As our Director of Corporate and Business Development, Asia you’ll be responsible for investigating and enabling new data centre markets (country, market, site), via successful site acquisition. This includes government engagement, corporate enablement, stakeholder negotiations, market appraisal, business model assessment, data centre site search, evaluation and selection, and the initial financial modelling of potential data centre developments.
Being successful in this role will include:
- Appraising key economic and industry-relevant trends to identify and prioritise markets to as targets for entry
- Conducting analysis and recommending prioritisation to meet NEXTDC strategic priorities and customer opportunities
- Working with external parties, incl Government Agencies, Real Estate Agencies, Land Owners, and others to identify potential sites
- Working with relevant internal and external stakeholders to undertake the end-to-end site selection process from site identification and assessment to the handover of acquired sites to Project Initiation and the relevant NEXTDC development teams.
Some of your core functions will include:
- Being responsible for financial, risk and planning analysis of NEXTDC new market entries, and related new sites
- Leading the process to obtain necessary regulatory permissions and concessions to establish market presence in new jurisdictions, including by working and lobbying through relevant government agencies (within target countries and Australian) and industry associations.
- Identifying potential development opportunities and managing the site identification, assessment and acquisition process, including recruitment of development partners as required
- Leading (with support from Finance, Legal, Engineering and others) the site purchase due diligence process, including assessment of new development/funding partners to participate in the project
- Partner with NEXTDC’s Finance, Legal, Engineering teams, and external consultants in the preparation of site fit, concept designs project cost estimates and development programs
- Ensure smooth handover of the acquired site to relevant NEXTDC Development teams to enable the long-term success of each project
- Meet with and negotiate with Government Departments, Councils, vendors, contractors, NEXTDC leaders and team members and any other applicable stakeholders to achieve required outcomes for the NEXTDC development and its’ targeted customer needs
This opportunity will see you working with world leaders in our space. Join our journey now and be an integral part of our success.
We are happy for this position to be based in Malaysia, Thailand or Singapore
