Design Manager

Accenture; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in London seeks a Design Manager to lead multi-disciplinary teams delivering robust designs for hyperscale, enterprise, and colocation data-centre projects. You will oversee the full design cycle from concept to construction support, coordinating architecture, MEP, environmental and digital streams.

You will drive regulatory compliance, stakeholder engagement, and interface management while advancing energy efficiency and modular design approaches for accelerated delivery.

Qualifications

• Extensive design-management experience in mission-critical or technically complex infrastructure, preferably including data centres.
• Strong multidisciplinary coordination skills, with the ability to integrate engineering, architecture, digital and environmental inputs.
• Awareness of emerging UK market drivers such as power-grid constraints, AI energy use, net-zero policies and new facility construction.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach to navigating regulatory, environmental and technical challenges.
• Excellent communication and client-management skills.
• Degree-level qualifications in engineering, architecture or a related discipline; chartership desirable.

Responsibilities

• Managing all design stages across architecture, MEP, environmental, digital systems and technical advisory streams.
• Ensure integrated solutions across energy management, water systems, sustainability and resilience.
• Shape briefs, project origination, commercial definition and feasibility alignment with clients.
• Steer compliance with UK and international standards and ensure design quality.
• Support modular and prefabricated design approaches to speed delivery and energy efficiency.
• Coordinate planning submissions, permitting activities and interface with environmental/grid stakeholders.

Skills

Design-management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Regulatory compliance

Client-management

Communication

Education

Degree in engineering or architecture

Job description

Job Description

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The Role

The Design Manager will lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver technically robust and coordinated designs for hyperscale, enterprise and colocation data-centre projects. This role covers full design-cycle oversight, including scoping, technical assurance, regulatory compliance, stakeholder engagement and interface management from concept through to construction support. Responsibilities include:

Managing all design stages across architecture, MEP, environmental, digital systems and technical advisory streams. Ensuring integrated solutions across energy management, water systems, sustainability and operational resilience - key challenges in modern data-centre development. Working closely with clients to shape briefs, project origination, commercial definition and feasibility alignment. Steering compliance with both UK and international standards, ensuring design quality and project readiness. Supporting modular and prefabricated design approaches to accelerate programme delivery and improve energy efficiency. Coordinating planning submissions, permitting activities and interface with environmental and grid stakeholders.

Qualification

• Extensive design-management experience in mission-critical or technically complex infrastructure, preferably including data centres.
• Strong multidisciplinary coordination skills, with the ability to integrate engineering, architecture, digital and environmental inputs.
• Awareness of emerging UK market drivers such as power-grid constraints, increased AI-related energy use, net-zero policies and the surge in new facility construction.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach to navigating regulatory, environmental and technical challenges.
• Excellent communication and client-management skills.
• Degree-level qualifications in engineering, architecture or a related discipline; chartership desirable.

Locations

London

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