Head of Data Center Design

Head of Data Center Design

About the role

We are hiring aHead of Data Center Design for our client — a company building alarge-scale AI data center (with a planned capacity of300 MW) in Poland, on a site currently undergoing active reconstruction into modern technological infrastructure. The first phase, with a capacity of 50 MW, is planned to go live this year.

Role description

The Head of Data Center Design owns theoverall technical design and architecture of the company's data centers, from initial site feasibility through approved engineering drawings. This role defines the technical vision —modular POD architecture, cooling strategy (including DLC), power topology, and reliability targets — and ensures that every design decision, from equipment selection to construction execution, stays aligned with that vision and meets company requirements. This is ahands-on technical authority role — the person must personally own decisions on power, cooling/DLC, and overall critical-infrastructure architecture, not just manage the design process.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall technical design and architecture of the data centers

• Define and maintain theBasis of Design: modular POD architecture, cooling strategy, power topology, fire suppression, networking

• Set design standards for IT deployment (rack layout, containerization, CDU placement)

• Lead design reviews and approve engineering drawings across disciplines (electrical, mechanical, structural, fire, networking)

• OwnPUE, capacity, and reliability targets at the design stage

• Coordinate with equipment and technology partners on specs and integration requirements

• Work with implementation teams to ensureconstruction execution matches approved design intent

• Evaluate and approve design changes for technical impact (cooling, power, capacity, redundancy)

• Leadsite selection technical criteria and feasibility studies (power availability, grid connection, cooling options)

Required experience

• 5+ years of experience inhyperscale/modern data center design, with direct, current or recent ownership ofmultidisciplinary DC design across mechanical, cooling/DLC, and high-density GPU infrastructure —3+ years in a design leadership role

• Demonstrated ownership ofBasis of Design documentation for large-scale, modern data center facilities

• Strong hands-on technical expertise in power topology and cooling strategy, including DLC — this must be personal technical authority, not delegated/coordinated through others

• Experience withhigh-density GPU/HPC compute environments and modular/POD-based deployment architectures

• Track record ofleading multidisciplinary design reviews and approving engineering drawings across trades

• English proficiency sufficient for international technical documentation and stakeholder communication

Nice to Have

• Tier III/IV certification (Uptime Institute), or direct experience with certification processes

• Experience withNVIDIA GB200/GB300 or equivalent high-density GPU cluster infrastructure

• Background spanning bothdesign and construction execution phases

• Experience withEU regulatory frameworks for power, environmental, and building compliance

• Fire suppression and structural loading design experience (beyond coordination level)