About the Role
You will be the central administrative hub for our Japan Data Center Development & Delivery team, keeping multi-disciplinary functions running smoothly in a high-velocity environment. You'll drive cross-functional coordination, document control and event/travel logistics, and support rapid deployment by streamlining team operations, tracking vendor and supplier administrative submittals, and maintaining key project databases.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate daily administrative workflows, executive calendar management, complex meeting scheduling and regional team travel logistics across Japan and APAC
- Manage office and site access logistics, visitor protocols, and onboarding schedules for new team members, external consultants and visiting regional leadership
- Prepare, format and translate operational reports, presentations, meeting minutes and official correspondence between English and Japanese
- Oversee team expense processing, purchase order generation, invoice tracking and vendor payment administration via ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle
- Maintain central document control systems (EDMS / Procore / BIM 360) for technical drawings, design submittments, permits, commercial contracts and safety logs
- Coordinate administrative submittals between internal stakeholders, Japanese General Contractors, engineering consultants and domestic equipment vendors
- Track progress against administrative project milestones, action-item matrices and team deliverables to support rapid project deployment schedules
- Act as a primary administrative point of contact for external partners, including Japanese OEMs, design firms, local utility representatives and municipal agencies
- Organise local supplier workshops, site safety orientations, team events and regional delivery alignment sessions
- Support local leadership with statutory compliance filings and administrative reporting required under Japanese business regulations
Requirements
- Experience of administrative or project coordination experience within engineering, construction, real estate development, data centres or high-tech industrial sectors
- Demonstrated experience working within a fast-paced, multi-national corporate environment, ideally supporting technical teams or site-based project delivery operations
- Familiarity with Japanese corporate etiquette, formal business correspondence and vendor administrative processes
Skills
- Japanese: native / business level (JLPT N1 equivalent)
- English: professional working / business proficiency
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), document control software such as SharePoint, and modern corporate ERP tools
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple cross-functional workflows in a high-velocity environment
Location
- Tokyo
Work Type
- Office
- Project Sites
Education Level
- Associate or Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Communications, Languages or a related field
About the Company
- Sovereign AI is a data centre developer, owner and operator focused on the AI data centre submarket.
- Backed by industry-leading investors and strategic partners, we are building the critical infrastructure that will power the next generation of AI compute.
