Head of Construction

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:

We are seeking a Head of Construction with a strong construction execution focused on delivering a ~300MW multi-phase data centre campus. This role will be reporting to Chief Development & Construction Officer, India.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience delivering complex, multi-site mission-critical projects, with a proven track record of driving strong outcomes across safety, quality, schedule, and contractor performance while partnering closely with Engineering/Design, PMO/Project Controls, Commercial/Procurement, and Operations/Commissioning.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic & Functional Leadership (Campus)

• Provide leadership for construction delivery across the entire campus, aligning teams to milestone‑based outcomes and budgeted cost.
• Establish clear accountability, performance expectations, and governance cadence for site leadership and delivery partners.
• Lead, mentor, and performance‑manage construction managers, package (MEP/Civil) managers, field engineers, and site support roles.

2. Delivery Ownership

• Own end‑to‑end construction delivery from pre‑construction (constructability, sequencing, site logistics) through commissioning and turnover.
• Identify critical‑path risks early; lead mitigations and recovery plans (schedule, access, long‑lead, utilities, inspections).
• Ensure project controls discipline (baseline integrity, earned value/progress measurement, forecast‑to‑complete, productivity).
• Drive field readiness (workface planning, constraint removal, look‑ahead scheduling).

3. Construction Governance & Standardisation

• Implement and enforce Group governance frameworks, reporting standards, and escalation pathways at campus level.
• Oversee change control and variation management; ensure compliant approval workflows and robust documentation.
• Maintain campus construction playbooks, ITPs, templates and lessons learned to drive repeatability across phases.

4. Cross‑Functional & Stakeholder Interface

• Serve as the primary construction interface with Design/Engineering, PMO/Project Controls, Commercial/Procurement, and Operations.            
• Support contracting strategies, tender governance, variation/claims prevention, vendor readiness, and performance management.
• Represent construction delivery in senior reviews, partner meetings, customer walk‑throughs, and executive escalations (as delegated).

5. Commissioning & Operational Readiness

• Ensure turnover discipline: documentation completeness, redlines/as‑builts, O&M manuals, asset data, and spares.
• Coordinate smooth transition to Operations, ensuring operational acceptance criteria and customer readiness are met.

6. Safety, Quality & Risk

• Enforce HSE and QA/QC non‑negotiables; ensure audit cadence and timely closure of corrective actions.
• Promote quality‑at‑source (progressive turnover, ITP adherence, inspections, punch/snag closure).
• Lead campus risk reviews across safety, quality, schedule, cost, and multi‑contractor interfaces.
• 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. 

Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• Minimum 18 years of experience delivering large, complex construction programmes.
• Proven leadership experience at Director or Campus level within data centre or mission-critical environments.
• Strong expertise in construction delivery, HSE, QA/QC, commissioning, schedule management, and change control.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, ideally with hyperscale cloud, and/or datacentre developers preferred.