CIO – Enterprise Platforms — Manufacturing-Technology Programme

The mandate

A deliberate change of pace is required to deal with regional platforms carrying duplicated cost and inconsistent controls within a multinational-owned fabless, foundry or semiconductor-systems enterprise. The immediate arena is the manufacturing-technology programme during an export-control response. For mandate 540, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The CIO – Enterprise Platforms operating perimeter covers approximately NT$8,200 million in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, with activity spanning several manufacturing-technology programme customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The CIO – Enterprise Platforms Semiconductor remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,500 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a CIO – Enterprise Platforms who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the manufacturing-technology programme. The CIO – Enterprise Platforms Semiconductor seat must resolve an export-control response, while preserving the underlying strengths of the manufacturing-technology programme. For mandate 540, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The CIO – Enterprise Platforms’s first year on the manufacturing-technology programme is expected to end with standard platforms, measurable adoption and lower run cost. In mandate 540, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a planned replacement for the CIO – Enterprise Platforms — Manufacturing-Technology Programme seat. The incumbent continues to lead the manufacturing-technology programme through an agreed succession period and will support a structured handover. The board has allowed 4–6 months to assess candidates, complete diligence and protect continuity while an export-control response is addressed. The search is confidential so the transition can be communicated to employees, customers and partners in a controlled sequence.

What you will own

• Set the CIO – Enterprise Platforms value-creation thesis for the manufacturing-technology programme, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately NT$8,200 million in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the CIO – Enterprise Platforms Semiconductor organisation of about 1,500 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the manufacturing-technology programme economics and execution constraints created by an export-control response, with CIO – Enterprise Platforms-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one CIO – Enterprise Platforms operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the manufacturing-technology programme; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have owned enterprise service, cyber, architecture and technology economics rather than a single application tower in mandate 540.
• Build the CIO – Enterprise Platforms’s three-year succession and capability plan for the manufacturing-technology programme, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Semiconductor organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the manufacturing-technology programme baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to regional platforms carrying duplicated cost and inconsistent controls, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal CIO – Enterprise Platforms portfolio and organisation choices for the manufacturing-technology programme, 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 manufacturing-technology programme trend against standard platforms, measurable adoption and lower run cost, 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 CIO – Enterprise Platforms’s agreed first-year manufacturing-technology programme value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A CIO – Enterprise Platforms forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the manufacturing-technology programme’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the CIO – Enterprise Platforms mandate’s highest-priority manufacturing-technology programme risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical manufacturing-technology programme talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the CIO – Enterprise Platforms’s direct reports.
• A quantified CIO – Enterprise Platforms-owned improvement in the manufacturing-technology programme operating constraint behind an export-control response, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 540: 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 CIO, Enterprise Applications Head or Regional Technology Director in a multinational-owned Semiconductor or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the manufacturing-technology programme, your CIO – Enterprise Platforms track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this CIO – Enterprise Platforms brief.

As a CIO – Enterprise Platforms candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Semiconductor or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 22-28 experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of NT$4,750 million and led an organisation of at least 1,050 people.

For mandate 540, the board wants two transitions: a difficult manufacturing-technology programme portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during an export-control response. As the prospective CIO – Enterprise Platforms for this manufacturing-technology programme, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 540 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The CIO – Enterprise Platforms must be based in Hsinchu; international relocation is supported, but this Semiconductor role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of CIO, Enterprise Applications Head or Regional Technology Director, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Semiconductor governance forum.
• Proven CIO – Enterprise Platforms ownership of at least NT$4,750 million and leadership of no fewer than 1,050 employees in a comparable manufacturing-technology programme context.
• One completed Semiconductor or adjacent-sector example of regional platforms carrying duplicated cost and inconsistent controls with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from semiconductors, electronics, embedded systems, advanced manufacturing or engineering services; experience that is purely functional and lacks CIO – Enterprise Platforms-level manufacturing-technology programme consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Hsinchu location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 540.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated CIO – Enterprise Platforms package is NT$14–20 million base + annual incentive and equity, calibrated to the final manufacturing-technology programme scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 540 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The CIO – Enterprise Platforms appointment in Hsinchu, centred on the manufacturing-technology programme, 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 540.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 540. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 540.