The Senior Director, Project Management and Business Operation is a leadership role, responsible for leading the Data Center development projects in the APAC region.
This role will work closely with the function leaders of various business units, including but not limited to Land Sourcing, Design Management, Construction Projects, Product Management, Corporate functions, etc.
The Senior Director is responsible for ensuring the development and implementation of efficient operations and cost-effective systems to meet the current and future needs of the organization whilst fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture focused on operational excellence.
Core Duties and Responsibilities
- Establishes and optimizes day-to-day operational activities, including revenue and sales growth, expense, cost and margin control and monthly, quarterly and annual financial goal management.
- Leads efforts to develop and improve through efficient and effective integrated processes, implementing common management processes/services to leverage organizational resources.
- Directs operations review of cost and service structures, productivity measures and delivery methods to achieve planned targets.
- Acts as the point of contact to obtain funding for APAC projects from parent companies in Japan.
- Participates in acquisition and growth activities that support overall business objectives and plans.
- Manages and oversees the day-to-day operations to meet budget and other financial goals.
- Ensures that operational activities comply with organizational requirements for quality management, legal stipulations and general duty of care.
- Reviews and assesses sales opportunities.
- Participates in acquisition and growth activities that support overall business objectives and plans
- Liaison among Function Executives in APAC to ensure that all department heads are fully informed of the operational objectives of the business, and ensure challenges are resolved collaboratively.
- Assists the APAC Managing Director and contributes to strategy formulation and the setting of strategic direction.
- Advises the management team and/or department heads on key planning issues and make recommendations on important business decisions.
- Facilitates regular meetings with department heads to ensure that operational objectives are achieved.
Knowledge and Attributes:
- Strategic leader with creative and financial acumen coupled with strong business intellect necessary for taking the business to the next level.
- Significantly vast ability at interpersonal and communication skills, both verbally and written.
- Significantly vast business acumen, financial expertise, and strategic planning skills.
- Significantly vast problem-solving skills.
- Significantly vast leadership skills.
- Ability to collaborate with executives at a strategic and tactical level.
- Ability to understand new issues quickly and make wise decisions.
- Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate.
- Ability to inspire and move a cross-functional team towards a unified direction with a common vision.
- Significantly vast knowledge of big data analysis and performance/operation metrics.
- Significantly vast understanding of business functions such as HR, Finance, marketing, etc.
Additional Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business Administration or a related field.
- Significantly vast experience gained within a similar senior leadership role preferably within a similar global organization in Data Centers and/or IT infrastructure business.
- Significantly vast hands-on experience in strategic planning, and business operations.
- Significantly vast leadership skills with excellent work ethic.
- Significantly vast experience with successfully managing complex budgets.
- Significantly vast experience in real estate transactions and the formation and management of investment funds is preferred.
- Significantly vast experience in collaborating with global stakeholders across multiple time zones.
