Senior Digital Infrastructure Design Director

AECOM
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 170,000 - 225,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Client engagement","Stakeholder management","Risk mitigation","Mentorship"]

Lead the planning, design, and delivery of complex digital infrastructure programs across the U.S. and globally. You will guide multidisciplinary engineering and design teams through due diligence, site selection, permitting, procurement, construction support, and commissioning while managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk. Serve as primary client-facing leader for mission-critical connectivity projects such as submarine cable landing stations, fiber networks, edge and hyperscale data centers, and related broadband and utility infrastructure.

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Senior Digital Infrastructure Design Director

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Job Summary

Lead the planning, design, and delivery of complex digital infrastructure programs across the U.S. and globally. You will guide multidisciplinary engineering and design teams through due diligence, site selection, permitting, procurement, construction support, and commissioning while managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk. Serve as primary client-facing leader for mission-critical connectivity projects such as submarine cable landing stations, fiber networks, edge and hyperscale data centers, and related broadband and utility infrastructure.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the delivery of complex digital infrastructure projects from due diligence and site selection through design, construction, and commissioning.
  • •Direct multidisciplinary engineering and design teams across civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, environmental, permitting, and security functions.
  • •Serve as primary client-facing leader responsible for project success, stakeholder engagement, and strategic account growth.
  • •Manage project performance across scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk while guiding technical design decisions.
  • •Support proposal and business development initiatives, and mentor/grow technical staff within the Digital Infrastructure practice.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 170,000 - 225,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsurancePaid LeaveRetirement SavingsFlexible Work

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Telecommunications, Architecture, Information Technology, or related discipline plus 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency.
  • •8+ years managing complex infrastructure, telecommunications, mission-critical, utility, or data center projects.
  • •Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams and coordinating multiple stakeholders.
  • •Demonstrated success managing project budgets, schedules, and client relationships.
  • •Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent professional credential, or the ability to demonstrate equivalent credentials/experience (preferred).
Experience:8+ yearsInfrastructureTelecommunicationsMission-criticalData centersSubmarine cable systemsFiber networksBroadband networksUtility infrastructure
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipClient engagementStakeholder managementRisk mitigationMentorship
Licenses:Professional Engineer (PE)
Certifications:Professional Engineer (PE)
Languages:English
Tech Stack:BIMRevitCivil 3DBluebeamGIS

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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