Associate Director Architecture Data Centres

Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd is assisting a global multidisciplinary consultancy to appoint an Associate Director in its Data Centre Architecture team in London. The role covers the full project lifecycle from feasibility to handover, leading complex, multidisciplinary design work and client engagements.

You will drive technical excellence, coordinate architecture and engineering disciplines, and contribute to bids and business development while mentoring the team and shaping the growth

Qualifications

• Qualified Architect with strong experience delivering data centre or mission-critical projects, ideally hyperscale or colocation developments.
• Experience leading complex projects and multidisciplinary design teams from early design through delivery.
• Strong understanding of data centre technical demands: resilience, maintainability, buildability, and coordination of disciplines.
• Confident in managing client relationships, leading technical discussions and resolving design/delivery challenges.
• Commercial awareness with experience contributing to proposals, bids and business development.

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery across the full lifecycle from feasibility to handover.
• Build and manage client relationships and engage in bids/new business opportunities.
• Develop and mentor the Architecture team and coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure designs are robust, well-coordinated, and aligned with client requirements.

Skills

Architectural design

Data centre experience

Project leadership

Client relationship management

Business development

Mentoring

Job description

I'm working with a global multidisciplinary consultancy looking to appoint an Associate Director within its Data Centre Architecture team.

Data centres continue to be a major growth area, with increasing demand for hyperscale, colocation and mission-critical facilities. This is an opportunity to take a senior role in the delivery of complex projects, work closely with major clients and play a part in the continued growth of the business in this sector.

The role

You'll be involved across the full project lifecycle, from early-stage site feasibility and campus masterplanning through to concept and detailed design, technical coordination, construction and handover.

Working alongside multidisciplinary teams, you'll take the lead on project delivery, ensuring designs are technically robust, coordinated and aligned with client requirements. You'll also build client relationships, support bids and new business opportunities, and help develop the wider Architecture team.

It's a role that combines hands-on design expertise with project leadership, client engagement and the opportunity to influence the direction of a growing sector.

What they're looking for

• A qualified Architect with strong experience delivering data centre or other mission-critical projects, ideally across hyperscale and/or colocation developments.


• Experience leading complex projects and multidisciplinary design teams from early design stages through to delivery.


• A strong understanding of the technical demands of data centres, including resilience, maintainability, buildability and the coordination of architectural and engineering disciplines.


• The confidence to manage client relationships, lead technical discussions and resolve design and delivery challenges.


• Commercial awareness, with experience contributing to proposals, bids and wider business development.


• A collaborative leadership style, with an interest in mentoring and developing others.

Why consider it?

You'll be joining an established multidisciplinary consultancy with a strong focus on complex infrastructure and an opportunity to contribute to the continued development of its data centre offering. The role offers a mix of technical leadership, client exposure and project delivery, with scope to make a real contribution to the team's growth.