Director, Maintenance Cost Control

Who we are:

Digital Edge DC (Digital Edge) is an emerging data center platform company, established to transform digital infrastructure in Asia. We seek to build the foundation for the world’s digital future, helping organizations to grow sustainably and empowering the populations they serve.

Through building and operating state-of-the-art, energy-efficient data centers rich with connectivity options, we aim to bring new colocation and interconnect options to the Asian market, making infrastructure deployment in the region easy, efficient and economical. 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.

Founded in late 2020 the company has grown rapidly across multiple markets in the region, and this role is an exciting opportunity to join the team as we further expand our footprint across Asia.

Our values:

• Responsibility: We take ownership of our actions and outcomes.
• Innovation: We embrace change and create bold solutions.  
• Strive: We show grit, resilience and relentless drive.
• Excellence: We pursue the highest standards in all we do.   
• Respect: We act with integrity and treat others with dignity.

What we need:

Reporting To: Senior Director, Maintenance & PUE
Based in: Singapore

The Director – Maintenance Cost Management is the regional authority for all maintenance-related CapEx and OpEx evaluation and governance, ensuring that every investment decision is risk-informed, consistent, and financially sound.

This role acts as the primary decision filter and advisor to the VP Infrastructure Operations for all cost-related approvals.

Key responsibilities:

1. CapEx & OpEx Review and Governance

• Review, evaluate, and endorse all maintenance CapEx and OpEx submissions across countries
• Establish and enforce standard decision frameworks:
• lifecycle cost analysis
• risk vs cost trade-offs
• repair vs replacement decisions

2. Maintenance Financial Planning

• Develop and manage regional maintenance cost outlook (CapEx & OpEx)
• Identify cost optimisation opportunities without compromising reliability
• Ensure predictability and transparency in maintenance spend

3. Risk-Based Investment Decision

• Integrate asset condition, incident trends, and operational risk into cost decisions
• Prevent:
• under-investment → failures
• over-investment → inefficiency

4. Vendor & Contract Cost Control

• Review Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) contracts, variation orders, and major repair works
• Challenge cost structures, scope inflation, and vendor assumptions
• Support standardisation of commercial terms and SLAs

5. Executive & Audit Support

• Provide clear justification for approval or rejection of spend
• Support audits, board reviews, and investor queries on maintenance cost
• Act as key advisor to VP on financial risk exposure

Actively champion and implement the organization’s policies on health & safety, environment, energy, quality, information security, and business continuity, ensuring adherence to incident reporting, legal, and regulatory requirements.

The successful candidate:

Required:

• 12 years in data center / critical infrastructure / industrial operations

• Strong experience in:

• maintenance strategy
• lifecycle asset management
• CapEx/OpEx governance

• Able to translate engineering decisions into financial impact
• Strong stakeholder influence at Director / VP level

Preferred:

• Systems thinker
• Strong data governance mindset
• Cross-country stakeholder management
• Executive reporting capability
• Process standardization expertise

If you’re ready to help shape the next phase of a fast‑growing digital infrastructure platform, we’d like to hear from you.