Design Director

Prime Data Centers develops, acquires, and operates data centers for some of the world's largest enterprises. A private firm owned by a group controlling $6 billion in assets, with a 15-year tenure in technology and real estate development, Prime provides customers with ownership options and dynamic leasing models, defining a true corporate partnership.

Prime Data Centers is developing and operating next-generation hyperscale and AI-ready data center campuses across North America and Europe. With a rapidly expanding multi-gigawatt development pipeline, Prime delivers scalable, resilient, and customer-focused infrastructure solutions for hyperscale, enterprise, and AI customers.

As Prime enters its next phase of growth, we are building a world-class Design & Engineering organization capable of delivering increasingly complex, large-scale developments while maintaining speed, quality, innovation, and operational excellence.

Prime Data Centers is seeking a highly accomplished Director, Design to lead the execution, coordination, and continuous evolution of our data centre design platform.

This is a unique opportunity to build and scale a critical function within a fast-growing organization. The successful candidate will serve as a senior leader responsible for driving design execution across multiple projects while establishing the standards, processes, and operating model that enable Prime's long-term growth. This leader will act as a force multiplier across internal teams and external partners, ensuring design outcomes support business objectives, customer requirements, operational excellence, and predictable project delivery.

Initially operating in a player-coach capacity, this role will combine hands-on leadership with organisational development, helping transform Prime's design function into a scalable, high-performing organisation.

This role is foundational to Prime's next phase of growth. As the company expands its hyperscale and AI-ready data centre portfolio, the Director, Design will be responsible for building the systems, standards, and team capabilities that enable predictable, scalable project execution across multiple developments.

This leader will help transform design delivery from project-by-project execution into a repeatable, world-class operating model, ensuring Prime can continue to grow while maintaining quality, speed, and operational excellence.

Design Execution & Delivery

• Own end-to-end design execution across multiple data centre developments, from concept through IFC, construction support, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Ensure alignment between design deliverables, Prime’s standards, customer requirements, operational needs, business objectives, and regulatory standards.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex technical, coordination, schedule, and delivery challenges.
• Make pragmatic, risk-informed decisions that maintain project momentum while protecting quality and long-term value.
• Drive consistency, quality, constructability, and technical excellence across all active projects.

Engineering Leadership

• Lead multidisciplinary teams across:
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Supplementary disciplines
• Oversee design development and integration across all disciplines.
• Establish design standards, design criteria, governance processes, templates, and best practices.
• Ensure designs support scalability, operational reliability, and future customer requirements.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the primary design interface across Development, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Product Delivery, Procurement, Sales, and Executive Leadership.
• Drive…