Vice President, Project Controls Lead, APAC

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Job Description

Vice President, Program Controls

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Ada Infrastructure is a global data center business committed to being a positive force for technology, people, and the planet. As part of the digital infrastructure platform of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES), a leading global alternative investment manager, Ada Infrastructure is positioned to be a leader in the industry in reliable, safe, secure, and sustainable digital infrastructure. With eight in-flight campuses across Japan, the UK, and Brazil, we have over 850 MW of power currently available and more than 1,500 MW in our global pipeline. To learn more about Ada Infrastructure, visit www.adainfrastructure.com or to learn more about Ares Management visit www.aresmgmt.com.

Job Description

About the company:

Ada Infrastructure is a part of the digital infrastructure platform of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES), a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure asset classes.

We are a global data center business grounded in sustainability, safety, and security. With a world-class team of industry leaders and the resources of Ares Management Ada Infrastructure is executing on our mission to lead the world in sustainable digital infrastructure that drives customer success and social benefit.

Why Join Us:

This role is an excellent opportunity to join a deeply experienced and high-performing team with the opportunity to directly impact and contribute to Ada APAC’S growth.

The Team you are joining:

Ada Japan team is responsible for developing, deliver and operate Ada data centers across APAC region. We are committed to collaborating cross functionally and partnering to drive efficient and effective solutions that meet the needs of our internal and external stakeholders. We work collaboratively with global team and regionalize global standard that enables our team to design and deliver scalable future ready solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers.

Summary:

APAC Program Controls creates enterprise-level visibility and predictability across Ada’s development and delivery lifecycle by developing and maintaining top-down cost targets, schedule benchmarks, and reusable execution standards (WBS/cost structures, template schedules). The function owns the telemetry and reporting layer (definitions, data quality, cadence) and the core tool configurations that enable it (Procore, P6, designated SharePoint sites). It also owns lightweight risk and change governance (risk standards, escalation paths, change control, baseline integrity) and contributes our regional lessons-learned feedback loop that converts project outcomes into improved core requirements, product development and standards/guidelines.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, build and grow a team of internal and external members for Ada APAC Project Controls team.

• Set clear expectations to Delivery team how schedule, risk, control, safety and quality to be measured reported.

• Inspect and audit all Ada APAC delivery projects and report potential business impacting issues to Head of Ada APAC. Be eyes and years of Head of Ada APAC.

• Own the APAC integrated project controls plan per project (WBS, coding, baseline schedule, cost baseline, progress rules, reporting calendar) from development handoff through execution

• Partner with Development to build underwriting-to-execution continuity: convert business case assumptions into controllable baselines and measurable KPIs

• Define, publish, and maintain global cost targets and schedule benchmarks to enable consistent portfolio decisions

• Liaise with global project control lead and regionalize core/global requirements to local requirements

• Govern definitions, data quality expectations, and reporting cadence; own the core configuration standards for Procore, P6, and designated SharePoint sites that enable consistent rollups

• Besides global KPIs defined by global team, define additional leading and lagging indicators and reflect in dashboards focused on early signals and convert telemetry into executive-ready business intelligence that drives timely decisions/escalations.

• Deploy change control governance for cost/schedule impacts and risk management platforms through systems of record

• Stand up a practical lessons-learned loop to tie them to updates in product, kit of parts, requirements, standards, templates, and training

• Serve as the regional lead for the Program Controls Center of Excellence, defining its cadence, driving decisions, establishing the initiative roadmap, and adoption metrics

• Lead tracking major risks of projects by utilizing global standard method.

• Lead monthly forecasting and variance narratives (cost, schedule, risk, change) and drive corrective actions with Delivery/Development leads

• Run schedule quality reviews (logic, critical path, constraints), enforce baseline integrity, and drive recovery planning when thresholds are exceeded

Minimum Requirements:

• 10+ years in program/project controls for large capital or data center /mission critical programs

• 5-8 years leading teams, including external partners and distributed groups

• Deep experience in cost modeling, scheduling, benchmarking, risk and change control

• Ability to manage team members with different disciplines. Must have performance management experience

• Advanced skill with Procore, P6, and project controls/reporting systems; experience with Yardi cost management system

• Proven ability to build enterprise reporting, KPIs, dashboards, and data governance

• Strong knowledge of WBS structures, cost frameworks, baselines, and forecasting

• Experience driving lessons‑learned, standards development, and continuous improvement

• Ability to convert complex cost/schedule/risk data into executive-ready insights

• Self-starter with ability to work with ambiguities

• Solid understanding in risk management program

• Strong presentation skill

• Experience working with global or multi‑region development programs

• Strong cross‑functional communication and stakeholder management

• Bachelor’s in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or similar; advanced degree/certifications (PMP, CCP, PSP, PMI‑SP) preferred

• Fluent in English. Fluency in Japanese is preferred.

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