Senior Integrated Design Manager

About the role

The Senior Integrated Design Manager provides advanced leadership across multiple projects, buildings, or campuses, serving as a technical and process leader within the Integrated Design Management function. This role expands upon traditional project-level design management by actively integrating schedule, cost, constructability, and system-level priorities earlier and more deliberately in the design process. Within the IDM organization, this role serves as the senior-most day-to-day technical authority across multiple active projects, providing leadership, guidance, and integration without displacing established project ownership. Senior Integrated Design Managers operate with a strong owner mindset, ensuring design decisions support long-term business objectives while maintaining project momentum. This role includes mentoring Integrated Design Managers, leading complex coordination efforts, and reinforcing standard IDM practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead Integrated Design Management efforts across multiple projects or buildings within a campus or region.
• Drive early alignment on critical systems, design assumptions, and high-cost scope elements.
• Maintain accountability of third-party design teams for design quality, schedule adherence, and decision readiness.
• Lead structured design reviews, decision-focused coordination meetings, and technical alignment discussions.
• Ensure consistent application of design gating, internal ADC project requirements including CDE, CCL, technical bulletins, and risk tracking practices.
• Coordinate development and maintenance of project risk registers from land enablement through turnover to Operations.
• Partner closely with Senior Construction Managers to align design decisions with construction sequencing, constructability, and execution needs.
• Support development and maintenance of standardized design durations, milestones, and performance metrics.
• Provide mentorship, functional guidance, and technical leadership to Integrated Design Managers and Associate Integrated Design Managers.
• Assist in preparation of project dashboards, quarterly updates, and leadership communications.
• Support customer interface activities during fit-out design and technical integration as required.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, KPI development, and refinement of IDM tools, workflows, and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 9 or more years of experience managing complex commercial or mission-critical design programs.
• Strong data center or other technical industry design and construction background.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously and mentor junior team members.
• Deep understanding of design coordination, system integration, cost drivers, and constructability.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Smartsheets, and design management platforms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to travel out of home market, up to 25 percent. Time-on-site will vary by project by need.

Skills

• Adaptability - Adapts to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; collects and researches data; uses intuition and experience to complement data; designs workflows and procedures.
• Business Acumen - Understands business implications of decisions; assists in developing budgets and experience understanding reporting budgets/financials; displays orientation to profitability; demonstrates knowledge of market and competition; aligns work with strategic goals.
• Change Management - Assists in the development of workable implementation plans; communicates changes effectively; builds commitment and overcomes resistance; prepares and supports those affected by change; monitors transition and evaluates results.
• Cost Consciousness - Works within approved budget; develops and implements cost saving measures; contributes to profits and revenue; conserves organizational resources.
• Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; responds promptly to customer needs; solicits customer feedback to improve service; responds to requests for service and assistance; meets commitments.
• Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Diversity - Demonstrates knowledge of EEO policy; shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; educates others on the value of diversity; promotes a harassment-free environment; builds a diverse workforce.
• Ethics - Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity and ethically; upholds organizational values.
• Innovation - Displays original thinking and creativity; meets challenges with resourcefulness; generates suggestions for improving work; develops innovative approaches and ideas; presents ideas and information in a manner that gets others' attention.
• Interpersonal Skills - Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; maintains confidentiality; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control; team player with strong communications skills; remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.
• Judgement - Displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in decision-making process; makes timely decisions.
• Motivation - Sets and achieves challenging goals; demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; measures self against standard of excellence; takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.
• Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; demonstrates group presentation skills; participates in meetings.
• Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; supports organization's goals and values; benefits organization through outside activities; supports affirmative action and respects diversity.
• Planning/Organizing - Uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.
• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; team player across the organization; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; accepts responsibility for own actions; follows through on commitments.
• Project Management - Develops project plans; develops budgets for projects; coordinates projects; communicates changes and progress; completes projects on time and budget; manages project team activities.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.
• Strategic Thinking - Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; understands organization's strengths & weaknesses; analyzes market and competition; identifies external threats and opportunities; adapts strategy to changing conditions.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; gives and welcomes feedback; contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Frequently required to stand, walk, and sit.
• Frequently required to bend and climb.
• Frequently required to utilize hand and finger dexterity.
• Occasionally work near moving mechanical parts.