Data Center Decommissioning Manager for the world’s biggest Cloud Infrastructure. Hire and Develop a multi-talented team on engineers to support decommissioning operations while building careers into more specialized roles.

Our company is a fast paced technology company and a leader in the world of Data Centers. We are currently expanding our infrastructure management team and are looking for proven technology managers with experience in people management, strong technical understanding and the drive and vision to take our Data Center Operations to the next level.

The successful candidate will have experience managing people with varying skill sets, creating, tracking, and controlling budgets, devising strategies, mentoring people in all levels, sponsoring projects and proposing technical solutions.

Customer trust is foremost for cloud services provided by us. Our customers must be guaranteed that their data will never be exposed. This Rack Decom Manager will manage a team that executes the decommission, tracking, and audits of all media.

This includes but is not limited to all media types (disks, solid state disks, flash cards etc). The Rack Decom Manager will be responsible for ensuring that all operational processes and SLA's are met and must guide and mentor the team to ensure all work is carried out safely and securely.

・Manage a diverse team of technicians with varying skills in support of decommissioning activities
・Routinely review equipment life cycle management queue in support of planning daily/weekly/monthly team activities
・Recommend, document, and oversee policies and procedures to meet industry best practices and to meet required SLAs
・Review activity reporting for past and future decommissioning status
・Guide, train and educate technician staff on processes and polices published by service owners
・Liaising with internal teams & management groups
・Manage and deliver mid-size projects
・Provide weekly reporting to the Area Manager
・Recruit and train technicians to ensure appropriate staffing levels
・Write and deliver performance reviews for staff
・Participate and Drive initiatives in employee engagement and in Inclusion and Diversit

-MUST-
・Undergraduate degree in business administration, engineering, computer science or a related field.
・4+ years of experience managing IT infrastructure projects from initiation to closure
・4+ systems administration experience in a data center environment
・Experience working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment while prioritizing and managing multiple responsibilities
・Proficiency with MS Office Suite
・Strong oral and written communication skills
・Business level English
・living in Janan now

-WANT-
・Four years of experience managing IT infrastructure projects from initiation to closure
・Experience with project management best practices such as PMI, Waterfall, and Agile
・Ability to successfully manage cross-functional projects involving multiple stakeholders and varying levels of management
・Proficiency with MS Project, Excel, and SharePoint
・PMP Certification
・Six Sigma Green Belt
・Conversation level Japanese