Design & Authority Manager

7600 Accenture Pte Ltd Company; Singapore; On-site; SGD 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC is seeking a senior delivery leader to drive hyperscale data centre campaigns in Singapore and the APAC region. The role focuses on civil/structural works, MEP, fit-out, testing, commissioning and handover, with a strong emphasis on governance and programme control.

You will manage multi-tower programmes, lead PMO frameworks, and oversee US$2 billion capital portfolios, coordinating across clients, consultants, and partners to achieve schedule and cost outcomes while ensuring

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience delivering 100 MW+ hyperscale data centre programmes in Singapore or the wider APAC region.
• Deep technical understanding of mission-critical MEP systems, including ACMV, BMS, generators, chillers, switchgear, and transformers.
• Strong commercial leadership experience, including major capital expenditure control, variation management, claims management, and commercial governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of hyperscale data centre campuses at 100 MW+ scale, covering civil and structural works, MEP, fit-out, testing and commissioning, and handover.
• Establish and govern PMO frameworks, stage-gate controls, programme reporting, risk management, and delivery disciplines across multi-tower programmes.
• Manage major capital portfolios of up to US$2 billion, with accountability for commercial controls, variations, claims management, and cost outcomes.
• Direct integrated project teams of approximately 10-20 staff, coordinating delivery environments with peak site workforces of up to 1,000 personnel.
• Lead long-lead MEP procurement strategies and supply-chain risk mitigation for critical data centre equipment.
• Coordinate effectively across clients, consultants, contractors, data centre operations teams, supply-chain partners, and Singapore statutory authorities.
• Drive programme recovery,schedule optimisation, and milestone acceleration where delivery is tracking against baseline commitments.
• Maintain robust governance and alignment with applicable Singapore requirements, including CORENET X, Green Mark, and fire-safety requirements.

Skills

Hyperscale data centres

APAC delivery

MEP systems expertise

Commercial leadership

PMO governance

Stakeholder coordination

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of hyperscale data centre campuses at 100 MW+ scale, covering civil and structural works, MEP, fit-out, testing and commissioning, and handover.
• Establish and govern PMO frameworks, stage-gate controls, programme reporting, risk management, and delivery disciplines across multi-tower programmes.
• Manage major capital portfolios of up to US$2 billion, with accountability for commercial controls, variations, claims management, and cost outcomes.
• Direct integrated project teams of approximately 10-20 staff, coordinating delivery environments with peak site workforces of up to 1,000 personnel.
• Lead long-lead MEP procurement strategies and supply-chain risk mitigation for critical data centre equipment.
• Coordinate effectively across clients, consultants, contractors, data centre operations teams, supply-chain partners, and Singapore statutory authorities.
• Drive programme recovery,schedule optimisation, and milestone acceleration where delivery is tracking against baseline commitments.
• Maintain robust governance and alignment with applicable Singapore requirements, including CORENET X, Green Mark, and fire-safety requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience delivering 100 MW+ hyperscale data centre programmes in Singapore or the wider APAC region.
• Deep technical understanding of mission-critical MEP systems, including ACMV, BMS, generators, chillers, switchgear, and transformers.
• Strong commercial leadership experience, including major capital expenditure control, variation management, claims management, and commercial governance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex programmes involving multidisciplinary stakeholders, contractors, consultants, and operations teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certification such as CDCP, PMP, and/or PRINCE2.
• Experience establishing or leading PMO governance across large, multi-tower data centre programmes.
• Experience with programme recovery, critical-path management, and acceleration of complex mission-critical infrastructure projects.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

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