Senior Project Manager - Program Excellence

Want to be a part ofAsia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?

AirTrunk is ahyperscale data centre company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering the digital infrastructure that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.

Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…

Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.

A Snapshot

As the Senior Manager, Development Program Excellence – Japan, reporting to the Development Director based in Tokyo, you will establish and continuously improve AirTrunk Japan's integrated development programme, planning standards and delivery methodology across the entire project portfolio. You will lead the Scheduling and Program Management function, driving schedule certainty, programme optimisation and continuous improvement from site acquisition through operational handover. You will define how AirTrunk plans, governs and continuously improves the delivery of hyperscale data centres in Japan.

Your Day to Day

Development Program Governance

• Lead the Development Program Excellence function for Japan and manage the Scheduling / Program Management team.
• Establishprogrammegovernance frameworks, planningstandardsand schedule quality requirements.
• DevelopprogrammeKPIs, portfolio metrics and executive reporting standards.
• Leadprogrammegovernance meetings and executiveprogrammereviews.
• Developprogrammemanagement policies,proceduresand templates.

Baseline Programme Development

• Develop,maintainand continuously improveAirTrunk'sintegrated baseline developmentprogrammefrom site acquisition through operational handover.
• Developprogrammetemplates for multiple delivery strategies and project conditions.
• Develop baselineprogrammesfor Behind the Meter (BTM) on-site power generation facilities.
• Developprogrammemodels supporting modular, off-site manufactured andcontaineriseddelivery.
• Develop planning assumptions for AI-ready and liquid-cooled hyperscale datacentres.
• Capture lessons learned and continuously improve baseline schedules.

Programme Optimisation

• Identifyopportunities to shorten project duration whilemaintainingsafety and quality.
• Recommend alternative sequencing,procurementand construction strategies.
• Quantifyprogrammebenefitsfrommodularisation, prefabrication, factory acceptancetestingandindustrialisedconstruction.
• Evaluate impacts of procurement strategies onoverallprogramme.
• Drive continuousprogrammeoptimisationinitiatives across the portfolio.

Contractor Programme Review

• Present AirTrunk baselineprogrammesduring procurement and pre-construction.
• Review contractorprogrammesand perform detailed gap analyses.
• Challenge contractor assumptions and negotiateprogrammeimprovements.
• Reviewprogrammesfor modular construction,containerisedsolutions and BTM infrastructure.
• Assess factory production schedules,logisticsplansand installation sequences.

Schedule Risk Management

• Perform Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis.
• Perform schedule risk analysis and develop mitigation strategies.
• Develop andmonitorrecoveryprogrammes.
• Identifyearly warning indicators and support project recovery planning.

Portfolio Planning

• Maintain portfolio-wideprogrammevisibility.
• Identifyportfolio-level resource constraints, interfacerisksand milestone conflicts.
• Support executive decision-making through portfolio analysis and forecasting.

Digital Programme Management

• Lead digitalprogrammemanagement initiatives.
• Promote 4D scheduling, Digital Twin integration and AI-assistedprogrammeoptimisation.
• Develop dashboards and automateprogrammereporting.

Lessons Learned & Best Practice

• Maintain JapanProgrammeBest Practice Library.
• Benchmarkprogrammeperformance across projects.
• Work with the Construction Innovation team to embedmethodologyimprovements into baseline schedules.
• Share Japanprogrammeinnovations across the APAC portfolio.

Stakeholder & Executive Support

• Partner with Design, Procurement, Commercial, Construction, CustomerSuccessand Operations.
• Prepare executive dashboards,programmereports,and investment papers.
• Presentprogrammerecommendations to senior leadership.
• Travel domestically and internationally asrequired.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years' experience inprogrammemanagement, project controls or planning for major infrastructure, mission-critical or hyperscale datacentredevelopments.
• Demonstrated experience developing portfolio-level integrated masterprogrammes.
• Extensive experience performing Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis.
• Experience performing schedule risk analysis and recovery planning.
• Strongexpertiseinprogrammeoptimisationand contractorprogrammereview.
• Hands-on experience with project scheduling software. Oracle Primavera P6preferred;Microsoft Project acceptable.
• Experience planning modularindustrialisedor off-site construction projects.
• Experience planning Behind the Meter (BTM) power generation or major energy infrastructure isadvantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management, analytical,commercial,and executive communication skills.
• Fluency in Japanese and English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering hyperscale datacentredevelopments.
• Experience leadingprogrammemanagement orprogrammecontrolsteams.
• Experience with modular,off-siteorcontainerisedinfrastructure.
• Experience with AI-ready or liquid-cooled datacentres.
• Experience with Digital Twin, BIM 4D/5D or AI-enabled planning.
• Knowledge of Japanese permitting,utilitiesand construction market.
• Experience supporting investment committee approvals.
• Experience working across APAC project portfolios.

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