.
• Build the EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s three-year succession and capability plan for the analytics organisation, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Global Capability Centres organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the analytics organisation baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to transition commitments that are not yet embedded in capital decisions, 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 – Sustainability and Transition portfolio and organisation choices for the analytics organisation, 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 analytics organisation trend against credible transition economics, delivery governance and auditable progress, 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 – Sustainability and Transition’s agreed first-year analytics organisation value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – Sustainability and Transition forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the analytics organisation’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Sustainability and Transition mandate’s highest-priority analytics organisation risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical analytics organisation talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – Sustainability and Transition-owned improvement in the analytics organisation operating constraint behind a leadership succession, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 233: 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 Sustainability, Transition Director or Strategy Leader in a listed Global Capability Centres or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the analytics organisation, your EVP – Sustainability and Transition track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from GCCs, shared services, enterprise technology, business services or multinational operations will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this EVP – Sustainability and Transition brief.

As a EVP – Sustainability and Transition candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Global Capability Centres 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 €1,900 million and led an organisation of at least 725 people.

For mandate 233, the board wants two transitions: a difficult analytics organisation portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a leadership succession. As the prospective EVP – Sustainability and Transition for this analytics organisation, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 233 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Sustainability and Transition must be based in Dublin; international relocation is supported, but this Global Capability Centres role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of EVP Sustainability, Transition Director or Strategy Leader, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Global Capability Centres governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Sustainability and Transition ownership of at least €1,900 million and leadership of no fewer than 725 employees in a comparable analytics organisation context.
• One completed Global Capability Centres or adjacent-sector example of transition commitments that are not yet embedded in capital decisions with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from GCCs, shared services, enterprise technology, business services or multinational operations; experience that is purely functional and lacks EVP – Sustainability and Transition-level analytics organisation consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Dublin location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 233.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Sustainability and Transition package is €230,000–300,000 base + annual incentive, calibrated to the final analytics organisation scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 233 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Sustainability and Transition appointment in Dublin, centred on the analytics organisation, offers regular exposure to the group board and the relevant risk and people committees. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 233.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 233. 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 233.