Senior Design Leader, Hyperscale Data Center Projects

American Real Estate Partners (AREP); McLean (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

AREP, a leading data center and real estate partner based in the Greater Washington area, seeks a Senior Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary design delivery across multiple data center developments. You will own early-stage design products, develop test fits, and coordinate with A/E consultants to ensure cost-efficient, buildable designs that meet tenant requirements.

You will guide architecture, structural, MEP, and IT/AV systems teams, enforce standards, and drive change management while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of data center, mission-critical, or complex commercial design experience; tenant-facing leadership.
• Professional licensure or certifications such as AIA, PE, LEED, GGP, or CxA.

Responsibilities

• Lead design delivery across multiple concurrent projects and all disciplines from planning through commissioning.
• Own and test tenant layouts, rack/row configurations, power and cooling capacity against site constraints.
• Develop conceptual designs/elevations aligned with PowerHouse standards and BOD.
• Produce capacity, density, sound, PUE, WUE, and cost-impact summaries for tenant decisions.
• Direct external A/E consultants to produce integrated, constructible design packages; resolve cross-disciplinary issues.
• Enforce change management to maintain cost and schedule certainty; lead Value Engineering.
• Coordinate with preconstruction on RFPs, Basis of Design, proposals, and site master planning.

Skills

Data center design

Tenant interface leadership

Multi-discipline coordination

Architectural/EN enclosure knowledge

Leadership & negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture/Engineering

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Procore

Job description

AREP, a leading data center and real estate partner based in the Greater Washington area, seeks a Senior Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary design delivery across multiple data center developments. You will own early-stage design products, develop test fits, and coordinate with A/E consultants to ensure cost-efficient, buildable designs that meet tenant requirements.

You will guide architecture, structural, MEP, and IT/AV systems teams, enforce standards, and drive change management while