Associate Director, Integrated Fit Out

About the Company

Responsibilities

• ● ojects, ensuring consistent delivery outcomes across safety, quality, schedule, cost, and customer satisfaction. As the customer fit-out business grows, you will play a key role in building and leading a team of Fit Out Project Managers and establishing scalable delivery processes, standards, and governance frameworks.
• ● Working closely with Customer, Customer Success, Service Delivery, Design, Procurement, Contracts, Construction, and Operations teams, you will manage the entire life-cycle of customer fit-out projects, including but not limited to the integration of data hall fit-out elements such as Hot Aisle Containment, Perimeter and In-row Busways, Tap Off Units/Boxes, Power Distribution Units, Power Cabling, Cabling Infrastructure, Network Cabling, Telecommunication Infrastructure, Technical Water Loop systems, Security systems and related infrastructure from technical requirements definition through design development, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• ● You will also coordinate and manage interfaces with parallel project stakeholders responsible for other works being executed within the same campus or facility, including but not limited to Core & Shell and MEP Fit Out works, ensuring alignment of scope and technical specifications, schedule, access, operational requirements, and project delivery objectives.
• ● You will ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with customer requirements and AirTrunk standards while maintaining strong relationships with customers, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• ● Portfolio Leadership & Team Development
• ● Lead a portfolio of multiple concurrent customer fit-out projects across Japan and support regional customer fit-out initiatives across APJ.
• ● Develop and implement fit-out delivery strategies, standards, governance frameworks, and best practices to support AirTrunk's growth objectives.
• ● Establish project controls, reporting structures, delivery methodologies, and performance metrics across the fit-out portfolio.
• ● Drive consistency in project execution across design management, procurement, construction delivery, commissioning, and handover activities.
• ● Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to Fit Out Project Managers and project delivery teams.
• ● Support recruitment, onboarding, capability development, and succession planning for the customer fit-out delivery function.
• ● Act as the senior escalation point for complex technical, commercial, schedule, customer, and stakeholder-related issues.
• ● Drive continuous improvement initiatives and ensure lessons learned are captured and incorporated into future project delivery activities.
• ● Customer Requirements & Design Management
• ● Partner with Customer Success and Service Delivery teams to engage customers and define technical, operational, and commercial requirements for data hall fit-out projects.
• ● Translate customer requirements into clear design deliverables and communicate them to the Design team and external consultants responsible for engineering and design development.
• ● Manage the overall design schedule, deliverables, reviews, and stakeholder coordination throughout the design process, while the Design team retains responsibility for all engineering and technical design activities.
• ● Coordinate design development activities to ensure designs are delivered in accordance with customer requirements, AirTrunk standards, local regulations, project schedules, and operational constraints.
• ● Review design submissions, drawings, specifications, and technical documentation for compliance with project requirements, identifying gaps and coordinating resolution and design revisions through the Design team and consultants where required.
• ● Facilitate design workshops and technical reviews with customers, consultants, the Design team, and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• ● Knowledge of local and international construction regulations, permitting requirements, and industry standards.
• ● Familiarity with mission-critical electrical and mechanical systems.
• ● Project Management Professional (PMP), Chartered Engineer, Registered Architect, or equivalent professional accreditation.
• ● Demonstrated experience building and scaling project delivery teams within a high-growth organization.
• ● The AirTrunk Culture
• ● Working at AirTrunk is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and amplify your impact. Whilst you're helping scale our region's digital future, we'll help you Grow@Hyperscale and unleash your full potential.
• ● The pace in which we operate means you'll feel an electric atmosphere at AirTrunk. We are a team of challengers and collaborative problem solvers who break new ground every day. We do this by living our values, going above and beyond, and being dynamic, transparent, and responsive.
• ● Every AirTrunker brings their own unique background and diverse perspective to find solutions to problems that matter. We make sure you have everything you need to make your mark and thrive in a flexible and safe working environment, where everyone feels welcome. Our benefits empower AirTrunkers to stay positively charged.
• ● Now's your chance to Grow@Hyperscale .
• ● To all recruitment agencies: AirTrunk does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, AirTrunk employees or any other organisation location. AirTrunk is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.