Data Center Solutions Technical Manager

Schneider Electric; Petaling Jaya; Hybrid; MYR 355,000 - 514,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is looking for a Data Center Solutions Technical Manager for East Asia. The ideal candidate will lead a team in delivering complex data center projects, ensuring technical integrity from tender to commissioning. Candidates should have a Master's degree in Engineering, at least 10 years of experience in leading projects, and fluency in English. The role offers a hybrid work arrangement and emphasizes sustainability in technology solutions, supporting a cleaner, better world.

Benefits

Global Family Leave

Comprehensive medical coverage

Worldwide Employee Stock Ownership

Hybrid work arrangement

Qualifications

• 10 years leading technical scope of customer projects.
• 3 years of technical experience in data center construction.
• Other languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical leaders in defining technical solutions.
• Oversee project delivery from initiation to closing.
• Manage technical risks and drive standardization.

Skills

Fluent English

Ability to lead in a complex environment

Effective communication of technical strategies

Ability to convince stakeholders

Agility in leadership

Coaching and collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

In Schneider Electric, everything we do is geared towards advancing progress and sustainability for all—our colleagues, customers, partners, and the communities and societies we serve.

Whether it's through our products, software, and services that propel the digital transformation of energy management and automation, or through our corporate citizenship and volunteer activities, we make a meaningful impact by empowering people and organizations to become more resilient, electric, and digital.

Which is where you come in. Working at Schneider Electric means working toward a cleaner, better world. You're part of a global team built on inclusion, mastery, purpose, action, curiosity, and teamwork, turning sustainability ambitions into actions.

The Role: Data Center Solutions Technical Manager- East Asia

Leading a team of technical leaders who

• Act as a critical interface between customers, commercial teams, and engineering departments to deliver complex data center infrastructure projects in East Asia.
• Are responsible for the technical integrity of solutions from the tender phase to commissioning, ensuring Schneider Electric's solution (Electrical distribution, UPS, cooling systems, and automation systems) are designed and installed according to customer specifications.

What will you do?

1. Technical Leadership & Design Oversight: Lead and mentor technical leaders in the definition of the full technical solution during pre‑bid and bidding stages ensuring it meets customer key success criteria (performance, quality, cost effectiveness).
2. Project Execution & Delivery: Oversee project delivery from initiation to closing, including design reviews, design optimizations, FAT and SAT.
3. Processes, Quality & Risk Management: Oversee quality reviews of engineering designs, drawings and documentation, manage technical risks, resolve bottlenecks, and drive standardization of technical solutions across customers.
4. Community of Practices, Coaching & Innovation: Act as the main interface between the team and Line Of Business / Innovation Centers to ensure technical leaders fully leverage SE latest innovations in the data center construction business, identify, formalize and share lessons learned and best practices, and collaborate with global technical teams, factories and subject matter experts.

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Master's degree in Engineering.
• Fluent English.
• Other languages are a plus.
• 10 years in leading technical scope of customer projects, or parts of large & international customer projects.
• 3 years of Technical experience in the data center construction project is a strong plus.
• Ability to lead with agility in a complex & matrix environment.
• Ability to communicate (written, verbal) clearly in a concise and synthetic manner on complex technical strategy.
• Ability to convince stakeholders on the proper project technical strategy.
• Ability to learn from others, share knowledge, coach others and collaborate efficiently.

What’s in it for me?

• Global Family Leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage for employee and dependents
• Worldwide Employee Stock Ownership
• Hybrid work arrangement (New Ways of Working)
• …and more!

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success.

We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150,000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

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