Flint Asia-Pacific Data Centres Manager / Associate Director

flint global asia pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global health insurance

25 days holiday

Job summary

Flint Global Asia Pte. Ltd. is seeking a Manager or Associate Director with data centre policy experience to support client delivery and business development across the Asia-Pacific team based in Singapore.

You will work with team members to research policy topics, analyse regulatory challenges, and develop options and recommendations for clients, with opportunities to engage senior executives and help grow the practice in the region.

Qualifications

• Experience relevant to data centre policy and regulation.
• Ability to research and analyse complex policy issues.
• Track record in managerial roles and project delivery.
• Experience across Asia-Pacific is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of client work and business development in APAC.
• Research policy challenges and regulatory issues for data centres.
• Draft policy positions and present options to clients.
• Lead projects and coordinate teams in fast-paced environments.

Skills

Data centre policy

Policy research

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Business development

Regulatory analysis

Communication

Regulatory connections

Job description

We are looking for aManageror Associate Director with experience related to data centres to support the delivery of client work and business development work across our fast-growing Asia-Pacific team based in Singapore.

You will work closely with team members to support our data centre clients on public policy, regulation, politics, and commercial strategy. There may also be opportunities to work with Flint’s other tech sector clients.

Data centre operators face a challenging policy and regulatory environment across Asia-Pacific. AI and cloud-based demand is driving rapid growth and investment, but delivering a return on this capital is becoming more complicated. In parts of the region, concerns over data centres’ impact on communities, on infrastructure, and on the environment are leading to policy change that impacts on how operators build and operate data centres. We are helping investors and operators of data centres to build understanding of the benefits they bring and to make the case to governments for policy frameworks that enable the growth of the sector.

You will have scope to engage with clients at the most senior levels. The role will provide an unparalleled opportunity to research and analyse the complex policy and political challenges our clients face and develop options and approaches to address those challenges, backing up recommendations with wider strategic and political analysis.

Flint provides an excellent professional and educational environment for people to accelerate their personal and career development. There will be space to engage in discussion and debates on substantive policy and political challenges, as well as significant scope for progression through the company.

You will join a rapidly growing team, with the opportunity to take ownership of tasks and contribute to the company’s growth in the region.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for candidates who haveexperiencerelevant to data centre policy. Relevantissues include power availability and grid connection, permitting and licensing, water, sustainability, cybersecurity and resilience, and community sentiment and social licence to operate. We are not expecting candidates to have expertise in all of the above.

We welcome any candidates with experience working in relevant roles in the data centre sector, government departments, regulators, research firms, or other advisory roles. We will consider candidates from a range of functional backgrounds, including those with more technical industry backgrounds. For Manager / Associate Directorlevel roles, we will consider candidates with a range of experience - from4 - 9years’ work experience – though this is a guide only and we will consider applications on a case-by-case basis.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Strong experiencerelevant to data centre policy.
• The skills required to work on policy and regulation – the ability to research and analyse complex policy issues and to draft policy positions in a clear and structured way.
• Aprofessionalbackgroundin the data centre sector, government, a regulator, consultancy, think tank, or industry body in managerial positions.
• Aproventrack recordof managing projects and teams in fast-paced, delivery-focused environments.
• Strong interpersonal skills – a flexible approach and the ability to work well across teams, both with colleagues and clients.
• Commercial acumen, with the ability toidentifynew business opportunities and deliver commerciallyviablesolutions to clients.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to provide clear, concise advice to stakeholders, both in written and verbal form.
• (desirable but not required) Connections to government officials and / or regulators working on data centre-related policy in at least one Asia-Pacific country or multilateral grouping.

Friday 30 October.

ABOUT FLINT

Flint is a leading global strategy consultancy with a focus on policy, politics, regulation, and economics. We are advisers to some of the largest corporates, financial institutions, and investors in Europe and the Asia-Pacific. We work at the point where government and business meet, drawing on our blend of internationalexpertiseand experience to offer an authoritative perspective on both.

We have offices in London, Brussels, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Melbourne, as well as ina number ofEuropean capitals. We have also establisheda network of senior advisers across key Asia-Pacific markets.We offer successful candidates the opportunity to advance within the company.

Flint takes care of its people. We enjoy challenging each other's thinking and working hard on a wide variety of interesting and stimulating projects, while simultaneously respecting life outside Flint. We offer a flexible working environment with global health insurance coverage and25 daysof holidayaccruedfrom your start date.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.