Chief Executive Officer — Mixed-Signal Portfolio

The mandate

The board has concluded that incremental adjustment will not resolve portfolio reset after a board-led strategic review within a listed fabless, foundry or semiconductor-systems enterprise. The immediate arena is the mixed-signal portfolio during a design-win conversion gap. For mandate 501, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Chief Executive Officer operating perimeter covers approximately ₹5,450 crore in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, with activity spanning several mixed-signal portfolio customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Chief Executive Officer Semiconductor remit carries direct influence over roughly 450 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Chief Executive Officer who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the mixed-signal portfolio. The Chief Executive Officer Semiconductor seat must resolve a design-win conversion gap, while preserving the underlying strengths of the mixed-signal portfolio. For mandate 501, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Chief Executive Officer’s first year on the mixed-signal portfolio is expected to end with enterprise value, cash conversion and leadership credibility. In mandate 501, 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 Chief Executive Officer — Mixed-Signal Portfolio 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 mixed-signal portfolio remit is formally activated. Confidentiality protects organisation design choices while the board compares external and adjacent-sector talent.

What you will own

• Set the Chief Executive Officer value-creation thesis for the mixed-signal portfolio, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹5,450 crore in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Chief Executive Officer Semiconductor organisation of about 450 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the mixed-signal portfolio economics and execution constraints created by a design-win conversion gap, with Chief Executive Officer-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Chief Executive Officer operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the mixed-signal portfolio; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Show personal ownership of a whole-enterprise choice involving capital, customers and leadership, not merely sponsorship of a functional programme in mandate 501.
• Build the Chief Executive Officer’s three-year succession and capability plan for the mixed-signal portfolio, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Semiconductor organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the mixed-signal portfolio baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to portfolio reset after a board-led strategic review, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Chief Executive Officer portfolio and organisation choices for the mixed-signal 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 mixed-signal portfolio trend against enterprise value, cash conversion and leadership credibility, 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 Chief Executive Officer’s agreed first-year mixed-signal portfolio value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Chief Executive Officer forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the mixed-signal portfolio’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Chief Executive Officer mandate’s highest-priority mixed-signal portfolio risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical mixed-signal portfolio talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Chief Executive Officer’s direct reports.
• A quantified Chief Executive Officer-owned improvement in the mixed-signal portfolio operating constraint behind a design-win conversion gap, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 501: 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 Chief Executive Officer, Business CEO or Group President in a listed Semiconductor or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the mixed-signal portfolio, your Chief Executive Officer 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 Chief Executive Officer brief.

As a Chief Executive Officer candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Semiconductor 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 ₹3,150 crore and led an organisation of at least 450 people.

For mandate 501, the board wants two transitions: a difficult mixed-signal portfolio portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a design-win conversion gap. As the prospective Chief Executive Officer for this mixed-signal portfolio, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 501 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Chief Executive Officer role in Semiconductor 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 Chief Executive Officer, Business CEO or Group President, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Semiconductor governance forum.
• Proven Chief Executive Officer ownership of at least ₹3,150 crore and leadership of no fewer than 450 employees in a comparable mixed-signal portfolio context.
• One completed Semiconductor or adjacent-sector example of portfolio reset after a board-led strategic review 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 Chief Executive Officer-level mixed-signal portfolio consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Bengaluru location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 501.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Chief Executive Officer package is ₹5.0–7.5 crore fixed + performance variable and LTI, calibrated to the final mixed-signal portfolio scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 501 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Chief Executive Officer appointment in Bengaluru, centred on the mixed-signal portfolio, 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 501.

Confidentiality

The organisation will be identified only after reciprocal interest and a confidentiality undertaking for mandate 501. The market, scale and situation in this brief are intentionally composite and are not a coded description of a named enterprise for mandate 501.