Director, Electrical Design

The posting, as Prime Data Centers wrote it

About Prime Data Centers
Prime Data Centers develops, acquires, and operates data centers for some of the world's largest enterprises. A private firm owned by a group controlling $6 billion in assets, with a 15-year tenure in technology and real estate development, Prime provides customers with ownership options and dynamic leasing models, defining a true corporate partnership.

The Opportunity
Prime Data Centers is seeking a highly accomplished Director, Electrical Design to lead the execution, coordination, and continuous evolution of our data center design platform.

This is a unique opportunity to build and scale a critical function within a fast-growing organization. The successful candidate will serve as a senior leader responsible for driving design execution across multiple projects while establishing the standards, processes, and operating model that enable Prime's long-term growth. This leader will act as a force multiplier across internal teams and external partners, ensuring design outcomes support business objectives, customer requirements, operational excellence, and predictable project delivery.
Initially operating in a player-coach capacity, this role will combine hands-on leadership with organizational development, helping transform Prime's design function into a scalable, high-performing organization.

Why This Role Matters
This role is foundational to Prime's next phase of growth. As the company expands its hyperscale and AI-ready data center portfolio, the Director, Design will be responsible for building the systems, standards, and team capabilities that enable predictable, scalable project execution across multiple developments.
This leader will help transform design delivery from project-by-project execution into a repeatable, world-class operating model, ensuring Prime can continue to grow while maintaining quality, speed, and operational excellence

What you'll do
Design Execution & Delivery

• Own end-to-end design execution across multiple data center developments, from concept through IFC, construction support, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Ensure alignment between design deliverables, Prime’s standards, customer requirements, operational needs, business objectives, and regulatory standards.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex technical, coordination, schedule, and delivery challenges.
• Make pragmatic, risk-informed decisions that maintain project momentum while protecting quality and long-term value.
• Drive consistency, quality, constructability, and technical excellence across all active projects.

Engineering Leadership

• Lead multidisciplinary teams across:
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Architecture
• Supplementary disciplines
• Oversee design development and integration across all disciplines.
• Establish design standards, design criteria, governance processes, templates, and best practices.
• Ensure designs

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firm, or technology organization.

• Professional Engineer (PE), Licensed Architect (AIA), PMP, LEED, or equivalent industry credentials preferred

Attributes

• Builder mindset with a passion for creating systems, teams, and scalable processes.
• Bias for action and pragmatic execution.
• Comfortable making decisions with incomplete information.
• High ownership mentality with accountability for outcomes rather than activities.
• Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure.
• Collaborative leader who builds trust through clarity, follow-through, and results.
• Motivated by creating lasting organizational impact and enabling long-term growth.

Why Prime

• Shape the future of a rapidly growing hyperscale and AI-ready data center platform.
• Influence the design and delivery strategy for a multi-gigawatt development portfolio.
• Build and lead a high-impact Design & Engineering organization.
• Partner directly with executive leadership to drive company growth.
• Work on some of the industry's most complex and innovative mission-critical infrastructure projects.
• Leave a lasting legacy by helping define how Prime delivers data centers at scale.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $190-$200k with 30% bonus potential.
• 401k up to a 4% employer match with 100% contributions being fully vested upon enrollment
• 100% employee premiums paid by employer for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability
• Paid Time Off + Sick time

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Prime is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment without attention to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, protected veteran or military status, disability status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

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