Regional Manager, APAC, Data Center Capacity Delivery

Leads delivery of a regional portfolio of data center construction projects, owning schedule, quality, safety, partner performance, and floor-access milestones. The role builds and leads Senior Delivery Manager teams and requires 10+ years of mission-critical construction leadership with executive-level developer and GC relationships.

About the job

Responsibilities

Lead delivery across a regional portfolio of active and upcoming data center projects through early-floor-access and floor-access milestones.
Hire, develop, empower, and lead Senior Delivery Managers; plan resourcing and headcount as the portfolio grows.
Own portfolio-level schedule, quality, and safety outcomes.
Select, scope, contract, and manage owner's-representative and project-management partners.
Set and enforce integrated scheduling, quality, change-control, reporting, and delivery-tool standards.
Identify and clear blockers across developers, general contractors, and trade partners.
Serve as the executive-level interface to regional developer and general-contractor partners.
Work cross-functionally with transaction, design engineering, facility operations and commissioning, deployment, and safety teams.
Maintain executive reporting on progress against plan and regional capacity projections.

Requirements

10+ years delivering data center or other mission-critical construction projects.
Several years as the owner's- or GC-side senior leader on a project campus.
Experience leading a multi-project portfolio and building the team that delivered it.
End-to-end knowledge of entitlements and permitting, design, long-lead equipment, construction, commissioning, and handover.
Executive-level management of developer, GC, and third-party relationships.
Willingness to be on site most of the time and lead through presence.
Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-specialist stakeholders and make decisions under challenge.
Comfort with ambiguity and ownership where processes do not yet exist.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in a relevant field.

Nice-to-haves

Hyperscale data center delivery experience on the owner, developer, or GC side.
Experience with Australian, Japanese, or Korean markets, including contractors, permitting regimes, and contractual norms.
Familiarity with lease, construction, and development contract structures and incentive alignment.

Compensation and benefits

Hybrid policy: staff are expected to work from an office at least 25% of the time; some roles may require more office time.
Visa sponsorship may be available, subject to role and candidate circumstances.

Skills

Data Center Construction, Mission-Critical Construction, Portfolio Delivery, Construction Management, Project Management, Entitlements, Permitting, Design Engineering, Commissioning, Integrated Scheduling, Quality Control, Change Control, Safety Management, Contract Management, Capacity Planning