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Design Manager - Germany

Data4 🇩🇪 Hanau, Hesse, Germany

Onsite Full-time Senior

The Design Manager is responsible for the end-to-end design and delivery of data centers and campus infrastructure, acting as the technical authority across CSA, MEP, and power disciplines. The role involves managing the permitting process, ensuring design quality and performance standards, and coordinating with clients and vendors.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design delivery: Own high-level, low-level, and campus masterplanning design
  • Act as technical authority: Provide product implementation expertise across CSA, MEP, controls, networks, and power substations
  • Client: Interface with the Client during the sales cycle and during the delivery of the data centre
  • Ensure design quality & performance: Guarantee Max IT capacity and SLA compliance
  • Define and optimise technical solutions: Set equipment requirements with programme, delivery, and supply chain
  • Select and validate vendors: Support vendor selection
  • Support constructability: Define construction methods
  • Coordinate commissioning readiness: Interface with commissioning requirements

Requirements

  • Technical Design Engineering experience (E.g. Electrical, Mechanical, Architectural, ICT, Civil/Structural Engineering)
  • More than 5 years' experience in data centres
  • Proven experience leading multi-discipline design scopes across campus and data hall infrastructure
  • Technical skills in data centre engineering and delivery constraints
  • Ability to make technical decisions based on Data4 product, Clients and site specific requirements
  • Good communication skills
  • Strong stakeholder management, negotiation and conflict-resolution skills

Key Skills

Technical Design Engineering Data centre engineering CSA / MEP design integration Controls Networks Power substation interfaces Commissioning concepts Protocol definition Execution readiness Equipment technical requirements Vendor submittals Balanced commercial objectives Performance metrics PUE/WUE MaxIT capacity Risk and speed Technical specifications Supply chain availability Delivery lead time Good communication skills Strong stakeholder management Negotiation and conflict-resolution skills Cross-functional collaboration

About Data4

Data4 is a leading European operator and investor in data centers, designing, building and operating smart, scalable and sustainable digital infrastructures. Our ultra-connected and resilient campuses support the digital growth of international cloud providers, telecom operators, innovative tech companies and multinational corporations. With operations in France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Germany and Greece, we offer secure and flexible hosting solutions — from a single rack to a dedicated building — backed by long-term land and energy reserves that are unique in Europe. Through our Data4Good program, we are committed to responsible growth, addressing environmental, social, community and governance challenges. "Built for Data, Driven by People": at Data4, our people make the difference. They design, secure and operate our facilities every day, enabling essential digital services across society. We foster a workplace where everyone can grow, contribute and make a real impact.

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