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VP, Site Selection & Acquisition, APAC

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Singapore
Senior level
Singapore
Senior level
Lead the Site Selection & Acquisition team, manage site acquisition processes, improve operational efficiencies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams for development. Ensure compliance with legal and financial policies while driving team performance and innovation.
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About Vantage Data Centers


Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect and acceptance. We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another’s experience.

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Vantage is looking for a proven leader to directly manage the Site Selection & Acquisition team to achieve goals and deliver on targeted plans of record for development sites. The successful candidate will manage existing teams that have an exceptional Site Selection & Acquisition capability and a strong reputation within the industry with both external and internal communities. As Senior Director of Site Selection & Acquisition, your responsibilities will include leading a team to deliver on set inventory and capacity goals, direct hands-on management of the Site Selection team to ensure internal business targets are achieved, improving and scaling Site Selection processes, policies and tools.  Peering with New Site Development, Finance, Legal, Design & Engineering, Construction and Operations is critical to the successful hand-off of sites throughout the entire asset management lifecycle.

Essential Job Functions

  • Manage a team of Site Selection & Acquisition Directors responsible for APAC:
  • Hold teams accountable to deliver on plans of records, and ensure all Directors comply with regional legal, risk, and financial controls and policies
  • Drive teams to execute all phases of Site Selection & Acquisition including pre-qualification, chasing, under control, in closing, closing and hand-off from Site Selection to New Site Development

Duties

  • Drive innovation and process improvement to diminish cycle times and increase employee output
  • Encourage and foster a team-oriented environment through positive feedback
  • Evaluate and manage performance reviews for your team.  Seek out input from others and provide feedback and coaching to manage individuals as well as the team
  • Working with Finance, Legal, New Site Development and Design & Engineering, assisting with creation of Site Selection acquisition budgets and oversee management of monthly variance reports.
  • Ensure sites are acquired in accordance with Vantage policies, terms and conditions, on time, with minimal risk, with budgeted parameters
  • Support sales in customer engagement and fulfillment of requirements related to customer SOQs and RFPs.   Provide current information to Sales on sites under control that are ready for marketing to customers within 24 hours of site control.
  • Partner with Site Selection & Acquisition Cost team, Finance to drive forecast/variance analysis, master service agreements (MSA) and project authorizations for new & existing contractors and vendors are executed
  • Vendor/Contractor management including qualification and relationship building/maintenance
  • Ensure lessons learned are held and placed in the feedback loop to drive continuous improvement
  • Work closely with the operations to coordinate design criteria and Site Selection & Acquisition with ongoing maintenance and operation of existing facilities

Job Requirements

  • 10-15 years of experience in management role required; 15 to 20 years preferred
  • Data Center experience is preferred
  • Business Management Degree is preferred
  • Strong operational skills required
  • Experience in managing distributed teams across various regions and time zones remotely required
  • Must be a creative thinker with demonstrated ability to champion innovation.
  • Flexible, adaptable and self-directed; able to work in a variety of circumstances, e.g.: remotely, while travelling, across multiple time zones, cross functionally, by project, etc.
  • Must demonstrate an excellent understanding of the commercial metrics which drive successful development
  • Employment Type – Full time.
  • Travel within the APAC region is required

We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers.

Top Skills

Budget Management
Data Center Management
Operations Management

Vantage Data Centers Singapore Office

77 Robinson Road, #34-01, Robinson 77, Singapore, , Singapore, 068896

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