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Asia Pacific Data Center Growth Leader
Emerson·, Singapore
Full-time
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About This Role
Job Summary
If you are an Asia Pacific Data Center Growth Leader professional looking for an
opportunity to grow your career, Emerson has an exciting opportunity for you. In
this strategic individual contributor role, you will drive growth across the
rapidly expanding data center market throughout Asia Pacific by leading complex,
multi-portfolio sales pursuits, developing a robust project pipeline, and
advancing Emerson's position as a trusted technology and solutions partner for
hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and cloud data center customers.
Working across Emerson's broad portfolio of software, automation,
instrumentation, and control valve solutions, you will collaborate closely with
country sales organizations, business units, strategic account teams,
consultants, EPCs, contractors, and data center developers and operators to
identify, qualify, and convert high-value opportunities throughout the region.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
Data Center Market Growth Strategy
* Develop and execute the Asia Pacific data center growth strategy aligned with
regional and business unit objectives.
* Identify high-value market opportunities, emerging trends, investment plans,
and customer expansion initiatives across the region.
* Build and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the APAC data center
ecosystem, including developers, owners, operators, EPCs, consultants, and
* Closely engage with Global Data Center leadership teams to drive initiatives
and escalate support required at the right time.
* Lead strategic sales pursuits for large-scale data center projects across the
* Coordinate and influence multi-functional pursuit teams spanning Control
Systems & Software (CSS), Measurement Solutions (MSOL), and Final Control
(FCTL) businesses to develop compelling customer value propositions.
* Drive opportunity qualification, account planning, stakeholder mapping, and
win strategy development.
* Facilitate executive engagement with strategic customers and partners
throughout the sales cycle.
Pipeline Development & Management
* Build, maintain, and expand a qualified pipeline of data center projects
* Establish project tracking and governance processes to monitor opportunity
progression and forecast growth potential.
* Ensure alignment between regional pipeline development activities and country
* Drive specification positioning and early project engagement to maximize
Emerson's opportunity footprint.
Strategic Customer & Partner Engagement
* Develop trusted relationships with key data center owners, operators,
developers, consultants, engineers, EPC firms, and channel partners.
* Represent Emerson at industry conferences, customer events, and data center
forums across the region.
* Identify opportunities for strategic partnerships that strengthen Emerson's
position within the data center ecosystem.
* Collaborate closely with business unit leaders and country organizations to
identify cross-selling opportunities across Emerson's portfolio.
* Support development of integrated solutions that address customers'
operational, sustainability, reliability, and digital transformation
* Ensure a unified customer engagement approach across all Emerson businesses
participating in a pursuit.
Market Intelligence & Competitive Positioning
* Monitor competitive activities, industry developments, regulatory changes,
and technology trends impacting data center investments.
* Provide regular market intelligence and growth insights to regional and
* Support business case development and strategic investment decisions related
to the data center vertical.
You are a highly strategic commercial leader who excels at influencing without
direct authority and thrives in complex, solution-oriented sales environments.
You possess strong business acumen, excellent relationship-building skills, and
the ability to navigate large, multi-stakeholder opportunities. You are
energized by creating new growth opportunities, driving collaboration across
organizations, and delivering measurable business results.
For This Role, You Will Need:
* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Information Technology, or a
* Minimum 10 years of experience in industrial automation, data center
infrastructure, critical facilities, power, process automation, or related
* Demonstrated success leading complex sales pursuits and developing strategic
* Experience working with large capital project sales cycles involving multiple
stakeholders and decision makers.
* Strong understanding of data center market dynamics, customer buying
processes, and project development lifecycles.
* Ability to influence and coordinate cross-functional teams without direct
* Strong communication, presentation, and executive relationship management
* Willingness to travel across Asia Pacific as required.
* Experience selling to hyperscale cloud providers, colocation providers, or
enterprise data center operators.
* Understanding of operational technologies used within critical infrastructure
* Experience working across software, automation, instrumentation, and control
* Knowledge of sustainability, energy optimization, reliability, and
digitalization trends within data centers.
* MBA or advanced degree preferred.
Our Culture & Commitment to You:
At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected,
and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation,
collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come
from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an
inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through
mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so
you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are
key to driving growth and delivering business results.
We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing
competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee
Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our
culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal
and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
WHY EMERSON [https://www1.emerson.com/en/corporate/careers/meet-emerson]
Our Commitment to Our People
At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our
diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the
world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join
us in our bold aspiration.
We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive
knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the
world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the
planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your
skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud
corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our
people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility
seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.
At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything
we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek
opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to
break through. Let’s go, together.
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ABOUT EMERSON [https://www1.emerson.com/en/corporate/about-us]
Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our
deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers
in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables,
chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while
improving productivity, energy security and reliability.
With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology,
we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve
their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.
We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges
with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of
countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for
a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent
graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference
with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go!
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Required Skills
Strategic salesData center infrastructureIndustrial automationProject pipeline developmentStakeholder managementBusiness developmentMarket intelligenceCross-functional leadershipAccount planningExecutive engagementSolution sellingCritical facilitiesEnergy optimizationDigital transformationRelationship buildingCommunication
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