Senior Director, Public Policy, APAC

Role Overview

• Define and execute a cohesive APAC public policy strategy aligned with Vantage’s business objectives and global public policy strategy across the asset lifecycle.
• 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 on complex policy tradeoffs.
• 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 — ensuring consistency across government, media, community, and customer audiences.
• 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 with these laws 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.

Benefits

• above market total compensation package
• comprehensive suite of health and welfare benefits
• retirement benefits
• paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations
• array of training and development opportunities