Design Director, EMEA (Hiring Immediately)

About Yondr

Yondr is a disruptor. We challenge convention and simplify complexity. A global developer, owner operator and service provider of data centers, we deliver complex data center capacity needs for the world’s largest tech companies. Our exponential growth sees us looking for extraordinary people to help accelerate us towards our vision: a tomorrow without constraints.

But we can’t do this without you.

About the Role

The Design Director will lead the yondr design-related function in the EMEA region for our hyperscale data centre projects in the DCX team. You will be expected to lead Yondr’s end-to-end (E2E) Design Management function in EMEA, ensuring consistency in the service provided by vendors and consultants, promoting best practice, compliant design, and continuous improvement of our designs and design delivery.

The EMEA Regional Design Director role is a senior leadership role within DCX (Data Centre Execution) in Yondr, and reports-in to the VP Global Design. The purpose of this role is to provide Design Management Leadership to the Business in EMEA and support the development of a clear strategy and the implementation of Yondr business plans.   You will provide Design Management leadership & expertise to drive consistency, compliance, productivity , digital/BIM, and increasing efficiency and innovation. At the front-end, you will support the Development Team in the strategic expansion of Yondr’s hyperscale data center portfolio from site selection through technical due diligence.

Thereafter, you will lead the formation of design teams to support respective projects through the remaining design phases inclusive of project turnover.

This role will report to the Global VP, interfacing with the DCX senior management and Project teams, and will collaborate and integrate with peers in Yondr, and cross-regionally.

Main Responsibilities

You will lead the EMEA region Design management & BIM function from preconstruction to operation stage; from block-fit to handover.
As Director of the region, you will be responsible for working with the VP Global Design to create and implement the regional design strategy, aligning to the Global and Regional Yondr Business plan.

You’ll apply Yondr’s global design standards, support site selection, contribute to procurement activities, and guide the technical design process through all stages. The role requires proven data centre design leadership, technical know-how , strong BIM/CDE experience, European planning and permitting knowledge (ideally Germany or Spain), excellent stakeholder communication and the ability to manage fast-paced, multidisciplinary teams across mainland Europe.

• Accountable for providing strategic leadership in Design Management for the EMEA business, working with peers and the Construct Design Management & C2P Lead to provide knowledge, expertise, consistency, and best practices.  

• Leading the design process and delivery for the EMEA , taking accountability for design programmes, completeness and compliancy, timely delivery and quality of design for each project.   

• Accountable at a business unit level for managing relationships with key designers and consultants, promoting collaboration, defining the service and schedule of responsibilities/ RFP, and gathering feedback and data on performance.

• Accountable at a EMEA level for providing rigour around design appointments, ensuring that the end to end (E2E) processes are managed effectively and that Principal Designer (where applicable) compliance is met. 

• Inputting into periodic review of the standards, policies and procedures on in the E2E and Design Management Yondr processes, ensuring compliance against each element on each project. 

• Providing your experience and input into the procurement process, reviewing and providing analysis of GC and Vendor  bids and proposals,  and collaborating with colleagues in Procurement to ensure that diligence and rigour are applied to procurement process for design and key supply chain as required.  

• To support the SLT in EMEA and also where required to the VP Global Design to manage strate]]>