Senior Digital Infrastructure Design Director

Company Description

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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking an experienced and entrepreneurial Senior Digital Infrastructure Design Director to lead the planning, design, and delivery of complex digital infrastructure projects across the United States and globally.

This fully remote position offers the opportunity to lead multidisciplinary teams supporting some of the world's most critical communications and connectivity infrastructure, including:

• Submarine cable landing stations
• Terrestrial fiber and backhaul networks
• Hyperscale and edge data center infrastructure
• Network operations and mission-critical facilities
• Broadband and telecommunications infrastructure
• Utility and power infrastructure supporting digital infrastructure developments

The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to clients while leading large, multidisciplinary teams through project planning, design, permitting, procurement, construction support, and program delivery.

You will work directly with global telecommunications providers, hyperscale cloud companies, infrastructure developers, investors, and public-sector organizations that are shaping the future of digital connectivity.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to: 

• 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 including civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, environmental, permitting, and security professionals.
• Serve as the primary client-facing leader responsible for project success, stakeholder engagement, and strategic account growth.
• Manage project performance, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk.
• Guide technical design decisions for mission-critical facilities and communications infrastructure.
• Support development of cable landing stations, fiber networks, carrier-neutral facilities, data centers, and related infrastructure projects.
• Lead design reviews, workshops, and executive-level stakeholder meetings.
• Identify and mitigate project delivery risks.
• Provide technical leadership during permitting, utility coordination, and environmental review processes.
• Support construction administration activities, commissioning efforts, and operational readiness reviews.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key clients and industry partners.
• Mentor and grow technical staff while supporting expansion of AECOM's Digital Infrastructure practice.
• Contribute to strategic pursuits, proposals, and business development initiatives.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Telecommunications, Architecture, Information Technology, or related discipline + 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education. 
• 8+ years of experience 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent professional credential.
• Experience delivering data centers, telecommunications facilities, broadband networks, fiber infrastructure, utility infrastructure, mission-critical facilities, or related large-scale infrastructure programs.
• Experience supporting hyperscale, telecommunications, technology, utility, or infrastructure clients.
• Knowledge of submarine