Senior Design Delivery Lead, AI Factory

Volta; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity in Volta

Retirement/pension contributions

Health, wellbeing and insurance

Generous vacation days

Job summary

Volta is seeking a Senior Manager, Design Delivery to own and lead the design delivery for Volta's AI factory projects in North America. You will manage design scope with customers and internal teams through procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.

You will coordinate external design partners, apply Volta's Reference Design, and align with Product, Engineering and Operations to balance performance, cost and schedule. Willingness to travel to project sites across NA is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering multidisciplinary design for large-scale data centers or AI facilities.
• Ability to translate requirements into clear design briefs and coordinated deliverables.
• Strong communication with customers and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery of the project design from initial brief through to detailed design, ensuring design deliverables meet the scope, quality, budget and programme requirements.
• Provide ongoing design support through procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, assisting the Delivery team during these stages.
• Establish and maintain the project design brief with customers, Product, Engineering, Operations and Delivery, capturing requirements and responsibilities.
• Develop and manage the design delivery programme, aligning design packages with milestones.
• Coordinate design inputs to planning, permitting and approvals with local partners and Volta teams.
• Lead and coordinate external design partners across disciplines and manage performance.
• Manage Volta's Reference Design applications and site-specific adaptations.
• Lead multidisciplinary design coordination reviews to ensure integrated AI factory design.
• Act as the principal design coordinator with customers and stakeholders.
• Plan and lead design reviews and stage gates, tracking comments and approvals.
• Work with Project Controls to define design boundaries and release priorities.
• Embed construction sequencing, prefabrication, modular delivery, and maintainability into design.
• Manage design changes with a clear change control process and approvals.
• Remain engaged during construction coordinating responses to technical queries.
• Work with operations to incorporate testing, commissioning and handover requirements.
• Champion health and safety in design delivery and mitigate risks.
• Maintain visibility of design risks and decisions and escalate early.

Skills

Program management

Multidisciplinary design delivery

Stakeholder management

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction or equivalent

Tools

BIM coordination

DFMA

Common data environments

Job description

Volta is seeking a Senior Manager, Design Delivery to own and lead the design delivery for Volta's AI factory projects in North America. You will manage design scope with customers and internal teams through procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.

You will coordinate external design partners, apply Volta's Reference Design, and align with Product, Engineering and Operations to balance performance, cost and schedule. Willingness to travel to project sites across NA is expected.