Design Manager - Data Center Construction & Operations

Design Manager - Data Center Construction & Operations Jupiter Capital Management LLC , an independent boutique management consultancy based in Florida, is seeking several Design Managers with Data Center Construction, Build-Out & Operations experience for remote roles in the US with occasional travel to the client's location. Job Description The Design Manager champions design quality, value engineering, risk mitigation, commissioning readiness, and seamless handoff to construction and operations, while upholding hyperscaler customer expectations for uptime, resiliency, speed to delivery, and total cost of ownership (TCO). The Design Manager serves as the central link between New Site Development, Product, Engineering, and Construction teams, driving the design process from early concept through project handover. This role ensures that every design decision reflects customer, stakeholder, and operational needs—captured, evaluated, and translated into contract documents that enable predictable, high-quality delivery. Design Managers combine technical acumen, stakeholder fluency, and process discipline to create a repeatable, high-performing design function that balances innovation, standardization, and speed to market. Essential Job Functions Strategic & Cross-Functional Leadership 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. Design Oversight & Delivery Management 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. Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement 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. Technology & Innovation 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. Design packages that meet VDC and operational standards—delivered on time, on budget, and in compliance with design governance requirements. SSOPR (Site Specific Owner’s Project Requirements) documented, optimized, and adopted across all projects. Milestone Reporting: consistent tracking of design schedules, cost benchmarks, and progress metrics. Project Management Framework: project kickoff documentation, risk register, design logs, change tracking, and executive reporting cadence. Lessons Learned Repository: structured process for feedback integration and process evolution. Additional duties as assigned by Management. Job 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. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities; skilled at managing conflicting priorities. High level of integrity and professionalism. Process Development & Change Leadership. Vendor and Consultant Management. Hyperscale campus delivery (multi‑MW greenfield & live‑site expansion). Electrical + mechanical infrastructure fluency preferred (UPS, generators, switchgear, CRAH/CRAC, chillers, MV/LV, busway). Familiarity with BIM/Coordination tools (Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD, Bluebeam). PM software (Procore, MS Project, Primavera P6, Asana, ClickUp). Fast‑paced execution, ambiguity tolerance, and data‑driven decision‑making. This role has a salary range of $200,000–225,000 on an independent contractor basis (1099 or LLC‑to‑LLC basis). Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Contract Job function Management and Manufacturing Business Consulting and Services #J-18808-Ljbffr Jupiter Capital Management LLC