Senior Director, Project Controls - APAC (Data Centre)

Nscale; Singapore; On-site; SGD 280,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Nscale is seeking a Senior Director, Project Controls – APAC (Data Centre) to own cost, schedule, risk and change control for its APAC capital portfolio. You will build and lead a regional team, set standard controls, and convert data into actionable decisions, ensuring early warning of overruns.

Reporting to the global PMO, you will drive governance, performance reporting, and capital planning across multiple jurisdictions in Asia Pacific, leveraging Primavera P6, EcoSys and BI tools to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or equivalent.
• 15+ years in Project controls on major capital projects, with 5+ years in leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead APAC project controls function across cost, planning/scheduling, risk, change and document control.
• Own budget baselines, cost forecasts and contingency management for all APAC projects.
• Maintain integrated master schedules and critical path analysis across the portfolio.
• Run quantitative risk analysis and manage change control with commercial and legal teams.
• Own the regional controls toolset and data model; drive reporting and dashboards.

Skills

Leadership

Cost control

Planning & scheduling

Risk management

Contract management

Education

Bachelor degree (Engineering)

Quantity Surveying

Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

EcoSys

Power BI

ERP integration

Job description

Senior Director, Project Controls - APAC (Data Centre)

About Nscale

At Nscale, we are building the infrastructure for AI revolution. Nscale is developing cutting-edge, sovereign generative AI solutions powered by a new generation of high-performance, sustainable data centres and GPUs built specifically for AI workloads.

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented global demand for compute and GPU infrastructure. Positioned at the heart of this transformation, Nscale is delivering the platforms that will enable the next decade of innovation.

Working closely with the world’s most advanced AI technology providers, Nscale integrates next-generation compute hardware and GPU clusters across both partner and self-delivered facilities. This is a unique opportunity to join Nscale’s journey, playing a pivotal role in delivering transformative AI infrastructure, and help shape a company designed to scale rapidly across APAC.

The Senior Director, Project Controls – APAC owns cost, schedule, risk and change control across Nscale's capital project portfolio across Asia Pacific and gives leadership one trusted view of where every project stands.

You will build and lead a regional team, set the standards projects are measured against, and turn controls data into decisions before problems become overruns.

What You'll Be Doing

Leadership and Governance

• Lead, recruit and develop the APAC project controls function across cost, planning/scheduling, risk, change and document control
• Set and enforce the regional controls framework, aligned to global standards (stage gates, WBS/CBS, earned value, reporting cadence)
• Act as the senior controls voice in executive reviews, investment committees and board reporting for APAC
• Build a culture of transparency: early warning over late surprises

Cost control and Forecasting

• Own budget baselines, cost forecasts (EAC/ETC) and contingency management for all APAC projects
• Drive monthly cost reporting, variance analysis and forecast-to-complete reviews with project directors
• Partner with Finance on capex phasing, accruals, cash flow forecasts and capitalization
• Lead independent cost estimates and benchmarking to test project budgets before approval

Planning and scheduling

• Maintain integrated master schedules and critical path analysis across the portfolio (Primavera P6 or equivalent)
• Assure contractor schedules for quality, logic and realism; run schedule health checks and DCMA-style assessments
• Identify interface and resource conflicts across concurrent projects and long-lead procurement

Risk, change and contracts

• Run quantitative risk analysis (Monte Carlo cost and schedule) and keep risk registers live and owned
• Govern change control: trend logs, change orders, variations and claims, with commercial and legal teams
• Support procurement strategy and contract structuring (lump sum, GMP, cost-plus, EPC/EPCM) across APAC markets

Systems, data and reporting

• Own the regional controls toolset and data model; lead implementation or rollout of systems (e.g., P6, EcoSys, Power BI, ERP integration)
• Deliver a single portfolio dashboard showing cost, schedule, risk and earned value KPIs
• Introduce automation and analytics that cut manual reporting time

Stakeholders

• Work closely with Project Directors, Engineering, Procurement, Finance, Legal and the global PMO
• Manage controls interfaces with general contractors, consultants and joint-venture partners across multiple jurisdictions

About You

• Bachelor in Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management or equivalent
• 15+ years in Project controls on major capital projects, with 5+ years