The APAC data centre market is in hypergrowth. Over $15B of new hyperscale capacity is under construction in Johor alone, driven by cloud, AI, and digital sovereignty demand. Our company is one of the world’s largest hyperscale data centre operators, and talent is our single biggest constraint to growth.

This is your chance to sit at the center of that build-out. As Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, you will own the search and hiring strategy for the Director+ leaders who design, build, power, and operate our multi-gigawatt campus portfolio. These are the 0.1% of leaders where one great hire unlocks $500M+ in revenue — and one wrong hire risks global outages.

You won’t be processing applications. You’ll be headhunting Site GMs, Chief Engineers, Energy Procurement Directors, and Hyperscale Commercial Leads who aren’t on the market. If you’ve built a career placing unicorn talent in data centres, power plants, semiconductor fabs, or other no-fail environments, this is the role where your network and craft become company strategy.


Key Responsibilities:
1. Strategic Business Partnering
- Act as trusted talent advisor to C-suite-1 leaders across Data Centre Operations, Design & Construction, Energy, and Go-to-Market functions.
- Translate 3-year headcount plans into proactive talent maps, market intelligence, and build-vs-buy strategies.
- Influence org design and comp by bringing real-time market data on critical infrastructure talent.

2. Full-Cycle Search Execution
- Lead retained-style searches for Director–VP level roles: Head of Data Centre Operations, Critical Environment Director, Energy Lead, Hyperscale Solutions Architect, etc.
- Source directly via deep network, headhunting, and referrals. <5% of hires should come from inbound applicants.
- Manage complex, high-touch candidate experiences with senior, often non-active talent across APAC region.

3. Critical Infrastructure Domain Expertise
- Recruit across two tracks:
Technical: Electrical/Mechanical Chief Engineers, Commissioning Managers, Controls/BMS Leads, MEP Design Directors, EHS Directors.
- Commercial: Energy Procurement, Site Selection, Hyperscale Colocation Sales, Legal/Commercial, FP&A for Capex-heavy assets.
- Understand the difference between a Tier III ops leader and a semiconductor facilities director — and why both could be a fit.

4. Market Leadership & Brand
- Build our employer brand within niche critical infrastructure communities
- Represent us at industry events. Host talent roundtables with operators from power plants, fabs, and hospitals.
- Create and maintain warm pipelines of “silver medalist” talent for 6–18 months ahead of demand.

5. Process Excellence & Data
- Drive SLA discipline: time-to-shortlist, offer-accept rate, and quality-of-hire for $250k+ roles.
- Partner with Comp, Legal, and Immigration on complex offers, equity, and relocation for scarce talent.
- Coach hiring managers on interview design, assessment, and closing — you set the bar.

Key Requirement
- 8+ years TA experience with 4+ years focused on critical infrastructure. You’ve filled roles where downtime = $M/minute.
- Two proven paths: A) Senior Consultant/Manager at a Tier-1 executive search firm covering data centres, energy, or industrials. B) In-house Senior TA Partner/Business Partner for a hyperscaler, colo, utility, EPC, or semiconductor firm.
- Personally closed 20+ Director+ hires in technical ops, engineering, or commercial infrastructure roles. Can name them.
- Thrive on zero-inbound roles. Love the chase. Treat LinkedIn Recruiter like a Bloomberg terminal.
- Based in Singapore preferred. Willing to travel 20% across APAC for site visits and candidate meetings.
- Bachelor’s degree required


If you are excited to find out more, apply now!