EVP – Sustainability and Transition — Automotive-Chip Business

The mandate

The next planning cycle has brought into focus transition commitments that are not yet embedded in capital decisions within a listed fabless, foundry or semiconductor-systems enterprise. The immediate arena is the automotive-chip business during a supply-assurance programme. For mandate 533, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – Sustainability and Transition operating perimeter covers approximately €7,850 million in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, with activity spanning several automotive-chip business customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Sustainability and Transition Semiconductor remit carries direct influence over roughly 575 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a EVP – Sustainability and Transition who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the automotive-chip business. The EVP – Sustainability and Transition Semiconductor seat must resolve a supply-assurance programme, while preserving the underlying strengths of the automotive-chip business. For mandate 533, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s first year on the automotive-chip business is expected to end with credible transition economics, delivery governance and auditable progress. In mandate 533, 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 EVP – Sustainability and Transition — Automotive-Chip Business seat, established because a supply-assurance programme 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 automotive-chip business, 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 EVP – Sustainability and Transition value-creation thesis for the automotive-chip business, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately €7,850 million in design, manufacturing and customer programme portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Sustainability and Transition Semiconductor organisation of about 575 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the automotive-chip business economics and execution constraints created by a supply-assurance programme, with EVP – Sustainability and Transition-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – Sustainability and Transition operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the automotive-chip business; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 533.
• Build the EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s three-year succession and capability plan for the automotive-chip business, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Semiconductor organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the automotive-chip business baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to transition commitments that are not yet embedded in capital decisions, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal EVP – Sustainability and Transition portfolio and organisation choices for the automotive-chip business, 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 automotive-chip business trend against credible transition economics, delivery governance and auditable progress, 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 EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s agreed first-year automotive-chip business value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – Sustainability and Transition forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the automotive-chip business’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Sustainability and Transition mandate’s highest-priority automotive-chip business risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical automotive-chip business talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – Sustainability and Transition’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – Sustainability and Transition-owned improvement in the automotive-chip business operating constraint behind a supply-assurance programme, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 533: 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 EVP Sustainability, Transition Director or Strategy Leader in a listed Semiconductor or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the automotive-chip business, your EVP – Sustainability and Transition 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 EVP – Sustainability and Transition brief.

As a EVP – Sustainability and Transition candidate, you bring 18–22 years of progressive Semiconductor 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 €4,550 million and led an organisation of at least 400 people.

For mandate 533, the board wants two transitions: a difficult automotive-chip business portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a supply-assurance programme. As the prospective EVP – Sustainability and Transition for this automotive-chip business, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 533 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Sustainability and Transition must be based in Dresden; 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 EVP Sustainability, Transition Director or Strategy Leader, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Semiconductor governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Sustainability and Transition ownership of at least €4,550 million and leadership of no fewer than 400 employees in a comparable automotive-chip business context.
• One completed Semiconductor or adjacent-sector example of transition commitments that are not yet embedded in capital decisions 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 EVP – Sustainability and Transition-level automotive-chip business consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Dresden location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 533.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Sustainability and Transition package is €250,000–330,000 base + annual incentive, calibrated to the final automotive-chip business scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 533 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Sustainability and Transition appointment in Dresden, centred on the automotive-chip business, offers regular exposure to the group board and the relevant risk and people committees. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 533.

Confidentiality

This search is being conducted without naming the client for mandate 533. Identifying information will follow only when both sides elect to proceed under confidentiality; nothing in the published mandate should be treated as a clue to ownership or brand for mandate 533.