Design Manager - Data Center
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About the Role
Jacobs seeks an experienced Design Manager to lead data center projects in Dubai. You will oversee multidisciplinary design teams, ensuring integrated mechanical, electrical, ICT, architectural, and civil solutions meet performance and resilience requirements.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Lead the end to end design management process across concept, schematic, and detailed design stages
- Develop and manage design execution plans, schedules, and delivery strategies
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including architecture, civil, structural, MEP, ICT, and specialist disciplines
- Facilitate design reviews, technical workshops, and interface coordination meetings
- Serve as the primary design interface with clients, contractors, and authorities
- Ensure compliance with project requirements, Jacobs' governance frameworks, and relevant international standards
- Identify design risks, manage change, and drive proactive mitigation strategies
- Support digital delivery, BIM integration, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, or related discipline (Master's preferred)
- 10+ years of experience in design management for data center projects within the region
- Proven ability to deliver projects in line with timelines specific to the data center market
- Strong understanding of hyperscaler requirements and industry standards
- Experience leading design discussions with end users, data center providers, hyperscalers, and other stakeholders
- Solid expertise in design coordination, interface management, and integrated project delivery workflows
- Experience working in the UAE or the wider GCC region
- Proficiency in digital design tools and BIM workflows
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage deadlines, budgets, and competing priorities in fast paced environments
Full Job Posting
Your impact
- Jacobs is seeking an experienced Design Manager within our data center practice to lead the delivery of complex data center projects based from our office in Dubai.
- You will oversee multidisciplinary design teams across all project stages, ensuring that mechanical, electrical, ICT, architectural, and civil solutions integrate seamlessly.
- Your leadership will drive alignment with Jacobs’ global design standards, digital delivery frameworks, and sustainability commitments.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the end‑to‑end design management process across concept, schematic, and detailed design stages.
- Develop and manage design execution plans, schedules, and delivery strategies.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including architecture, civil, structural, MEP, ICT, and specialist disciplines to ensure integrated and aligned design outputs.
- Facilitate design reviews, technical workshops, and interface coordination meetings with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Serve as the primary design interface with clients, contractors, and authorities, and other stakeholders representing Jacobs with clarity, confidence, and technical authority.
- Ensure compliance with project requirements, Jacobs’ governance frameworks, and relevant international standards.
- Identify design risks, manage change, and drive proactive mitigation strategies.
- Support digital delivery, BIM integration, and continuous improvement initiatives across the design function.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
Here's what you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline (Master’s preferred).
- 10+ years of experience in design management for data center projects within the region.
- Proven ability to deliver projects in line with timelines specific to the data center market.
- Capable of developing innovative design solutions and out of the box strategies to resolve challenges.
- Strong understanding of hyperscaler requirements and industry standards.
- Experience leading design discussions with end users, data center providers, hyperscalers, and other stakeholders.
- Solid expertise in design coordination, interface management, and integrated project delivery workflows.
- Experience working in the UAE or the wider GCC region.
- Proficiency in digital design tools and BIM workflows.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage deadlines, budgets, and competing priorities in fast paced environments.
Benefits and culture
- Flexible working arrangements, benefits and opportunities to do good.
- Hybrid working policy allowing split between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations.
- Inclusive employee networks and positive mental health champions.
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