Managing Partner – Operations Advisory — Urban-Mobility Marketplace

The mandate

The investment committee has withheld further expansion pending clarity on an operations practice moving from diagnostic work to outcome-linked transformation within a listed technology-enabled mobility and transport platform. The immediate arena is the urban-mobility marketplace during a unit-economics reset. For mandate 437, 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 – Operations Advisory operating perimeter covers approximately US$5,950 million 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 – Operations Advisory Mobility remit carries direct influence over roughly 900 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Managing Partner – Operations Advisory who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the urban-mobility marketplace. The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory Mobility seat must resolve a unit-economics reset, while preserving the underlying strengths of the urban-mobility marketplace. For mandate 437, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory’s first year on the urban-mobility marketplace is expected to end with executive sponsorship, realised benefits and scalable delivery IP. In mandate 437, 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 Managing Partner – Operations Advisory — Urban-Mobility Marketplace seat, established because a unit-economics reset 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 urban-mobility 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 Managing Partner – Operations 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 US$5,950 million in gross bookings and fleet portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Partner – Operations Advisory Mobility organisation of about 900 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 unit-economics reset, with Managing Partner – Operations Advisory-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Managing Partner – Operations 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 437.
• Build the Managing Partner – Operations 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 an operations practice moving from diagnostic work to outcome-linked transformation, 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 – Operations 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 executive sponsorship, realised benefits and scalable delivery IP, 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 – Operations 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 – Operations 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 – Operations 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 – Operations Advisory’s direct reports.
• A quantified Managing Partner – Operations Advisory-owned improvement in the urban-mobility marketplace operating constraint behind a unit-economics reset, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 437: 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, Operations Practice Leader or Operating Partner in a listed Mobility or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the urban-mobility marketplace, your Managing Partner – Operations 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 – Operations Advisory brief.

As a Managing Partner – Operations 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 US$3,450 million and led an organisation of at least 625 people. Advisory seats require equivalent urban-mobility marketplace client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 437, the board wants two transitions: a difficult urban-mobility marketplace portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a unit-economics reset. As the prospective Managing Partner – Operations Advisory for this urban-mobility marketplace, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 437 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory must be based in San Francisco; 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 Managing Partner, Operations Practice Leader or Operating Partner, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Mobility governance forum.
• Proven Managing Partner – Operations Advisory ownership of at least US$3,450 million and leadership of no fewer than 625 employees in a comparable urban-mobility marketplace context.
• One completed Mobility or adjacent-sector example of an operations practice moving from diagnostic work to outcome-linked transformation 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 – Operations Advisory-level urban-mobility marketplace consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the San Francisco location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 437.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Managing Partner – Operations Advisory package is US$600,000–850,000 base + annual incentive and long-term equity, calibrated to the final urban-mobility marketplace scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 437 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Partner – Operations Advisory appointment in San Francisco, 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 437.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 437. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 437.