Vice President, Portfolio Management, Infrastructure, Global Data Centre(GDC)

Location

Sydney - 10 Carrington Street, Level 21

Business - Infrastructure

Brookfield Infrastructure Group is one of Brookfield’s primary operating groups. The Infrastructure Group is one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors, owning and operating critical assets across the transport, utilities, energy, and data infrastructure sectors. The Group operates and manages approximately $191 billion of assets owned through its private funds and publicly listed entity, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Our portfolio of assets facilitate the movement and storage of energy, water, freight, passengers and data, and are located in North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information, visit: https://www.brookfield.com/our-businesses/infrastructure

Brookfield Culture

Brookfield has a unique and dynamic culture.  We seek team members who have a long-term focus and whose values align with our Attributes of a Brookfield Leader:  Entrepreneurial, Collaborative and Disciplined.  Brookfield is committed to the development of our people through challenging work assignments and exposure to diverse businesses.

Job Description

Purpose of the role

As a core member of the Brookfield Infrastructure Global Data Centre team, this role will:

• Help enhance management capability at portfolio companies; support global customer account management initiatives; assist with capital management programs; track market trends including leasing activities globally; coordinate learnings from design and construction across companies and drive stronger global vendor relationships.

• Oversee and support the delivery of business plans (i.e. the initial underwrite case and ongoing budgets and business plans) of our existing and forthcoming investments in data centres in the Asia-Pacific region.

• Maintaining a strong oversight over existing investment including capital expenditures and lifecycles activities, with a strong emphasis on the achievement of key performance metrics and adherence to health and safety protocol and supporting the investment team on commercial and technical aspects of due diligence, as required from time to time, for new investments

Responsible for:

- Effective support for strategic initiatives of the GDC platform and its CEO

- Delivery against specific projects across commercial, capital and supply chain initiatives allocated to this role

- Oversee the delivery and management of the business plan of assets within APAC, including capital expenditures for assets under management

• Ensure that five year business plans and annual plans are properly developed and scoped, and that delivery of key initiatives is performing against the intended schedule and budget

• Provide recommendations on key issues that improve the overall effectiveness of the capital projects in support of corporate and operational objectives.

• Assess project control procedures and risk management tools

• Ensure that shareholders are kept appraised of key developments in the Data Infrastructure portfolio companies

- Oversight of Life Cycle capex activities

• Ensure that long term maintenance capital plans are in place and tracking to projections

• Conduct a regular review of Life Cyle capex programs in conjunction with local technical teams with a goal to achieve improved scale, efficiency and effectiveness

Qualifications/ Experience/ Skills

This position offers an opportunity for growth within the Infrastructure team and wider Brookfield Asset Management group. To qualify, candidates must have:

• Minimum experience of 10+ years, in M&A, capital transactions and/or portfolio management] within an investment bank, private equity or asset management firm ideally with some exposure to digital infrastructure.

• Experience in the development and delivery of strategic and operational improvement plans

• Deep knowledge and experience in capital investment programs, including strong commercial experience in balancing risk and reward in large contracts

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Exemplifies the right motivation by aspiring to achieve collective goals

• Penchant for seeking out new experiences, knowledge and candid feedback

• Collaborate across all levels while respectful to opinions and sharing of information, grounded in research

• Self-motivated and proactive, with respect to both managing workload and professional development

• Ability to work in a dynamic, complex, fast-paced environment, to adapt quickly and to manage changing priorities

Additional Information

This position would be suitable for those candidates who meet the position requirements and who thrive in a performance- driven environment that emphasizes employee leadership and accountability for delivering results

Brookfield Asset Management does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. Any resumes submitted without a prior request from us will be considered the property of Brookfield and we may choose to engage with the candidate directly. We respectfully request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this position.

Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it.  Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.