Managing Partner – Value Creation — Applied-AI Portfolio

The mandate

Following two years of uneven execution, the board is addressing expansion of a value-creation practice beyond founder-led delivery within a privately held enterprise artificial-intelligence products company. The immediate arena is the applied-AI portfolio during a post-funding scale-up. For mandate 164, 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 – Value Creation operating perimeter covers approximately ₹1,150 crore in AI product and services revenue, with activity spanning several applied-AI portfolio customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Partner – Value Creation Artificial Intelligence remit carries direct influence over roughly 500 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Managing Partner – Value Creation who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the applied-AI portfolio. The Managing Partner – Value Creation Artificial Intelligence seat must resolve a post-funding scale-up, while preserving the underlying strengths of the applied-AI portfolio. For mandate 164, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Managing Partner – Value Creation’s first year on the applied-AI portfolio is expected to end with repeatable client impact, senior hiring and durable fee growth. In mandate 164, 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 Managing Partner – Value Creation — Applied-AI Portfolio seat following an accelerated leadership transition. Interim accountability is in place for the applied-ai portfolio, but the board wants a permanent appointment within 6–8 weeks because a post-funding scale-up 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 Managing Partner – Value Creation value-creation thesis for the applied-AI portfolio, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹1,150 crore in AI product and services revenue, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Partner – Value Creation Artificial Intelligence organisation of about 500 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the applied-AI portfolio economics and execution constraints created by a post-funding scale-up, with Managing Partner – Value Creation-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Managing Partner – Value Creation operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the applied-AI portfolio; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Bring a verifiable book of trusted board relationships and evidence of building partner economics beyond personal billings in mandate 164.
• Build the Managing Partner – Value Creation’s three-year succession and capability plan for the applied-AI portfolio, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Artificial Intelligence organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the applied-AI portfolio baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to expansion of a value-creation practice beyond founder-led delivery, 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 – Value Creation portfolio and organisation choices for the applied-AI portfolio, 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 applied-AI portfolio trend against repeatable client impact, senior hiring and durable fee growth, 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 – Value Creation’s agreed first-year applied-AI portfolio value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Managing Partner – Value Creation forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the applied-AI portfolio’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Managing Partner – Value Creation mandate’s highest-priority applied-AI portfolio risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical applied-AI portfolio talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Managing Partner – Value Creation’s direct reports.
• A quantified Managing Partner – Value Creation-owned improvement in the applied-AI portfolio operating constraint behind a post-funding scale-up, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 164: 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, Operating Partner or Transformation Practice Head in a privately held Artificial Intelligence or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the applied-AI portfolio, your Managing Partner – Value Creation track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from AI, enterprise software, data infrastructure, cloud, analytics or applied research will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Managing Partner – Value Creation brief.

As a Managing Partner – Value Creation candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Artificial Intelligence 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 ₹650 crore and led an organisation of at least 350 people. Advisory seats require equivalent applied-AI portfolio client-value ownership and multi-disciplinary leadership.

For mandate 164, the board wants two transitions: a difficult applied-AI portfolio portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a post-funding scale-up. As the prospective Managing Partner – Value Creation for this applied-AI portfolio, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 164 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Partner – Value Creation role in Artificial Intelligence 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 Managing Partner, Operating Partner or Transformation Practice Head, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Artificial Intelligence governance forum.
• Proven Managing Partner – Value Creation ownership of at least ₹650 crore and leadership of no fewer than 350 employees in a comparable applied-AI portfolio context.
• One completed Artificial Intelligence or adjacent-sector example of expansion of a value-creation practice beyond founder-led delivery with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from AI, enterprise software, data infrastructure, cloud, analytics or applied research; experience that is purely functional and lacks Managing Partner – Value Creation-level applied-AI portfolio consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Pune location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 164.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Managing Partner – Value Creation package is ₹5.0–7.5 crore fixed + performance variable and LTI, calibrated to the final applied-AI portfolio scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 164 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Partner – Value Creation appointment in Pune, centred on the applied-AI portfolio, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A structured client and conflict transition of up to 6 months can be accommodated for mandate 164.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 164. They will be shared with qualified candidates under a mutual undertaking, and the composite facts here must not be reverse-engineered or circulated for mandate 164.