Director, Compensation & Benefits

Digital Edge DC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Edge DC is seeking a Director of Compensation & Benefits based in Singapore. You will own the analytical foundation for global pay, grade and reward strategies, building models, benchmarking roles and lead governance around the annual compensation cycle.

You will work cross-functionally with HRBPs, Talent Acquisition and Finance, handling multi-currency analysis, LTIP discussions and data governance within SuccessFactors.

Qualifications

• 6-10 years in compensation and benefits, reward or a comparable analytical role within a multi-country organisation.
• Experience with annual compensation cycle end-to-end.
• Exposure to private equity backed or high-growth environments is advantageous.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with ability to communicate complex concepts to non-specialists.

Responsibilities

• Conduct salary benchmarking globally, building comparator sets by role, level and country.
• Produce total target compensation analysis across base, bonus and incentives in local currency and globally comparable terms.
• Coordinate market compensation reviews and provide pay competitiveness insights.
• Support job evaluation, grading and job architecture reviews across countries and functions.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partners to ensure correct role levelling before going to market.
• Develop compensation models and business cases including scenario and cost modelling.
• Analyse long-term incentive structures, liaising with Finance and external advisors on mechanics and communication.
• Prepare compensation reports, presentations and recommendations for stakeholders.
• Support governance activities of the annual compensation cycle.
• Maintain compensation data within SuccessFactors and related systems for accuracy and auditability.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Salary benchmarking

Data analysis

Communication of compensation concepts

Education

Bachelor's Degree in HR/Business/Finance/Economics

Tools

SuccessFactors

HRIS compensation modules

Job description

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:

Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, The Director, Compensation and Benefits owns the analytical foundation behind how Digital Edge pays, grades and rewards its people on a global basis. It covers salary benchmarking, total target compensation analysis, job evaluation and job architecture, and the governance around the annual compensation cycle. This is a hands‑on analytical role, requiring someone who can build the models, interrogate the data and translate the output into recommendations that leadership can act on.

This role will be based in Singapore.

Key responsibilities:

• Conduct salary benchmarking globally, building and maintaining reliable comparator sets by role, level and country.
• Produce total target compensation analysis across base, bonus and cash incentives, in local currency and on a comparable global basis.
• Conduct market compensation reviews and provide insights on pay competitiveness.
• Support job evaluation, grading and job architecture reviews, applying a consistent methodology across countries and functions.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partners to ensure roles are levelled correctly before going to market.
• Develop compensation models and business cases to support talent and workforce decisions, including scenario and cost modelling.
• Support analysis of long term incentive and carried interest structures, working with Finance and external advisors on mechanics, valuation and participant communication.
• Analyse compensation data, trends and internal equity considerations, surfacing anomalies and retention risk.
• Prepare compensation reports, presentations and recommendations for stakeholders.
• Support the annual compensation review process and related governance activities.
• Manage relationships with third party advisors for compensation and insurance advisory services.
• Maintain compensation data within SuccessFactors and supporting systems, ensuring accuracy, consistency and auditability.

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.

The successful candidate:

• Experience: 6-10 years in compensation and benefits, reward or a comparable analytical role within a multi-country organisation, including supporting an annual compensation cycle end to end. Exposure to private equity backed, high-growth or infrastructure environments is advantageous, but not essential.
• Technical skills: Advanced Excel, reporting and data analysis. Strong understanding of job architecture methodologies and salary benchmarking frameworks. Familiarity with carried interest and LTIP models. Previous experience working with third party advisors for insurance and compensation advisory services.
• Specific people skills: High level of attention to detail, discretion and the ability to manage confidential information. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Able to communicate complex compensation concepts clearly to stakeholders who are not compensation specialists, and to work across multiple markets, currencies and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Education level: Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics or a related field. Relevant reward or compensation certification is advantageous.
• Systems and Tools: SuccessFactors, HRIS compensation modules or equivalent systems.