Senior Design Leader - Global Data Center Programs

Iron Mountain; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 163,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous paid time off

Health, wellness, retirement plans

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Iron Mountain is seeking a Principal Design Manager to join our Data Center team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing enterprise-level design leadership for our most complex, high-risk, or strategically important data center programs.

Functioning as a strategic builder, you will operate with broad autonomy across regional and global teams to govern design approaches across multiple sites, shape playbooks, and advise senior leaders on technical strategy and platform capability.

Qualifications

• Typically 15+ years of relevant experience, including leadership of major data center or mission-critical capital programs across multiple projects or markets.
• Deep technical expertise in critical-facility design paired with a proven ability to govern multi-site programs, develop scalable playbooks, and manage enterprise-level risk.
• Executive presence with exceptional negotiation, communication, and judgment for senior leaders and customers.
• A four-year college degree in Architecture, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline, U.S. citizenship, and ability to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Provide Enterprise Design Leadership: Lead a portfolio of major developments and multi-site customer programs, managing systemic design risks across global markets to protect investment decisions.
• Govern Frameworks & Standards: Shape global reference designs, delivery models, and assurance playbooks by translating market trends, operational data, and emerging technologies into scalable requirements.
• Advise Executive Leadership: Resolve precedent-setting, highly ambiguous technical issues while advising senior leaders on design strategy, commercial trade-offs, and long-term capability needs.
• Build Organizational Capability: Partner cross-functionally across Construction, Operations, Finance, and Security while mentoring senior practitioners and sponsoring communities of practice without direct line-management authority.

Job description

Iron Mountain is seeking a Principal Design Manager to join our Data Center team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing enterprise-level design leadership for our most complex, high-risk, or strategically important data center programs.

Functioning as a strategic builder, you will operate with broad autonomy across regional and global teams to govern design approaches across multiple sites, shape playbooks, and advise senior leaders on technical strategy and platform capability.