Data Center Design Manager

Salary: £110,000 - 132,000 per year

Requirements

• Strong experience delivering large-scale data centre deployments
• Proven data centre design background (compute, storage, network, power, cooling)
• Experience operating as a lead engineer or technical authority
• Able to translate designs into practical delivery plans
• Comfortable overseeing delivery rather than day-to-day build
• Willing to travel across Europe/US (approx. 50%)
• Desirable: Exposure to AI / HPC data centre environments (e.g. GPU-dense, NVIDIA platforms)
• Desirable: Experience with high-density, high-power DC designs
• Desirable: Background working for an IT services provider or systems integrator

Responsibilities

• Review and approve data centre designs (new build and expansion)
• Act as lead technical engineer / design authority
• Develop high-level delivery and implementation plans
• Provide technical governance throughout the project lifecycle
• Oversee implementation and resolve design or delivery risks
• Engage with internal teams, vendors, and customer stakeholders
• Support design sign-off and senior technical discussions

Technologies

• AI
• Support
• Network

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We are seeking an experienced Data Centre Design Manager to join our team in a lead, design-assurance role supporting large-scale European data centre programmes. This position involves 50% remote work and requires approximately 50% travel across Europe and the US, all of which will be expensed. Our organization is a major IT services provider offering a long-term contract opportunity with a competitive day rate based on experience.

last updated 13 week of 2026