Associate Director, Data Centre Architecture & Delivery

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

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