Managing Director – India Platform — Cybersecurity Hub

The mandate

The board has concluded that incremental adjustment will not resolve a mandate to combine previously separate India businesses within a institutionally backed multinational global-capability-centre network. The immediate arena is the cybersecurity hub during a multi-site consolidation. For mandate 211, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Managing Director – India Platform operating perimeter covers approximately ₹4,100 crore in annual global services budget, with activity spanning several cybersecurity hub customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Managing Director – India Platform Global Capability Centres remit carries direct influence over roughly 2,625 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors want a Managing Director – India Platform who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the cybersecurity hub. The Managing Director – India Platform Global Capability Centres seat must resolve a multi-site consolidation, while preserving the underlying strengths of the cybersecurity hub. For mandate 211, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Managing Director – India Platform’s first year on the cybersecurity hub is expected to end with one country plan, integrated governance and profitable scale. In mandate 211, 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 Director – India Platform — Cybersecurity Hub seat, established because a multi-site consolidation 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 cybersecurity hub, 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 Director – India Platform value-creation thesis for the cybersecurity hub, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹4,100 crore in annual global services budget, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Managing Director – India Platform Global Capability Centres organisation of about 2,625 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the cybersecurity hub economics and execution constraints created by a multi-site consolidation, with Managing Director – India Platform-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Managing Director – India Platform operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the cybersecurity hub; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have led a country, division or operating entity with direct commercial, people and governance accountability in mandate 211.
• Build the Managing Director – India Platform’s three-year succession and capability plan for the cybersecurity hub, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Global Capability Centres organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the cybersecurity hub baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to a mandate to combine previously separate India businesses, 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 Director – India Platform portfolio and organisation choices for the cybersecurity hub, 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 cybersecurity hub trend against one country plan, integrated governance and profitable scale, 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 Director – India Platform’s agreed first-year cybersecurity hub value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Managing Director – India Platform forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the cybersecurity hub’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Managing Director – India Platform mandate’s highest-priority cybersecurity hub risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical cybersecurity hub talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Managing Director – India Platform’s direct reports.
• A quantified Managing Director – India Platform-owned improvement in the cybersecurity hub operating constraint behind a multi-site consolidation, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 211: 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 Country MD, India CEO or Regional Business President in a institutionally backed Global Capability Centres or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the cybersecurity hub, your Managing Director – India Platform 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 Managing Director – India Platform brief.

As a Managing Director – India Platform candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Global Capability Centres 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 ₹2,400 crore and led an organisation of at least 1,825 people.

For mandate 211, the board wants two transitions: a difficult cybersecurity hub portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a multi-site consolidation. As the prospective Managing Director – India Platform for this cybersecurity hub, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 211 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Managing Director – India Platform role in Global Capability Centres is based in Bengaluru; 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 Country MD, India CEO or Regional Business President, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Global Capability Centres governance forum.
• Proven Managing Director – India Platform ownership of at least ₹2,400 crore and leadership of no fewer than 1,825 employees in a comparable cybersecurity hub context.
• One completed Global Capability Centres or adjacent-sector example of a mandate to combine previously separate India businesses 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 Managing Director – India Platform-level cybersecurity hub consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Bengaluru location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 211.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Managing Director – India Platform package is ₹5.0–7.5 crore fixed + performance variable and LTI, calibrated to the final cybersecurity hub scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 211 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Managing Director – India Platform appointment in Bengaluru, centred on the cybersecurity hub, offers regular exposure to the chair, executive committee and principal capital sponsors. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 211.

Confidentiality

The organisation will be identified only after reciprocal interest and a confidentiality undertaking for mandate 211. The market, scale and situation in this brief are intentionally composite and are not a coded description of a named enterprise for mandate 211.