Design Manager · Hybrid

Location:

Region: Berlin
Country: Germany

Role:

  • Industry: Data Centres, Engineering
  • Job Type: Contract / Freelance
Working Arrangement: Hybrid
Rate: Negotiable

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 31/05/2026
Job Reference: 1304202638

Design Manager · Hybrid

You will be part of an international team of specialized designers and engineers, collaborating across regions and borders on some of our company's most significant data centre and mission critical projects in Europe.

This role offers a genuine opportunity to drive and influence design strategy, standards and ways of working across regions, within a culture of technical excellence, knowledge sharing and collaboration among experts and professionals. You will take on design leadership responsibilities for large, complex data centre projects in Germany and across Europe, working closely with colleagues from multiple disciplines and geographies.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams through early concept, planning, detailed design and delivery, guiding projects through construction while maintaining design intent, technical quality and coordination under demanding programme and regulatory conditions.

As a Senior Design Manager / Project Manager Design - Data Centre, you will:

 

  • Own and drive the design strategy across disciplines from concept through delivery
  • Lead architects, specialist engineers and consultants as a single, integrated team
  • Manage design programmes, deliverables, interfaces and approvals
  • Act as the primary design interface between clients, authorities and internal teams
  • Ensure design quality, technical compliance, cost, risk, and programme
  • Champion sustainability, resilience and long term performance
  • Mentor junior and senior team members and help shape best practice across the group

Does this role inspire you? We are looking for someone passionate about sustainable data centre design and who possesses:

 

  • Extensive experience leading design on complex, multidisciplinary projects
  • Experience in mission critical, industrial, infrastructure or highly technical projects
  • Minimum of 10 years professional experience
  • Strong understanding of HOAI, RIBA or equivalent frameworks
  • Confidence navigating planning, permitting and authority processes
  • Degree in architecture, engineering, or a related discipline
  • Excellent communication and team leadership skills
  • Very good written and spoken English skills and preferably German

 

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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L&D Team

We are very lucky that g2 recruitment see Learning and Development as a vital part of a consultants journey which is why we have 4 people in the team who you will work very closely with from day 1 in your career. The team are on hand to guide you through your career at all levels and provide extra support working closely with the management team to give all consultants the best chance of success.  

Our Three Pillars of Training

Academy:
Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

Experienced Modules:
These are a variety of sessions curated by us designed to support consultants as they are progressing through the career ladder, the aim is to ensure consultants at all levels have access to L&D.

Junior Management Programme:
Ran by our head of L&D this programme is designed to support junior managers as they start their management career. This involves things like personal branding, time management and ends in a business plan which is presented to members of the Exec board and senior management team.

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Jaz D’Avola
Head of Learning & Development

Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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Imani WIlliams
Learning and Development Consultant

Imani joined g2 Recruitment in 2022.

His role involves developing individuals in all areas of the business, varying from inducting and onboarding consultants to working with them 1 to 1 to identify areas of development.  He aids with growth of L&D across the business, watching consultants experience and develop.

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Meghan Mcloughlin
Learning and Development Consultant

Meghan joined g2 in 2023 as an L&D consultant, Working in recruitment for 6 years, her role is to  help consultants at all levels to upskill and focus on development points. This could be anything from sales calls or candidate calls to organisation improvements.

Kane Gray
Systems & Academy Trainer

Kane joined g2 in April 2023 as an Academy & Systems Trainer.

His role involves teaching the consultants that are new to the company the foundations of recruitment and our systems before then helping them to upskill in areas specific to each consultant. Working closely with different consultants and watching them implement the feedback, apply it, and then benefit off the back of it.

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