Senior Manager, Design Delivery - USA

Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. The role: We are looking for a Senior Manager, Design Delivery to own and lead the delivery of coordinated, multidisciplinary designs for Volta's AI factory projects in NA. You will be accountable for project design delivery throughout the design stage and remain closely engaged with the Delivery team through procurement, construction, commissioning and handover. You will manage the design scope and associated programme, interfaces and deliverables, ensuring the right information and decisions are available when needed to support successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

Own the delivery of the project design from initial brief through to detailed design, ensuring design deliverables meet the agreed scope, quality, budget and programme requirements; Provide ongoing design support through procurement, construction, commissioning and handover, assisting the Delivery team during these stages; Establish and maintain the project design brief with customers, Product, Engineering, Operations and Delivery, capturing requirements, scope boundaries, acceptance criteria and responsibilities; Develop and manage the design delivery programme, aligning design packages, reviews, approvals and information release with key project milestones; Coordinate design inputs to planning, permitting and statutory approvals with local design partners and the relevant Volta teams; Lead and coordinate external design partners across all disciplines, setting clear scopes, deliverables and accountabilities and managing performance against agreed quality, programme and budget expectations; Manage the application of Volta's Reference Design and engineering standards to each project, coordinating site-specific adaptations and securing approval from the relevant technical authorities for departures; Lead multidisciplinary design coordination reviews, resolving interfaces between civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, controls and GPU compute infrastructure; Act as the principal point of coordination for project design matters, working closely with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve requirements, secure timely decisions and maintain alignment as the design develops; Plan and lead design reviews and stage gates, ensuring deliverables are complete, coordinated and appropriately reviewed, with comments, actions and approvals tracked to closure; Work with the Project Controls, Delivery and Procurement teams to define design package boundaries and release priorities, support technical tender evaluations and incorporate supplier and contractor design information; Embed construction sequencing, prefabrication, modular delivery, access, logistics and maintainability into the design; Manage design changes through a clear change control process, assessing their impact on scope, cost, programme, capacity and performance and securing the required approvals before implementation; Remain closely engaged during construction, coordinating responses to technical queries, design clarifications, submittals and proposed changes; Work with Operations and commissioning teams to incorporate testing, commissioning, maintenance and handover requirements into the design; Champion best practice health and safety throughout design delivery, leading multidisciplinary reviews to eliminate foreseeable hazards and reduce H&S risks through design; Maintain clear visibility of design risks, assumptions, interfaces and outstanding decisions, escalating issues early and reporting design delivery status to project leadership

Requirements

A degree in engineering, architecture, construction or equivalent relevant experience; Significant experience managing multidisciplinary design delivery for large scale data centres, AI factories or similarly complex infrastructure; A track record of taking projects from concept through detailed design and supporting procurement, construction, commissioning and handover; Strong understanding of the interfaces between building infrastructure, power, cooling, controls and compute, including the requirements of high-density AI and GPU facilities; Experience translating customer, product and operational requirements into clear design briefs and coordinated project deliverables; Proven ability to lead external consultants and coordinate internal technical specialists, suppliers and contractors around a common delivery programme; Experience managing design programmes, consultant scopes and fees, stage gate reviews, design changes and technical information release; An understanding of how reference designs are adapted to site conditions, local requirements and project-specific needs while maintaining consistency across a portfolio; Strong commercial judgement, balancing design quality, capex, schedule, constructability, reliability and operability; Familiarity with BIM coordination, common data environments and document control processes; Experience integrating offsite manufacturing, prefabrication and DFMA into coordinated project designs and delivery programmes; Confident communication, able to explain design issues, trade-offs and decisions clearly to customers, technical teams and senior stakeholders; A collaborative and accountable approach, with the ability to resolve competing priorities, challenge incomplete information and drive decisions through to closure; Willingness to travel to project sites periodically, customer meetings and design partner locations across NA

Benefits

Equity in Volta; Retirement/pension contributions; Comprehensive health, wellbeing and insurance benefits; Generous number of vacation days each year