Asset Manager – Real Assets (Logistics & Data Centres)

Location: Japan
Sector: Real Assets / Infrastructure / Digital & Industrial Assets

The Opportunity

Our client is a leading global real assets investment manager with a long-term investment horizon and a growing presence across logistics, industrial, and digital infrastructure assets, including data centres.

As part of its continued expansion in Japan, the firm is seeking to hire an Asset Manager to support and enhance the performance of a growing portfolio of operating and development-stage assets. This role sits at the intersection of investments, operations, and value creation, offering exposure to both traditional industrial assets and next-generation real assets.

Key Responsibilities

Asset & Portfolio Management

• Manage day-to-day asset management activities across a portfolio of logistics and data centre assets in Japan
• Own and execute asset-level business plans, ensuring alignment with investment strategy and return objectives
• Monitor asset performance against budget, business plan, and underwriting assumptions
• Identify and implement value creation initiatives, including income growth, cost optimisation, and operational enhancements

Financial & Commercial Oversight

• Develop and maintain asset-level financial models, cash flow forecasts, and scenario analyses
• Oversee annual budgeting and forecasting processes
• Support asset valuations, hold/sell analysis, refinancing, and investment committee materials
• Analyse key financial and operational metrics, translating asset performance into clear insights for senior stakeholders

Operational & Technical Interface

• Work closely with property management, facilities, engineering, and development teams
• Oversee operational performance of assets, including utilisation, reliability, and cost efficiency
• For data centres, engage with themes such as capacity planning, energy efficiency, asset lifecycle, and resilience
• Support lifecycle capex planning, expansion programmes, and long-term asset sustainability

Stakeholder & Governance Management

• Act as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders across investments, development, finance, and ESG
• Liaise with external partners including operators, joint venture partners, consultants, and tenants
• Prepare asset updates, dashboards, and materials for senior management and investors
• Ensure compliance with governance, risk, and reporting requirements

Candidate Profile

Experience & Background

• Experience in asset management, infrastructure, real estate private equity, or real assets investing
• Exposure to logistics, industrial, data centres, or infrastructure assets preferred
• Strong understanding of asset-level financial performance and value drivers

Skills & Attributes

• Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities
• Commercial mindset with the ability to balance financial, operational, and technical considerations
• Comfortable working with technical and operational stakeholders
• Strong communication skills and ability to engage with senior internal and external stakeholders

Language

• Japanese proficiency required
• Business-level English required to work with global stakeholders

Why This Role

• Exposure to high-growth real asset classes including logistics and digital infrastructure
• Long-term, institutional investment platform with strong capital backing
• Broad asset-level ownership and genuine involvement in value creation
• Opportunity to grow with a platform expanding its footprint in Japan