EMEA Director of Data Center Design & AI Infra

Rubix; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rubix, a leading provider of end-to-end AI data center infrastructure, is hiring a Director of Design for EMEA to shape the technical direction of data center campuses across the region.

You will lead design from early diligence through delivery, partnering with delivery, construction, operations, and commercial teams to balance reliability, cost discipline, sustainability, and long-term performance while Travel across EMEA is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of design management, engineering, or technical delivery experience in data centers, mission-critical infrastructure, or complex industrial projects.
• Experience leading design activities across multiple EMEA projects or countries.
• Strong technical understanding of mechanical, electrical, controls, civil, and architectural systems within critical environments.
• Experience liaising with customer delivery and design teams to navigate customer requirements and methods of incorporation/adaption of the solution.
• Proven experience managing consultants, vendors, design reviews, and technical decision-making in fast-paced delivery environments.
• Ability to travel across EMEA as needed.

Responsibilities

• Own design management across EMEA data center developments, from concept through construction support.
• Develop and maintain regional design standards that balance speed, quality, cost, reliability, consistency, and sustainability.
• Ensure design decisions align with customer requirements, operational needs, and Rubix’s delivery model.
• Develop a reference design that meets the objective of AI infrastructure deployment and support and allows flexibility and agility in the result, to cater for compliance to target end user requirements without fundamental changes.
• Partner closely with delivery, construction, operations, commercial, procurement, and external design teams.
• Lead design reviews, technical risk assessments, and design-to-cost conversations across active projects.
• Support due diligence, master planning, utility strategy, and constructability reviews for new sites.
• Lead 360 o reviews of completed designs and project execution to identify efficiencies and improve design and delivery processes.

Skills

Design leadership

Data center design

Mechanical systems

Electrical systems

Civil systems

Architectural design

Vendor management

Stakeholder liaison

Travel availability

Strategic thinking

Job description

Rubix, a leading provider of end-to-end AI data center infrastructure, is hiring a Director of Design for EMEA to shape the technical direction of data center campuses across the region.

You will lead design from early diligence through delivery, partnering with delivery, construction, operations, and commercial teams to balance reliability, cost discipline, sustainability, and long-term performance while Travel across EMEA is required.