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About the Role

Lead data centre projects from land acquisition and power security through design, permitting, procurement, and construction, including critical engineering installations and data hall fit-outs, to testing and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Develop scopes of work for external design consultants and oversee development from Concept through Schematic and Detailed Design.
• Appoint General Contractors and MEP sub-contractors through Early Contractor Involvement (ECI), navigating Japan's constrained labour market.
• Develop and maintain the project master schedule covering all project phases.
• Appoint and oversee a Project Management consultant.
• Select and oversee a cost management firm across all design stages.
• Identify, measure, and mitigate project risk at every phase.
• Prepare and present regular technical progress reports to project stakeholders.
• Work closely with overseas manufacturers on modular and containerised mechanical and electrical components.

Requirements

• 8+ years managing projects with a high degree of critical engineering, ideally within data centres or comparable complex technical construction.
• Proven experience delivering projects from land acquisition and power procurement through to testing & commissioning.
• Direct experience using Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) as a procurement methodology.
• Track record managing multi-disciplinary design consultants alongside General Contractor and MEP sub-contractor relationships.
• Experience preparing for and presenting to steering committees or senior oversight bodies.

Skills

• Strong working knowledge of Japanese design and construction contract formats, including OFCI and related variations.
• Native-level Japanese with working-level English.
• Confident scheduling, cost management, and risk management capability.
• Clear stakeholder communication and technical reporting.
• Comfortable coordinating with overseas manufacturers on modular/containerised build components.

Location

• Japan

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 8+ years

Education Level

• Degree in architecture or engineering

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.