Design Manager

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Soben, part of Accenture, seeks a Design Manager to lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering robust designs for hyperscale and data-centre projects. You will manage design stages across architecture, MEP, environmental, and digital streams, ensuring energy efficiency and regulatory compliance.

Engage with clients to shape briefs, origination, and feasibility, while coordinating with UK market drivers and adopting modular design approaches to accelerate delivery.

Formación

• 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.

Responsabilidades

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams to deliver technically robust and coordinated designs for hyperscale, enterprise and colocation data-centre projects.
• Oversee full design cycle from concept through construction support, including scoping, technical assurance and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate planning submissions, permitting activities and interface with environmental and grid stakeholders.

Conocimientos

Design management

Coordination

Problem solving

Client communication

Regulatory awareness

Educación

Engineering/Architecture degree

Descripción del empleo

Grow Your Career with Us

At Soben - part of Accenture - we believe our greatest strength is our people. Your growth is central to our success, and we’re committed to helping you build a career you’re proud of. Whether it’s through training, mentoring, or taking on new challenges, every step you take is an opportunity to develop your skills, broaden your experience, and shape your future.

We encourage you to be curious, take ownership of your development, and explore the many opportunities available within our business. Speak with your manager about your goals, seek out projects that excite you, and don’t be afraid to stretch beyond your comfort zone — that’s where real growth happens.

Your career journey is unique, and we’re here to support you every step of the way. Let’s keep learning, keep improving, and keep building something exceptional together.

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.

• 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.