Senior Manager, Corporate Development & Investments

Who we are:

Where performance meets sustainability, Digital Edge is a leading data center platform in Asia Pacific, delivering sustainable, next-generation, AI-ready digital infrastructure at scale. Headquartered in Singapore and backed by Stonepeak, we operate a rapidly expanding platform with over 30 data centers and 1.8GW of secured IT power across key markets.

Our mission is to build the foundation for the world’s digital future, helping organizations to grow sustainably and empowering the populations they serve. We differentiate through execution – delivering at speed and at scale while combining global standards with deep local expertise. This enables us to provide consistent, sustainable and high-performance infrastructure for hyperscalers and enterprises across the region.

As Asia Pacific’s digital transformation accelerates, Digital Edge is building the infrastructure that powers the next wave of AI and cloud growth. Joining Digital Edge means being part of a high-growth platform at the forefront of AI and cloud infrastructure, where you can make a tangible impact on Asia-Pacific’s digital future.

Our values:

• Respect: We embrace diversity and collaboration.
• Innovation: We share ideas and solve problems.  
• Strive: 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 an experienced investment professional with a background in data center or real estate M&A, strategic transactions and joint ventures to join as Associate Director, Investments in our Investments and Corporate Development team based in Singapore.

This is a high impact role responsible for end-to-end ownership of several ongoing projects across an extensive portfolio of operating, under construction and pipeline data centre projects in South Korea.

Reporting to the Head of Investments, the Associate Director will partner closely with local and regional Design, Engineering, Customer Sales and Finance teams, provide investment direction, and align communications with internal and external stakeholders in a fast paced and regionally distributed environment.

Based in Singapore, this role will also drive pipeline development and partnership opportunities across the country and explore new targets for growth and expansion.

Key responsibilities:

Transaction Execution and Deal Management

• Lead the end-to-end transaction process, from target identification, due diligence, valuation, structuring and negotiation through to closing.
• Manage internal and external advisors across banking, legal, technical, tax and environmental workstreams.
• Drive comprehensive analysis including financial modelling, tax structuring, commercial evaluation and business plan development, including customer dependencies.
• Drive debt financing discussions with lenders to procure funding for development projects.
• Present investment recommendations and insights to senior stakeholders, and prepare investment committee materials and board papers.
• Ensure alignment of transaction structures with long-term operational and financial goals.

Cost and Schedule Control and Executive Reporting

• Oversee investment plans, cost and schedule control, and risk management processes across active and planned projects.
• Provide actionable insights to support capital planning, resource allocation and strategic decision-making.
• Ensure compliance with internal governance, audit standards and relevant regulatory frameworks.
• Monitor post-acquisition performance, manage advisors, and resolve operational or contractual issues.

New Opportunity Sourcing and Market Intelligence

• Build and maintain a pipeline of greenfield and partnership opportunities, with a particular focus on Japan and other growth markets.
• Manage the full investment lifecycle, from site identification and acquisition through to transaction structuring and development execution.
• Maintain an informed perspective on industry trends, competitor moves and market demand drivers to guide strategic expansion.
• Oversee development of sales decks for new and existing opportunities, working closely with the go-to-market and construction teams.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with design, operations and finance teams to validate assumptions, assess feasibility, and align development programmes with business goals, customer requirements and long-term capacity planning.
• Lead post-project reviews and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, transparency and execution consistency.

Health, Safety and Compliance

• Uphold company standards on health, safety, environment, information security and quality, and comply with all legal and regulatory requirements of the organisation.

The successful candidate:

• 3 to 5 years of experience in private equity, infrastructure investing, consulting or corporate development, ideally within data centers, renewables, logistics or energy, with a strong track record of successful investment deals.
• Deep financial modelling and valuation skills, with comfort across the regulatory and technical aspects of large-scale developments.
• Proven track record in greenfield project origination and execution, including due diligence and joint venture structuring.
• Experience managing external advisors and coordinating multi-workstream due diligence across legal, financial, tax and technical disciplines.
• Solid understanding of the Asia Pacific market, with the ability to work across multiple countries and cultures.
• Strong relationship and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across internal and external stakeholders.
• Highly organised and commercially minded, comfortable managing multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering or a related field. An MBA or CFA is preferred.

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