Company Overview

STACK Infrastructure builds, owns, and operates hyperscale and colocation data centers that power the world’s most ambitious technology companies. With a rapidly expanding footprint across APAC, STACK combines deep development expertise, flexible capital, and operational discipline to deliver critical digital infrastructure at scale.

Our clients include the largest hyperscale cloud platforms. We are building a regional platform defined by speed of delivery, power reliability, and long-term partnership — and we are assembling the team to lead that effort.

The Position

The Japan Data Center market is rapidly growing and has been identified as a key market for STACK APAC. As such, we are building out our in-country business and delivery capability to support our current market opportunities in Tokyo and Osaka.

STACK’s Senior Project Manager, Japan is a key role to manage and develop data center facilities as part of a robust and market leading Design & Delivery team. As an experienced Project Delivery Professional, the successful candidate will be a detailed focused, forward-thinking manager who is able to be strategic and see the big picture as well as being able to dive into the technical details of the project design, procurement & Construction activities and actions.

· Manage the end-to-end delivery of assigned Projects, working collaboratively with the various Project Contributors, Stakeholders and associated project team members to ensure a successful outcome.

· Ensure compliance with STACK standard delivery best practice, project governance & Stage-gate approvals, utilizing our Project Delivery Tools and Technology Platform.

· Manage appointed General Contractors, Suppliers, Vendors and Consultants on key projects from award through to completion, ensuring delivery aligned to key project goals and requirements.

· Maintain and manage cost control and change control processes ensuring project cost control throughout with all contractors and vendors.

· Develop and maintain project schedules / programs, identifying key critical path activities, manage and agree programs with all parties and monitor providing regular updates.

· Identify, track and report on all key risks which may be affecting the projects. Develop and implement mitigation plans to address and mitigate risks.

· Develop and maintain working relationships with both consultants, contractors and supply vendors in market.

· Be client facing, interacting with local client teams, developing tailored solutions aligned to their requirements, structured and regular reporting cadence on project deliverables, progress, Safety & Cost as relevant.

· Passionate about the Data Center industry and be an innovator, always looking to bring the forefront of technology into our projects to achieve and exceed our Sustainability, Safety & Efficiency goals.

· Be Safety Focused on all times and stages of project delivery, work collaboratively with STACK Safety Leadership, embody and lead by example our in Safety Best Practices and Conduct.

· Experienced in Lean Project Management methodologies, tools & processes to drive highly efficient and empowered project teams on fast-track delivery.

· 10+ years in project delivery in Data Centers with at least 5 years within the Japan Market.

· Reporting directly to the project director of Delivery, and well communication paths to other stakeholders.

· Support project director to ensure that assigned tasks and project to be succeeded.

· Maintain yourself and your staff for STACK guidelines and corporate policy that Teamwork, Hard Work, Excellence, and fine quality.

· Act as team leader of the project, prompt reporting to your supervisors.

Key Details

Location: Osaka, Japan.

Travel: 15-20%.

Language: Japanese; Secondary English (Business Level - Spoken & Written).

Must-have Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineer, Project Management, or relevant built environment field.

· 5+ years progressive experience in Data Center delivery, with a minimum of 5 years delivering in Japan.