Senior Project Manager - Program Excellence

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

AirTrunk is a hyperscale 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.

Establish programme governance frameworks, planning standards and schedule quality requirements.

Develop programme

KPIs, portfolio metrics and executive reporting standards.

Lead programme governance meetings and executive programme reviews.

Develop programme management policies, procedures and templates.

Baseline Programme Development

Develop, maintain and continuously improve

AirTrunk's integrated baseline development programme from site acquisition through operational handover.

Develop programme templates for multiple delivery strategies and project conditions.

Develop baseline programmes for Behind the Meter (BTM) on-site power generation facilities.

Develop programme models supporting modular, off-site manufactured and containerised delivery.

Develop planning assumptions for AI-ready and liquid-cooled hyperscale data centres.

Capture lessons learned and continuously improve baseline schedules.

Programme Optimisation

Identify opportunities to shorten project duration while maintaining safety and quality.

Recommend alternative sequencing, procurement and construction strategies.

Quantify programme

logistics

plans and installation sequences.

Schedule Risk Management

Perform Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis.

Perform schedule risk analysis and develop mitigation strategies.

Develop and monitor recovery programmes.

Identify early warning indicators and support project recovery planning.

Portfolio Planning

Maintain portfolio-wide programme visibility.

Identify portfolio-level resource constraints, interface risks and milestone conflicts.

Support executive decision-making through portfolio analysis and forecasting.

Digital Programme Management

Lead digital programme management initiatives.

Promote 4D scheduling, Digital Twin integration and AI-assisted programme optimisation.

Develop dashboards and automate programme reporting.

Lessons Learned & Best Practice

Maintain Japan

Programme

Best Practice Library.

Benchmark programme performance across projects.

Work with the Construction Innovation team to embed methodology improvements into baseline schedules.

Share Japan programme innovations across the APAC portfolio.

Stakeholder & Executive Support

Partner with Design, Procurement, Commercial, Construction, Customer

Success and Operations.

Prepare executive dashboards, programme reports, and investment papers.

Present programme recommendations to senior leadership.

Travel domestically and internationally as required.

Minimum

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• , Construction Management, Project Management or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years' experience in programme management, project controls or planning for major infrastructure, mission-critical or hyperscale data centre developments.
• Demonstrated experience developing portfolio-level integrated master programmes.
• Extensive experience performing Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis.
• Experience performing schedule risk analysis and recovery planning.
• Strong expertise in programme optimisation and contractor programme review.
• Hands-on experience with project scheduling software. Oracle Primavera P6 preferred; Microsoft Project acceptable.
• Experience planning modular industrialised or off-site construction projects.
• Experience planning Behind the Meter (BTM) power generation or major energy infrastructure is advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management, analytical, commercial, and executive communication skills.
• Fluency in Japanese and English.