Senior Manager, Data Hall Design

Role description

Role Overview

The Senior Manager, Data Hall Design owns the data hall design function across every active Nscale program in the Americas. You'll build and lead a team of Leads and Designers, define the design standards and frameworks they work within, and be accountable for the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of every drawing package, cabling plan, patch matrix, BOM, and DCIM record the team issues.

What You Will Do

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Data Hall Design Leads and Designers, setting clear expectations and growth paths, running regular performance reviews, and giving direct, constructive feedback on drawing quality and delivery.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role is for someone who combines deep, hands-on data hall design experience with the judgment to lead people and programs. You know GPU compute environments, high-density fiber, and InfiniBand and Ethernet fabric physical design well enough to review your team's work in detail, and you're equally comfortable planning capacity across multiple programs, negotiating priorities with network engineering, MEP, procurement, and construction, and representing data hall design to senior leadership.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in data center design, IT infrastructure planning, or structured cabling design
• 3+ years leading a design team
• Proven delivery of multiple data halls from concept through construction and handoff to Operations
• Deep understanding of data center rack layouts (GPU servers, network switches, storage, and supporting hardware) and how layout decisions affect cooling, power, cabling, and operations
• Strong structured cabling and high-density fiber design expertise
• Solid knowledge of network topology concepts, including spine-leaf, ToR switching, InfiniBand, and Ethernet-based data center networks, and their physical implementation
• Experience creating and governing design standards, templates, and review processes
• Expert with AutoCAD, Visio, or equivalent tools, and comfortable reviewing BIM/Revit models
• Experience owning BOMs for data center hardware and cabling, and working closely with procurement on long-lead items
• A strong people leader who hires well, develops talent, and holds a high bar for accuracy
• A clear communicator who can represent design to senior leadership, customers, and construction partners

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan participation