Design Manager

Job Description: Act as the connective hub coordinating all design-related communication, milestones, and deliverables across Development, Engineering, Construction, and Operations. Drive product standardization efforts in collaboration with the Product and Engineering teams, ensuring design solutions are both optimized and scalable. Represent Design Management in project governance, risk reviews, and executive updates, providing data-backed insight into performance and decision-making. Collaborate with Construction, Procurement, Telecom, Power, Security, Controls, Commissioning, and Operations teams Manage RFI resolution, design clarifications, change controls, drawing revisions, and design risk escalations Lead concept ? schematic ? design development ? IFC (Issued for Construction) design phases for hyperscale campuses (50–500+ MW portfolios) Lead external architect and consultant teams, ensuring clear scope definition, performance management, and integration into internal workflows Oversee design milestone delivery, reporting progress against defined KPIs including cost per MW, design cycle time, and change volume Coordinate regional design feedback loops to improve the next generation of product and design standards Manage design consultants, AE firms, specialty vendors, and technical stakeholders to deliver full drawings, specifications, calculations, BIM models, and design basis documentation Maintain alignment with hyperscaler design standards, reference architectures, resiliency tiers, redundancy philosophies and security frameworks Drive modular design, repeatability, standardization, and prefabrication strategies for speed of deployment Identify value engineering (VE) opportunities that reduce cost, schedule, and complexity without reducing resilience Drive TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) metrics including PUE, WUE, power density optimization and redundancy tradeoffs Lead design risk assessments, mitigation planning, and quality control (QA/QC) audits Support sequencing, schedule planning, and cost modeling for multi-wave campus builds Own the development and reporting of design-related metrics and dashboards. Lead lessons learned and change management processes to capture insights and strengthen future project predictability Partner with data governance and project controls to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and traceability across the portfolio Implement and evolve PM tools (e.g., ClickUp) to drive visibility, efficiency, and accountability across teams. Promote execution strategies including prefab MEP, skids, busways, medium voltage distribution, microgrid readiness, liquid cooling enablement, and high-density design Validate integration for AI/ML clusters, GPU environments, and next-gen power + cooling topologies Ensure compliance with building codes, energy standards, safety, sustainability goals, and utility requirements Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction, Mechanical or Electrical disciplines (or equivalent experience) 8–15+ years in mission-critical, data center, or industrial infrastructure design Experience delivering hyperscale facilities, colo campuses, or large critical infrastructure Technical leadership across MEP systems, redundancy models, and constructability Strong understanding of commissioning, integrated systems testing (IST), and operational handoff Travel required is expected to be up to 20% but may increase over time as the business evolves Benefits: medical, dental, and vision coverage life and AD&D short and long-term disability coverage paid time off employee assistance participation in a 401k program that includes company match many other additional voluntary benefits