Senior Partner – Transformation — Transaction-Banking Franchise

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 regulated universal or specialist bank. The immediate arena is the transaction-banking franchise during a cost-to-income reset. For mandate 065, 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 ₹55,750 crore in loan and deposit book, with activity spanning several transaction-banking franchise customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Senior Partner – Transformation Banking remit carries direct influence over roughly 725 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 transaction-banking franchise. The Senior Partner – Transformation Banking seat must resolve a cost-to-income reset, while preserving the underlying strengths of the transaction-banking franchise. For mandate 065, 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 transaction-banking franchise is expected to end with trusted board access, signature engagements and a strong partner bench. In mandate 065, 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 — Transaction-Banking Franchise 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 transaction-banking franchise 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 transaction-banking franchise, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹55,750 crore in loan and deposit book, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Senior Partner – Transformation Banking organisation of about 725 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the transaction-banking franchise economics and execution constraints created by a cost-to-income reset, 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 transaction-banking franchise; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have originated and led board-sponsored work whose benefits survived beyond the engagement team’s departure in mandate 065.
• Build the Senior Partner – Transformation’s three-year succession and capability plan for the transaction-banking franchise, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Banking organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the transaction-banking franchise 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 transaction-banking franchise, 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 transaction-banking franchise 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 transaction-banking franchise 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 transaction-banking franchise’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Senior Partner – Transformation mandate’s highest-priority transaction-banking franchise risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical transaction-banking franchise 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 transaction-banking franchise operating constraint behind a cost-to-income reset, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 065: 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 Banking or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the transaction-banking franchise, 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 financial services, payments, lending, insurance or regulated fintech 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 Banking 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 ₹32,350 crore and led an organisation of at least 500 people. Advisory seats require equivalent transaction-banking franchise client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 065, the board wants two transitions: a difficult transaction-banking franchise portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a cost-to-income reset. As the prospective Senior Partner – Transformation for this transaction-banking franchise, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 065 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Senior Partner – Transformation role in Banking is based in Hyderabad; 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 Banking governance forum.
• Proven Senior Partner – Transformation ownership of at least ₹32,350 crore and leadership of no fewer than 500 employees in a comparable transaction-banking franchise context.
• One completed Banking 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 financial services, payments, lending, insurance or regulated fintech; experience that is purely functional and lacks Senior Partner – Transformation-level transaction-banking franchise consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Hyderabad location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 065.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Senior Partner – Transformation package is ₹2.2–3.0 crore fixed + performance variable, calibrated to the final transaction-banking franchise scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 065 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Senior Partner – Transformation appointment in Hyderabad, centred on the transaction-banking franchise, 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 065.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 065. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 065.