Managing Partner

About this mandate

BGR Global is conducting a retained, confidential search on behalf of a client — an established name in Indian leadership advisory — who is launching a new founder-scaling platform aimed at promoter-led businesses in the ₹50–₹500 crore revenue band.

The client's identity, the platform name, and the full commercial terms are disclosed only to candidates who progress past the initial screen, under a mutual NDA.

The role

The Managing Partner will lead the new platform end-to-end. This is a co-owner role, not a hire. The successful candidate will report directly to the founder-principal and hold the P&L of the platform from day one.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform P&L across all commercial engines — diagnostic, advisory, and certification.
• Build the delivery organisation, including hiring and running the senior delivery team.
• Curate and manage the first cohort of certified senior advisors under the platform brand.
• Represent the platform commercially with founder-clients, ecosystem partners, and cohort candidates.
• Systematise the intellectual property so the platform runs whether or not the principal is in the room.

Who we are looking for

• 12–18 years running operations inside a professional-services, consulting, or advisory business.
• Personally sold or delivered ₹5–25 crore of advisory or B2B services engagements — not managed a category from a distance.
• Built and led a team of 10–30 people through at least one full growth cycle.
• Comfortable in the room with a ₹500 crore promoter-founder. Judgement over process.
• Fluent in the Indian promoter idiom — has worked closely with family-led business cultures and understands the family dynamics as well as the P&L.

Typical career shapes that fit: a Big-4 partner or principal who left before Partner; a number-two at a specialist advisory boutique; a returning NRI operator who ran a business unit abroad and now wants to build something in India on their own terms.

Compensation construct

This is not a salaried role. Compensation is structured as meaningful equity in a new operating entity, alongside a carried-interest arrangement on the revenue the successful candidate builds. The business is funded from existing operating cash — no external capital, no burn. Full financial terms are shared only with shortlisted candidates.

Candidates seeking a conventional fixed-salary CXO package should not apply.

Cultural filters that actually matter

• Comfortable being the systems person while the founder-principal remains the external voice of the platform.
• A five-to-seven year horizon builder, not a title-seeker.
• Sees "no cash, real equity" as a design feature, not a red flag.

How to apply

Applications by email only, to [email protected], with the subject line "Confidential MP — Application". One paragraph on "why this interests you and why you fit" is sufficient at the first stage. (Attached your LI profile / CV)

All approaches are held in strict confidence, including from the client until we introduce you.

Please do not comment on this listing publicly, and please do not attempt to identify the client. Any candidate who does so will be removed from consideration.

Applications acknowledged within 72 hours. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a first conversation with BGR before any introduction to the principal.