Director, Compensation & Benefits

About Digital Edge

Digital Edge is a premier data center platform in the Asia Pacific region, focused on delivering sustainable, AI-ready digital infrastructure at scale. With headquarters in Singapore and supported by Stonepeak, we operate over 30 data centers securing 1.8GW of IT power across strategic markets. Our mission is to construct the foundation for the digital future worldwide by fostering sustainable growth and empowering communities. Our approach balances rapid, large-scale delivery with global standards and deep local insights, enabling us to consistently provide sustainable, high-performance infrastructure for hyperscalers and enterprises.

Our core values include:

• Respect for diversity and collaboration
• Innovation through idea sharing and problem-solving
• Driven determination to succeed
• Commitment to excellence
• Responsibility towards people and the planet

Role Summary

Reporting directly to the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Director of Compensation and Benefits leads the analytical strategies behind global compensation, grading, and reward systems at Digital Edge. The role encompasses salary benchmarking, total compensation analysis, job evaluation, grading architecture, and managing the governance of the annual compensation cycle. This position requires hands-on analytical skills to develop models, analyze data, and present actionable recommendations to leadership. The role is based in Singapore.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct global salary benchmarking by role, level, and country, creating and maintaining reliable comparator groups.
• Analyze total target compensation—including base salary, bonuses, and cash incentives—in local currencies and on a globally comparable basis.
• Perform market compensation assessments and provide insights on pay competitiveness.
• Support job evaluation, grading, and review of job architecture methodologies uniformly across regions and functions.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and HR Business Partners to ensure accurate role levelling before recruitment.
• Create compensation models and business cases to inform talent and workforce decisions through scenario and cost analysis.
• Assist with long-term incentive plan (LTIP) and carried interest analysis by partnering with Finance and external advisors to manage valuation, mechanics, and communication.
• Analyze compensation trends, internal equity, and data anomalies to identify retention risks.
• Prepare detailed compensation reports, presentations, and strategic recommendations for stakeholders.
• Lead and support the annual compensation review process and related governance activities.
• Manage relationships with external advisors offering compensation and insurance consultancy services.
• Maintain accuracy and audit readiness of compensation data within SuccessFactors and related HR systems.
• Promote organizational policies on health and safety, environment, energy efficiency, quality, information security, and business continuity, ensuring compliance with incident reporting and regulation.

Candidate Profile

• Experience: 6 to 10 years in compensation and benefits or a similar analytical function in a multinational context, including end-to-end management of annual compensation cycles. Experience with private equity-backed, high-growth, or infrastructure companies is advantageous.
• Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Excel, strong expertise in data analysis and reporting. Deep knowledge of job architecture methodologies and salary benchmarking frameworks. Familiarity with LTIP and carried interest models. Prior work engaging with external advisors on compensation and insurance.
• Personal Attributes: Exceptional attention to detail, confidentiality, and discretion. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Effective communication of complex compensation information to non-specialist stakeholders and capability to coordinate across diverse markets and currencies.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline. Certifications in reward or compensation are desirable.
• Systems Experience: Proficient with SuccessFactors or similar HRIS compensation modules.

Additional Information

This role offers the opportunity to contribute significantly to shaping Asia's digital infrastructure future within a dynamic, growth-oriented environment.