Senior Construction Manager AI Delivery Construction JAPAC

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Experience: 10 years (Data Center / Mission Critical construction)

The Data Center Infrastructure Construction team at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) delivers mission-critical facilities at scale and at pace. Our team includes experienced project managers commissioning experts and construction specialists who work collaboratively to execute complex data center buildsensuring OCI data centers meet the highest standards of safety quality efficiency and sustainability.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Construction Manager AI Data Center Infrastructure (Construction) to lead and oversee colocation-delivered construction in North Asia from Hong Kong. This role is accountable for site execution schedule certainty quality outcomes and readiness for commissioning and handover across high-density AI-ready data center environments. You will manage multi-trade contractors and specialist vendors while integrating base building delivery with tenant fit-out requirements and network readiness dependencies.

• Construction Leadership (AI / High-Density): Lead site-based delivery of AI data center infrastructure including base building MEP white space readiness containment and enabling works.

• Colocation Provider Oversight: Direct and govern colocation provider execution to ensure work is delivered to OCI standards with strong accountability for schedule quality and coordination.

• Schedule & Milestone Control: Drive short-interval planning look-aheads constraint removal and recovery actions to protect critical dates and readiness gates.

• Independent Risk Evaluation: Independently assess delivery plans and actual progress to identify risk early close gaps in mitigations and clearly communicate potential business impacts.

• Tenant Fit-Out & Network Readiness Integration: Coordinate interfaces across design construction and commissioning to ensure base building delivery supports tenant fit-out and network deployment readiness (space power cooling cable routes access windows cleanliness).

• Quality Assurance & Closeout: Own QA/QC execution including ITPs inspections NCRs corrective actions punch lists progressive turnover and closeout discipline.

• Design & Change Coordination: Ensure construction aligns to approved design intent; support disciplined change control field clarifications and document governance.

• Safety & Compliance: Lead safety performance and compliance with local regulations codes standards and OCI requirements; drive audits incident learnings and corrective actions.

• Vendor & Performance Management: Manage contractor and vendor performance ensure scope compliance and provide structured provider evaluation inputs for continuous improvement.

• Reporting & Stakeholder Management: Run site cadence (daily/weekly) provide executive-ready updates maintain action/issue registers and escalate blockers quickly.

• Site Presence: Regular site visits and strong on-the-ground leadership throughout the project lifecycle.

• Deep data center construction knowledge: Strong expertise across civil structural architectural mechanical electrical controls and plumbing in mission-critical environments.

• Lifecycle delivery experience: Proven capability through mobilization construction commissioning readiness and turnover/handover.

• High accountability leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead under pressure drive delivery discipline and mentor teams while holding vendors accountable.

• Risk & problem solving: Strong analytical and practical problem-solving skills in fast-paced high-dependency construction environments.

• Commercial awareness: Experience supporting contract administration inputs (variations claims EOTs progress validation) with clear records and evidence.

• Tools & systems: Strong reporting capability and familiarity with document/project platforms such as Aconex Procore Autodesk Construction Cloud SharePoint or similar.

• Bachelors degree in Construction Management Engineering or related field (or equivalent practical experience).

• 10 years experience in data center and/or colocation construction gained with a GC colocation provider or hyperscaler.

• Proven track record delivering large-scale construction outcomes across schedule quality safety and stakeholder expectations.

Career Level - IC5