Joint Managing Director – Operations — Data And Evaluation Platform

The mandate

A recent strategy review exposed succession into a split leadership model during a complex execution phase within a multinational-owned enterprise artificial-intelligence products company. The immediate arena is the data and evaluation platform during a research-to-product transition. For mandate 162, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Joint Managing Director – Operations operating perimeter covers approximately ₹850 crore in AI product and services revenue, with activity spanning several data and evaluation platform customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Joint Managing Director – Operations Artificial Intelligence remit carries direct influence over roughly 900 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The group board and the relevant risk and people committees want a Joint Managing Director – Operations who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the data and evaluation platform. The Joint Managing Director – Operations Artificial Intelligence seat must resolve a research-to-product transition, while preserving the underlying strengths of the data and evaluation platform. For mandate 162, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Joint Managing Director – Operations’s first year on the data and evaluation platform is expected to end with delivery certainty, operating discipline and a credible succession bridge. In mandate 162, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a planned replacement for the Joint Managing Director – Operations — Data And Evaluation Platform seat. The incumbent continues to lead the data and evaluation platform through an agreed succession period and will support a structured handover. The board has allowed 4–6 months to assess candidates, complete diligence and protect continuity while a research-to-product transition is addressed. The search is confidential so the transition can be communicated to employees, customers and partners in a controlled sequence.

What you will own

• Set the Joint Managing Director – Operations value-creation thesis for the data and evaluation platform, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately ₹850 crore in AI product and services revenue, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Joint Managing Director – Operations Artificial Intelligence organisation of about 900 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the data and evaluation platform economics and execution constraints created by a research-to-product transition, with Joint Managing Director – Operations-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Joint Managing Director – Operations operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the data and evaluation platform; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have led a country, division or operating entity with direct commercial, people and governance accountability in mandate 162.
• Build the Joint Managing Director – Operations’s three-year succession and capability plan for the data and evaluation platform, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Artificial Intelligence organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the data and evaluation platform baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to succession into a split leadership model during a complex execution phase, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Joint Managing Director – Operations portfolio and organisation choices for the data and evaluation 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 data and evaluation platform trend against delivery certainty, operating discipline and a credible succession bridge, 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 Joint Managing Director – Operations’s agreed first-year data and evaluation platform value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Joint Managing Director – Operations forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the data and evaluation platform’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Joint Managing Director – Operations mandate’s highest-priority data and evaluation platform risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical data and evaluation platform talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Joint Managing Director – Operations’s direct reports.
• A quantified Joint Managing Director – Operations-owned improvement in the data and evaluation platform operating constraint behind a research-to-product transition, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 162: 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 Joint MD, COO, Executive Director or Business President in a multinational-owned Artificial Intelligence or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the data and evaluation platform, your Joint Managing Director – Operations 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 Joint Managing Director – Operations brief.

As a Joint Managing Director – Operations candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Artificial Intelligence 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 ₹1,400 crore and led an organisation of at least 900 people.

For mandate 162, the board wants two transitions: a difficult data and evaluation platform portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a research-to-product transition. As the prospective Joint Managing Director – Operations for this data and evaluation platform, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 162 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Joint Managing Director – Operations 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 Joint MD, COO, Executive Director or Business President, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Artificial Intelligence governance forum.
• Proven Joint Managing Director – Operations ownership of at least ₹1,400 crore and leadership of no fewer than 900 employees in a comparable data and evaluation platform context.
• One completed Artificial Intelligence or adjacent-sector example of succession into a split leadership model during a complex execution phase 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 Joint Managing Director – Operations-level data and evaluation 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 162.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Joint Managing Director – Operations package is ₹5.0–7.5 crore fixed + performance variable and LTI, calibrated to the final data and evaluation platform scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 162 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Joint Managing Director – Operations appointment in Hyderabad, centred on the data and evaluation platform, 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 162.

Confidentiality

Client identity is withheld at this stage and will be disclosed under mutual confidentiality after an initial fit discussion for mandate 162. Rounded ranges and blended context prevent this document from being used to triangulate the organisation for mandate 162.