Product Development Manager - Owner Supplied Equipment

Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?

AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.

Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…

Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.

A Snapshot

The Product Development Manager – Owner Supplied Equipment will report to the Senior Product Development Manager based in Tokyo and work closely with the rest of the Customer Design and Innovation team, making your mark in a number of ways:

Drive the strategic direction for the product development of Owner Supplied Equipment (OSE) in alignment with key business goals

Examine existing, investigate new and developing technologies and drive product innovation across the company with a particular focus on clean energy technologies and energy storage systems

Research and explore the addition of new products to the OSE categories and collaborate with the master planning and design teams to future-proof AirTrunk’s product offering, to fulfil customer requirements in a functional and innovative way

Your Day to Day

Manage and expand a team to deliver critical initiatives & support project delivery efforts

Manage the processes, reporting and documentation repository related with the technical specification, approval, procurement, commissioning and continuous improvement of the OSE products, ensuring alignment and collaboration with internal teams

Initiating new product development investigations, organising regular meetings with vendors, visiting sites and manufacturing facilities

Ensure quality assurance and design checks are undertaken on new products and applications

Produce vendor briefs to develop designs from feasibility stage through concept, scheme and detailed design stages, ensuring continuity of design

Engage with customers on their technical solutions as required

Requirements

Ideally 8+ years' experience within infrastructure, utilities, manufacturing or data centre design and operations, with experience in prefabrication or modular construction

Experience in the energy generation, distribution and/or storage industries is a plus

Fluency in Japanese and English (written and spoken) along with strong communication and presentation abilities

Demonstrated strong analytical skills to explore data and to develop engineering solutions

Willing to make decisions and be accountable for them

Ability to drive technical, logistical and economic implications of equipment procurement: CAPEX and OPEX

Experience in multiple APAC countries would be desirable, the successful candidate is open to understanding new markets and learning local codes and regulations as needed

Strong cognitive skills and problem solving skills

Highly driven and motivated

Willing and able to travel to APAC and other regions as needed (witness testing, training, etc.)

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 .

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