Associate Vice President, Commercial

AirTrunk; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

AirTrunk, Asia Pacific & Middle East’s leading hyperscale data centre company, seeks an Associate Vice President, Commercial in Singapore. You will lead commercial models, negotiate with hyperscale customers, and build strategic relationships with investors and senior leaders to drive large-scale projects.

Reporting to the VP, Investment, you’ll manage a high-performing Singapore-based team, expand into new markets, and coordinate cross-functional responses to complex opportunities across

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience negotiating customer contracts or real estate with strong influencing skills.
• Proven ability to influence senior decision-makers in a commercial context.
• Solid understanding of the data centre sector and/or commercial real estate.
• Experience managing direct reports and leading cross-functional teams.
• Ability to simplify and solve complex business issues with diverse stakeholders.
• Organised, adaptable and capable of leading projects across jurisdictions and time zones.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial parameter setting for customer opportunities (colocation, built-to-suit, or alternative structures).
• Collaborate with Customer Success and Customer Solutions to negotiate and implement commercial proposals with hyperscale customers.
• Develop strategic relationships with C-suite and senior leadership to support execution of commercial opportunities.
• Identify and manage commercial opportunities with partners to develop large scale projects (real estate, renewables, energy).
• Help lead market expansion initiatives, including new market entry activities across greenfield, JVs, and co-investment.
• Drive cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality responses and meet customer expectations.
• Lead market intelligence efforts and share insights with stakeholders and investors.
• Manage a high-performing team (all based in Singapore).
• Attend industry events and report on competition, customer trends, and market developments.

Skills

Negotiation

Influencing

Communication

Data centre knowledge

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Project leadership

Job description

Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East’s (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?

AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.

Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…

Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.

A Snapshot

As the Associate Vice President, Commercial based in Singapore, you will report to the Vice President, Investment, leading a high performing team and working closely with senior stakeholders across AirTrunk, its customers and other partners.

Your Day to Day

• Lead commercial parameter setting for customer opportunities under various commercial models (colocation, built-to-suit or alternative structures)
• Work hand-in-hand with Customer Success and Customer Solutions teams to negotiate and implement commercial proposals with hyperscale customers
• Develop strategic relationships with C-suite, other senior leadership and AirTrunk’s investors to support execution of commercial opportunities
• Identify and manage commercial opportunities with potential partners to develop new large scale projects (real estate, renewables or energy providers)
• Help lead market expansion initiatives, including new market entry activities across greenfield, JVs, co-investment etc
• Actively manage existing and new opportunities, making sure customers’ expectations are met or exceeded, driving cross functional teams to deliver high quality responses
• Lead market intelligence initiatives, including the management of internal intelligence and distribution to relevant stakeholders internally and with AirTrunk’s investors
• Manage a high-performing team (all based in Singapore)
• Attendance at industry events or conferences, with regular reporting on competition, customer and industry trends (supply/demand dynamics, pricing, new expansions/developments)

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in negotiating customer contracts and/or real estate agreements with strong influencing skills
• Strongcommunication skills, both written and verbal, with track record of influencing senior decision makers
• Demonstrated understanding of data centre sector and/or commercial real estate
• Demonstrated experience of managing direct reports and leading cross functional teams
• Ability to identify, simplify and solve complex business issues, working alongside a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Preference for candidates that are organized, adaptable and experienced to lead projects under time pressure, across multiple jurisdictions and time zones.

The AirTrunk Culture

Working at AirTrunk is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and amplify your impact. Whilst you’re helping scale our region’s digital future, we’ll help you Grow@Hyperscale and unleash your full potential.

The pace in which we operate means you’ll feel an electric atmosphere at AirTrunk. We are a team of challengers and collaborative problem solvers who break new ground every day. We do this by living our values, going above and beyond, and being dynamic, transparent, and responsive.

Every AirTrunker brings their own unique background and diverse perspective to find solutions to problems that matter. We make sure you have everything you need to make your mark and thrive in a flexible and safe working environment, where everyone feels welcome. Our benefits empower AirTrunkers to stay positively charged.

Now’s your chance to Grow@Hyperscale.