Senior Data Center Design Lead - End-to-End Delivery

Iron Mountain; New York (NY); Remote; USD 124,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous time off & flexible work

Health & retirement plans

Growth and leadership opportunities

Job summary

Iron Mountain is seeking an experienced Senior Design Manager to join our North America Design team. You will be responsible for end-to-end design execution on major data center developments, customer deployments, phased expansions, or complex operational upgrades.

You will lead multidisciplinary design delivery across the full project lifecycle, ensuring decisions align with safety, customer, commercial, program, resilience, and sustainability goals.

Qualifications

• Typically 10+ years of experience with substantial accountability for complex data center or mission-critical capital projects.
• Deep multidisciplinary understanding of critical-facility systems, consultant governance, codes/standards, permitting, and global vs. local compliance.
• Strong commercial awareness to balance technical trade-offs against costs and lead cross-functional teams through influence.
• A four-year college degree in Architecture, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline, U.S. Citizenship, and travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Define the design delivery strategy and lead major facility, campus phase, or complex regional programs from concept through construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Coordinate external consultants, equipment manufacturers, contractors, and internal stakeholders to integrate architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, controls, and security systems.
• Oversee design reporting, risk management, and value engineering while leading the resolution of technical, commercial, and program risks.
• Serve as the principal design partner across internal divisions while mentoring Design Managers to elevate regional practices.

Skills

End-to-End design execution

Multidisciplinary leadership

Project management

Influence & leadership

Education

Architecture, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Job description

Iron Mountain is seeking an experienced Senior Design Manager to join our North America Design team. You will be responsible for end-to-end design execution on major data center developments, customer deployments, phased expansions, or complex operational upgrades.

You will lead multidisciplinary design delivery across the full project lifecycle, ensuring decisions align with safety, customer, commercial, program, resilience, and sustainability goals.