Senior Director, Design Delivery Sector Head

Digital Edge Data Center; Singapore; On-site; SGD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Edge Data Center is seeking a Senior Director, Design Delivery Sector Head to lead end-to-end design execution of mission-critical data centre infrastructure across the Asia Pacific region. This senior leadership role drives consistency, technical excellence, and innovation across a growing hyperscale portfolio.

The successful candidate will oversee multidisciplinary teams, coordinate with internal stakeholders, design consultants, and partners to ensure quality, performance, time, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering.
• 10+ years of data centre design and delivery experience, including 5+ years in hyperscale or colocation.
• Proven multi-disciplinary design leadership across geographies.
• Deep knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical systems (HVAC, chilled water, liquid cooling, UPS, MV/LV).
• Familiarity with APAC codes and international standards (ASHRAE, ISO, IEC, NFPA).
• Experience with design tools such as AutoCAD, Revit/BIM, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• PE or Chartered Engineer certification preferred.
• Strong communication and stakeholder influence.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, international environment is highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall MEP design strategy for assigned data centre projects across the region, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and technical rigor.
• Own the mechanical and electrical discipline leadership, including chilled water systems, HVAC, liquid cooling, or power distribution, UPS, and MV/LV systems.
• Champion seamless coordination between mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, architectural, structural, and security disciplines.
• Drive adoption of best practices, innovation, and lessons learned across the portfolio.
• Oversee the full design lifecycle from feasibility and concept through detailed design, IFC, and construction support.
• Monitor and drive performance of external consultants and vendors, ensuring deliverables meet cost, quality, and schedule expectations.
• Establish and enforce internal design governance, including design reviews, technical due diligence, and risk assessments.
• Maintain and evolve internal design standards, master specifications, and reference guides to support rapid and consistent deployment.
• Lead technical innovation efforts including liquid cooling readiness, AI/HPC support, or grid-interactive power strategies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to ensure future-proof design direction.
• Provide senior oversight and troubleshooting during construction and commissioning phases to validate that design intent is maintained.
• Review and validate Sequence of Operations (SOO) and critical systems performance during T&C.
• Act as a key technical voice to internal leadership, customers, and partners — articulating design strategies, decisions, risks, and value propositions clearly and confidently.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) or Chartered Engineer preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit/BIM

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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Senior Director, Design Delivery Sector Head

Where performance meets sustainability, Digital Edge is a leading provider of sustainable, next-generation, AI-ready digital infrastructure across Asia Pacific. Backed by Stonepeak, a global alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, Digital Edge has over US$1.6 billion in committed equity capital from some of the world ’s largest institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds.

Since our founding in 2020, we have rapidly scaled across key Asia markets, operating 31 data centers with over 1.8GW of secured IT power. We operate as a regional platform delivering consistent global standards, combining scale with strong local execution across every market.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join our fast-growing team as we further expand our footprint across Asia.

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.

About the role:

We are seeking a Senior Director, Design Delivery Sector Head with a strong background in either mechanical or electrical engineering to lead the end-to-end design execution of mission-critical data centre infrastructure across the Asia Pacific region. This senior leadership role will own the integrated design delivery process from early concept through construction, driving consistency, technical excellence, and innovation across a growing portfolio of hyperscale and enterprise-grade data centre projects.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise (preferably in mechanical or electrical systems), strong leadership across multidisciplinary teams, and a track record of executing complex data centre designs at scale. You will work closely with internal stakeholders, design consultants, construction teams, and strategic partners to ensure project success in terms of quality, performance, time, and cost.

Key responsibilities:

Strategic & Technical Leadership

• Lead the overall MEP design strategy for assigned data centre projects across the region, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and technical rigor.
• Own the mechanical and electrical discipline leadership, including chilled water systems, HVAC, liquid cooling, or power distribution, UPS, and MV/LV systems.

Cross-Disciplinary Design Integration

• Champion seamless coordination between mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, architectural, structural, and security disciplines.
• Drive adoption of best practices, innovation, and lessons learned across the portfolio.

Design Delivery Oversight

• Oversee the full design lifecycle from feasibility and concept through detailed design, IFC, and construction support – ensuring alignment with business goals and customer requirements.
• Monitor and drive performance of external consultants and vendors, ensuring deliverables meet cost, quality, and schedule expectations.

Design Governance & Standardization

• Establish and enforce internal design governance, including design reviews, technical due diligence, and risk assessments.
• Maintain and evolve internal design standards, master specifications, and reference guides to support rapid and consistent deployment.
• Lead technical innovation efforts including liquid cooling readiness, AI/HPC support, or grid-interactive power strategies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to ensure future-proof design direction.
• Provide senior oversight and troubleshooting during construction and commissioning phases to validate that design intent is maintained.
• Review and validate Sequence of Operations (SOO) and critical systems performance during T&C.

Stakeholder Communication

• Act as a key technical voice to internal leadership, customers, and partners — articulating design strategies, decisions, risks, and value propositions clearly and confidently.

The successful candidate:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent).
• 10+ years of progressive experience in data centre design and delivery, including at least 5 years in hyperscale or colocation environments.
• Proven leadership of complex, multi-disciplinary design efforts with responsibility for multiple projects across geographies.
• Deep knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical systems including HVAC, chilled water, free cooling, UPS, MV/LV distribution, or liquid cooling.
• Familiarity with regional APAC codes and international standards (ASHRAE, ISO, IEC, NFPA, etc.).
• Experience with design tools such as AutoCAD, Revit/BIM, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Strong communicator and influencer with the ability to manage both internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth, international environment is highly advantageous.