Senior Manager, Design, AMERS

Nscale is the vertically integrated AI cloud engineered for AI. We own and operate the full stack — energy, data centers, GPU superclusters, orchestration, and AI services — delivering high-performance infrastructure to AI-native companies, enterprises, and governments across Europe and the US. We are deploying GPU capacity at hyperscale, operating some of the densest, most advanced AI infrastructure in the world.

As Senior Design Manager, you will own the design of assigned data center projects end to end. You'll lead the architecture and engineering (AE) team, coordinate every internal and external stakeholder, hold the AE accountable through permitting, and deliver fully coordinated design packages that construction can build from without hesitation. Once construction starts, you'll stay on the project as the design lead through Construction Administration until turnover to Operations.

This is a hands-on delivery role, not an oversight role. You will be the single point of accountability for design on your projects: you'll procure the AE at the project level, set the design schedule, run the design reviews, resolve coordination conflicts, and make sure permits are issued on time. When the construction team has a question, you're the person who makes sure it gets answered.

You’ll report to the Vice President, Design Management and serve as the project-level backbone of Nscale's design management function. This is an individual contributor role. You'll lead AE teams, specialist consultants, and internal stakeholders through influence and project authority rather than line management. The role is based in the United States, and you'll be assigned to one or more campus sites, with travel to sites and AE offices as required.

• Treat the project as your own and own the outcome, not just the process
• Make the call on an RFI in hours, not weeks, then document it and move on
• Know the difference between a drawing set that looks finished and one that is actually coordinated
• Earn the trust of Construction, Operations, and Commissioning by solving their problems, not defending the drawings
• Are curious about AI-assisted design review, automated clash workflows, and anything that shortens the loop

• Serve as the single point of accountability for design on assigned data center projects, from AE engagement through construction documents, permitting, Construction Administration, and turnover to Operations.
• Build and own the project design schedule, sequencing deliverables to support long-lead equipment procurement, early-release packages, permitting milestones, and construction start.
• Translate Nscale's design standards, campus master plan, and conceptual design basis into clear scopes of work for the AE team.
• Drive design decisions with a clear hierarchy of priorities: safety first, then schedule, quality, cost, and sustainability.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects or phases without losing visibility or control on any of them.

• Define the AE scope of services, deliverables, and schedule for each project, and prepare and issue RFPs to the approved AE bench.
• Evaluate proposals, lead fee negotiations, and recommend award, balancing fee, team quality, capacity, and data center experience.
• Administer AE contracts by tracking scope, reviewing invoices against earned progress, and managing additional service requests and changes.
• Procure and manage specialist consultants, including geotechnical, civil, commissioning, acoustic, code, fire protection, and security, as each project requires.

• Run a disciplined requirements capture process with Construction,…