Director, Data Centre Architecture

AECOM
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Architecture & Urban PlanningExperience: 15+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Stakeholder management","Communication","Team collaboration"]

Lead and deliver data centre architectural projects across Australia, guiding multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring design quality and innovations, and strengthening client relationships. Provide project leadership, strategic direction, and mentoring to elevate the studio’s capability while aligning with growth and market positioning in high-scale mission-critical data centre programs.

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Director, Data Centre Architecture

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Job Summary

Lead and deliver data centre architectural projects across Australia, guiding multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring design quality and innovations, and strengthening client relationships. Provide project leadership, strategic direction, and mentoring to elevate the studio’s capability while aligning with growth and market positioning in high-scale mission-critical data centre programs.
Location: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Architecture & Urban Planning
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide project leadership and technical oversight on a range of Data Centre projects; guide multidisciplinary teams through complex architectural commissions, set clear design direction, and collaborate with colleagues to drive successful outcomes.
  • •Oversee major Data Centre initiatives and projects, ensuring design quality, innovation and outstanding client satisfaction.
  • •Partner with sector leads to win major pursuits, deepen client relationships, and position the firm as the partner of choice for large-scale, technical projects.
  • •Champion design and technical standards by delivering sustainable, innovative solutions, coordinating multidisciplinary inputs, and mentoring staff to elevate studio-wide capability.
  • •Strengthen business performance through effective resource allocation, budget and risk management, and contribute to strategic growth and market positioning of the architectural offering.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Hybrid WorkPaid LeaveLearning BudgetFlex HolidaysStudy Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Registered Architect with ideally 15+ years of experience and current professional registration.
  • •Extensive architectural Data Centre sector experience with strong technical knowledge and design considerations.
  • •Proven leadership skills with a track record of motivating, developing and growing high-performing teams, and mentoring staff.
  • •Strong organisational skills to manage complex, multidisciplinary projects and deliver successful outcomes.
  • •Strategic mindset to shape and strengthen AECOM’s architectural offering and market position.
Experience:15+ yearsData centreArchitectureConstructionUrban planning
Skills:LeadershipMentoringStakeholder managementCommunicationTeam collaboration
Certifications:Registered Architect
Languages:English

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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