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Design Manager, Data Centers

Iron Mountain
Annapolis, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 9/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/2/2026
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At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.

We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.

Are you curious about being part of our growth stor y while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.

Design Manager – Data Center

Job Summary

Iron Mountain is seeking a skilled Design Manager to join our North America Design team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the delivery of complex design scopes for data center new builds, customer fit-outs, phased expansions, and operational upgrades. Operating with high autonomy, you will direct multidisciplinary consultants and coordinate internal stakeholders to deliver safe, compliant, resilient, and commercially effective solutions.

What You’ll Do (Responsibilities)

In this role, you will:

  • Own Complex Design Scopes: Manage the end-to-end design delivery of building systems, major packages, or defined project phases from brief through construction support and commissioning handover.
  • Direct Consultants & Stakeholders: Lead external design consultants while coordinating developers, equipment manufacturers, contractors, and internal cross-functional partners in accordance with Iron Mountain standards.
  • Establish Plans & Quality Control: Establish package-level design plans, deliverables, decision dates, and review gates, continuously assessing risks to provide evidence-based recommendations.
  • Drive Governance & Support: Provide accurate design reporting, support site due diligence and permitting, ensure adherence to global standards, and mentor less experienced colleagues.

What You’ll Bring (Skills & Qualifications)

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Relevant Experience: Typically 5–9 years of relevant experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, or complex, services-led technical environments.
  • Technical Mastery: Strong working knowledge of multidisciplinary data center design (mechanical, electrical, controls, architectural, civil) alongside relevant codes, standards, and permitting processes.
  • Cross-Functional & Commercial Skills: Commercial awareness to balance design choices against capital costs, coupled with strong negotiation, written, and presentation skills.
  • Core Requirements: A University degree in Architecture, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline, U.S. Citizenship, and the ability to travel up to 25%.

What We Offer (Benefits)

  • Compensation: Competitive compensation and total rewards packages aligned with your experience.
  • Work-Life Balance: Generous paid time off, holiday schedules, and flexible work options to support work-life balance.
  • Health & Well-being: Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.
  • Growth: Opportunities for continuous learning, technical leadership, and career growth within Iron Mountain.

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Reasonably expected salary range: $107,500.00 - $143,300.00

Please note that an employee's starting salary may vary based on a variety of factors. Where State, Municipal, Provincial, Territorial or other legal minimum wages exceed the federal minimum wage, employees are entitled to the higher rate.

Category: Real Estate & Facilities

Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here.

Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.

If you have a physical or mental disability that requires special accommodations, please let us know by sending an email to accommodationrequest@ironmountain.com. See the Supplement to learn more about Equal Employment Opportunity.

Iron Mountain is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law.

To view the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law posters and the supplement, as well as the Pay Transparency Policy Statement, CLICK HERE

Requisition: J0106391

Salary : $107,500 - $143,300

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