Senior Design Manager

📍 Job Overview

Job Title: Senior Design Manager

Company: NTT Global Data Centers

Location: Illinois, United States (Remote OK)

Job Type: FULL_TIME

Category: Infrastructure Design & Development Operations

Date Posted: 2026-06-22

Experience Level: 5-10 years

🚀 Role Summary

• Oversee the end-to-end design and construction document production for global data center projects, ensuring alignment with owner's project requirements and design standards.

• Manage external architectural and engineering consultants, including contract negotiation, scope definition, and performance oversight, to ensure timely and high-quality deliverables.

• Control project design budgets, manage value analysis processes, and develop cost-impact reports to achieve project cost targets without compromising quality or reliability.

• Collaborate closely with internal cross-functional teams, including Product, Sales Engineering, and Operations, to translate customer needs and business cases into efficient and effective data center designs.

📝 Enhancement Note: This role is critical for the "Design/Build/Operate" lifecycle within NTT Global Data Centers, focusing on the "Design" phase. While the title is "Senior Design Manager," the responsibilities heavily lean into managing the operational aspects of the design process, including budget control, consultant management, and cross-functional coordination, which are core to GTM and Infrastructure Operations. The emphasis on "non-technical, or accounting tasks related to the delivery of the work" and managing consultant contracts further solidifies its operations-adjacent nature.

📈 Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Architectural and Engineering (A&E) consultant agreements, meticulously defining Scope of Work, Scope of Services, and Fees, ensuring alignment with Owner's Project Requirements (OPR), design standards, and system