EVP – Risk and Resilience — Speciality-Materials Portfolio

The mandate

A deliberate change of pace is required to deal with board concern over resilience and inconsistent first-line ownership within a privately held multi-site industrial manufacturing group. The immediate arena is the speciality-materials portfolio during an automation investment cycle. For mandate 460, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The EVP – Risk and Resilience operating perimeter covers approximately ₹10,900 crore in manufacturing and commercial portfolio, with activity spanning several speciality-materials portfolio customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The EVP – Risk and Resilience Manufacturing remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,950 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a EVP – Risk and Resilience who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the speciality-materials portfolio. The EVP – Risk and Resilience Manufacturing seat must resolve an automation investment cycle, while preserving the underlying strengths of the speciality-materials portfolio. For mandate 460, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The EVP – Risk and Resilience’s first year on the speciality-materials portfolio is expected to end with risk appetite adherence, tested resilience and faster issue closure. In mandate 460, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

The EVP – Risk and Resilience — Speciality-Materials Portfolio requirement was not included in the approved hiring calendar. It became urgent after an automation investment cycle created an immediate need for one accountable owner of the speciality-materials portfolio. Interim coverage protects essential decisions, but split ownership cannot continue through the next operating gate. The board intends to move from qualified shortlist to offer within 4–6 weeks while preserving confidential, evidence-led diligence.

What you will own

• Set the EVP – Risk and Resilience value-creation thesis for the speciality-materials portfolio, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹10,900 crore in manufacturing and commercial portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the EVP – Risk and Resilience Manufacturing organisation of about 1,950 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the speciality-materials portfolio economics and execution constraints created by an automation investment cycle, with EVP – Risk and Resilience-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one EVP – Risk and Resilience operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the speciality-materials portfolio; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Demonstrate enterprise authority across functions and markets, with outcomes visible in cash, customers or controlled risk in mandate 460.
• Build the EVP – Risk and Resilience’s three-year succession and capability plan for the speciality-materials portfolio, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Manufacturing organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the speciality-materials portfolio baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to board concern over resilience and inconsistent first-line ownership, 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 – Risk and Resilience portfolio and organisation choices for the speciality-materials 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 speciality-materials portfolio trend against risk appetite adherence, tested resilience and faster issue closure, 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 – Risk and Resilience’s agreed first-year speciality-materials portfolio value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A EVP – Risk and Resilience forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the speciality-materials portfolio’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the EVP – Risk and Resilience mandate’s highest-priority speciality-materials portfolio risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical speciality-materials portfolio talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the EVP – Risk and Resilience’s direct reports.
• A quantified EVP – Risk and Resilience-owned improvement in the speciality-materials portfolio operating constraint behind an automation investment cycle, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 460: 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 Risk, Deputy CRO or Operational Resilience Head in a privately held Manufacturing or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the speciality-materials portfolio, your EVP – Risk and Resilience track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from industrial manufacturing, engineering, chemicals, automotive components or process industries will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this EVP – Risk and Resilience brief.

As a EVP – Risk and Resilience candidate, you bring 22–28 years of progressive Manufacturing 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 ₹6,300 crore and led an organisation of at least 1,375 people.

For mandate 460, the board wants two transitions: a difficult speciality-materials portfolio portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during an automation investment cycle. As the prospective EVP – Risk and Resilience for this speciality-materials portfolio, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 460 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The EVP – Risk and Resilience role in Manufacturing 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 EVP Risk, Deputy CRO or Operational Resilience Head, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Manufacturing governance forum.
• Proven EVP – Risk and Resilience ownership of at least ₹6,300 crore and leadership of no fewer than 1,375 employees in a comparable speciality-materials portfolio context.
• One completed Manufacturing or adjacent-sector example of board concern over resilience and inconsistent first-line ownership with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from industrial manufacturing, engineering, chemicals, automotive components or process industries; experience that is purely functional and lacks EVP – Risk and Resilience-level speciality-materials portfolio consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Hyderabad location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 460.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated EVP – Risk and Resilience package is ₹2.2–3.0 crore fixed + performance variable, calibrated to the final speciality-materials portfolio scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 460 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The EVP – Risk and Resilience appointment in Hyderabad, centred on the speciality-materials 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 460.

Confidentiality

To protect the board, incumbent team and candidate, the organisation remains unnamed until a confidential conversation confirms mutual relevance for mandate 460. The operating facts have been rounded and blended expressly to remove identifying signals for mandate 460.