Design Manager - EMEA

Role overview Lead design delivery for complex data center projects, including new builds, customer fit-outs, expansions, and upgrades. You’ll own major systems or project phases with substantial independence, coordinating consultants and internal partners to deliver safe, compliant, resilient designs that meet commercial and project goals. The role is an individual contributor, with influence through technical judgment, project ownership, and mentoring.

Responsibilities - Manage design packages or project phases from initial brief through construction support and commissioning handover. - Direct external consultants and coordinate developers, equipment suppliers, contractors, and project managers. - Set package plans, deliverables, responsibilities, decision dates, and review points; track cost, schedule, and quality. - Lead multidisciplinary reviews and resolve design coordination, constructability, compliance, and interface issues. - Evaluate design options, risks, and opportunities; make evidence-based recommendations and escalate decisions with broader project impact. - Work with construction, operations, commercial, security, sustainability, and other teams to confirm requirements and secure decisions. - Report progress, forecasts, risks, changes, and consultant performance; contribute to due diligence, permitting, procurement, and lessons learned. - Support colleagues through project guidance and mentoring.

Requirements - Degree in architecture, mechanical or electrical engineering, building services, or a related field; equivalent practical experience may be considered. - Typically 5–9 years of relevant experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, or another complex technical environment. - Strong understanding of multidisciplinary facility design, including mechanical, electrical, life-safety, controls, architectural, and civil interfaces. - Experience managing consultants and coordinating design across stakeholders with limited supervision. - Ability to assess technical and delivery risks, resolve escalated issues, and understand how design affects cost, operations, schedule, and customer needs. - Knowledge of applicable codes, standards, permitting, and authority requirements; strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder skills. - Ability to travel domestically and internationally, typically up to 25%.

Nice to have - Relevant professional registration or engineering license.