Associate Director, Masterplanning

Who we are:

Digital Edge is a trusted and forward-looking data center platform company, established to transform digital infrastructure in Asia. Backed by Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, Digital Edge has in excess of US$1 billion in committed capital.

Our mission is to bridge the digital divide across Asia Pacific by building the sustainable digital ecosystems of the future. Through building and operating state-of-the-art, energy efficient data centers rich with connectivity options, we bring new colocation and interconnect options to the Asian market, making digital infrastructure deployment in the region easy, efficient and economical.

Founded in 2020 the company has grown rapidly across multiple markets in the region, and currently provides data center and fiber services across China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join our fast growing team as we further expand our footprint across Asia.

Our values:

• Respect: We embrace diversity and collaboration.
• Innovation: We share ideas and solve problems.  
• Grit: We are driven and determined.
• Excellence: We seek to deliver the best.   
• Responsibility: We do what’s right for our people and the planet.

What we need:

Reporting to Head of Engineering, this role will be leading the strategic planning and development of our data centre infrastructure projects. This involves overseeing the entire lifecycle of Masterplanning, from initial site selection, technical due diligence up to schematic design stage. The Masterplanning Director ensures that data centre facilities are designed, developed according to our standards and customer requirements to meet the company’s operational, sustainability, and business objectives. This role will be based in Singapore.

Key responsibilities:

• Strategic Masterplanning: Manage the long-term masterplan for our data centre infrastructure, ensuring alignment with the company’s growth and technology strategy.
• Design & Development: Lead the design and development phases up to schematic design stage of our data centre projects, working closely with architects, engineers, and construction teams.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with senior management to define and refine strategic objectives for our data centre development, expansion and optimization.
• Project Planning: Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, including design consultants, vendors to ensure smooth project delivery.
• Leadership: Provide mentorship and professional development opportunities to team members. Foster a collaborative and innovative work environment, encouraging continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary point of contact for Masterplanning-related matters with internal and external stakeholders. Present project plans, progress updates and reports to executive leadership.
• Risk Management: Identify potential and develop mitigation strategies to address them proactively.
• Consultant and Vendor Collaboration: Work closely with external parties for successful design delivery, selecting the appropriate components and ensuring compatibility for construction and operations.
• Actively champion and implement policies and procedures for occupational health & safety in the workplace, information security management, environmental management systems; incident management; and comply with all legal regulatory requirements of the organization

The successful candidate:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering or related field.
• 10 years or more relevant professional and project delivery experiences in APAC, including design of hyperscale data centres.
• Strong understanding of data centre infrastructure, including electrical, mechanical and IT system.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale data centre projects.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Effective communication and teamwork abilities.
• Familiarity with project management principles.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
• Professional engineering certification is advantageous.
• Primarily office-based with some travel required to project locations within Asia Pacific.