SVP – Commercial Growth — Foundation-Model Platform

The mandate

The investment committee has withheld further expansion pending clarity on slowing growth in priority customer segments within a institutionally backed enterprise artificial-intelligence products company. The immediate arena is the foundation-model platform during model-cost escalation. For mandate 157, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The SVP – Commercial Growth operating perimeter covers approximately ₹1,100 crore in AI product and services revenue, with activity spanning several foundation-model platform customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The SVP – Commercial Growth Artificial Intelligence remit carries direct influence over roughly 225 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a SVP – Commercial Growth who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the foundation-model platform. The SVP – Commercial Growth Artificial Intelligence seat must resolve model-cost escalation, while preserving the underlying strengths of the foundation-model platform. For mandate 157, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The SVP – Commercial Growth’s first year on the foundation-model platform is expected to end with quality revenue, pricing discipline and a repeatable commercial engine. In mandate 157, 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 SVP – Commercial Growth — Foundation-Model Platform seat, established because model-cost escalation 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 foundation-model platform, 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 SVP – Commercial Growth value-creation thesis for the foundation-model platform, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹1,100 crore in AI product and services revenue, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the SVP – Commercial Growth Artificial Intelligence organisation of about 225 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the foundation-model platform economics and execution constraints created by model-cost escalation, with SVP – Commercial Growth-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one SVP – Commercial Growth operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the foundation-model platform; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Show end-to-end ownership of a material platform or value stream, including budget, talent and measurable operating outcomes in mandate 157.
• Build the SVP – Commercial Growth’s three-year succession and capability plan for the foundation-model platform, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Artificial Intelligence organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the foundation-model platform baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to slowing growth in priority customer segments, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal SVP – Commercial Growth portfolio and organisation choices for the foundation-model platform, 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 foundation-model platform trend against quality revenue, pricing discipline and a repeatable commercial engine, 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 SVP – Commercial Growth’s agreed first-year foundation-model platform value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A SVP – Commercial Growth forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the foundation-model platform’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the SVP – Commercial Growth mandate’s highest-priority foundation-model platform risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical foundation-model platform talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the SVP – Commercial Growth’s direct reports.
• A quantified SVP – Commercial Growth-owned improvement in the foundation-model platform operating constraint behind model-cost escalation, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 157: 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 SVP Sales, Commercial Director or Business Unit Head in a institutionally backed Artificial Intelligence or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the foundation-model platform, your SVP – Commercial Growth 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 SVP – Commercial Growth brief.

As a SVP – Commercial Growth candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Artificial Intelligence 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 ₹1,100 crore and led an organisation of at least 220 people.

For mandate 157, the board wants two transitions: a difficult foundation-model platform portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during model-cost escalation. As the prospective SVP – Commercial Growth for this foundation-model platform, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 157 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The SVP – Commercial Growth role in Artificial Intelligence is based in Hyderabad; 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 SVP Sales, Commercial Director or Business Unit Head, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Artificial Intelligence governance forum.
• Proven SVP – Commercial Growth ownership of at least ₹1,100 crore and leadership of no fewer than 220 employees in a comparable foundation-model platform context.
• One completed Artificial Intelligence or adjacent-sector example of slowing growth in priority customer segments 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 SVP – Commercial Growth-level foundation-model platform consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Hyderabad location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 157.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated SVP – Commercial Growth package is ₹2.2–3.0 crore fixed + performance variable, calibrated to the final foundation-model platform scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 157 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The SVP – Commercial Growth appointment in Hyderabad, centred on the foundation-model platform, 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 157.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 157. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 157.