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About the Role

The Senior Director, Public Policy, APAC is responsible for shaping and executing Vantage’s public policy strategy, including government and regulatory affairs, economic development, and community engagement, across the Asia Pacific region. This role leads a team and engages directly and through third parties to advocate for Vantage positions and pro-investment policies.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a cohesive APAC public policy strategy aligned with Vantage’s business objectives and global public policy strategy.
• Anticipate and assess emerging political, regulatory, and reputational risks, translating them into clear priorities and action plans.
• Serve as a trusted policy advisor to Vantage APAC’s executive leadership, providing clear, actionable, and candid counsel.
• Ensure consistent positioning across government and public engagements.
• Build, lead, and retain a high-performing public policy team with clear roles, expectations, and accountability.
• Set a leadership standard that emphasizes bias for action, ownership, good judgment, delivery of results, follow-through, collaboration, and professional growth.
• Establish operating rhythms, decision frameworks, and performance metrics that enable the team to scale effectively and with accountability.
• Lead engagement with government officials, regulators, economic developers, and communities in key Vantage APAC markets.
• Guide engagement with trade associations, coalitions, and third-party advocates to ensure alignment with Vantage priorities.
• Represent Vantage as a credible, constructive, and solutions-oriented partner in relevant policy discussions affecting digital infrastructure issues.
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders across Legal; Business Development; New Site Development; Construction; Marketing; Sustainability; Environment, Health, and Safety; Finance; Operations; Product; other departments as needed; and the APAC Leadership Team.
• Work in collaboration with relevant teams to shape, align, and execute external narratives related to public policy, sustainability, and development.
• Ensure public policy considerations are integrated early into go-to-market, site selection, energy procurement, sustainability, communications, design, security, and community engagement strategies.
• Become familiar with and operate in compliance with relevant anti-corruption and anti-collusion laws, and establish frameworks to ensure compliance for Vantage’s public policy activities in APAC.
• Model and reinforce Vantage’s values of trust, accountability, respect, and agility.
• Translate policy developments into clear implications and actions for business teams.
• Foster a team culture that balances urgency with judgment, and advocacy with credibility.
• Support responsible growth by aligning policy engagement with community expectations and sustainability goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; graduate degree or equivalent preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive hands-on experience in public policy, especially corporate government relations, in Asia-Pacific and across multiple markets.
• Familiarity with digital infrastructure issues, especially energy and land use, preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading and scaling high-performance teams, including managing and developing professionals and delivering results.
• Reputation as a trusted, credible, humble, and principled professional and team leader.
• Proven ability to set and implement successful advocacy strategies, prioritize effectively, and drive execution through others across different regional and functional areas.
• Deep experience engaging directly with policymakers at all levels of government across Asia Pacific.
• Background in capital-intensive, regulated, or infrastructure-heavy sectors such as energy, technology, telecom, real estate, and transportation.
• Preferred experience operating in high-growth or rapidly-scaling organizations.
• Strong understanding of legislative, regulatory, and stakeholder processes in Asia-Pacific.
• Experience in managing budgets and relationships with third parties including consultants and trade associations.
• Knowledge of lobbying ethics and anti-corruption laws, and experience operating in compliance with applicable laws.
• Fluency in English with exceptional written and verbal communications skills, including briefing executives, policymakers, and public speaking.
• Media training and interview experience, and fluency in another language used predominately in Asia-Pacific, is preferred.
• High degree of political acumen, calculated risk taking, and sound judgment required.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, manage risk, and make timely and good ethical decisions under pressure independently and as part of a team.
• Comfortable with international travel to attend various internal and external meetings as required.

Skills

• Public policy strategy
• Government relations
• Economic development
• Community engagement
• Regulatory affairs
• Advocacy
• Team leadership
• Risk management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Communication (written and verbal)
• Public speaking
• Media relations
• Budget management
• Cross-functional collaboration

Location

• Asia Pacific

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 10+ years of experience
• Senior Director level

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Graduate degree or equivalent preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive suite of health and welfare benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Paid leave benefits
• Above market total compensation package
• Recognition programs
• Training and development opportunities

About the Company

• Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises.
• Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.
• The Global Public Policy team is responsible for the company’s government relations, economic development, and community engagement efforts worldwide.
• We believe the world needs more digital infrastructure to create a better future with opportunities for all.
• We strive every day to lead in the creation and maintenance of a public policy environment where reliable, flexible, secure, and sustainable data centers are encouraged.
• We want to be welcomed by the communities where we operate and to be seen as responsible actors.
• We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance.
• We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses.
• We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do.

Equal Opportunity

• Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer.