Senior Digital Infrastructure Design Director
AECOM
Posted
Aug 15, 2026
Location
Remote (US)
Type
Full-time
Mission
What you will drive
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.
Profile
What makes you a great fit
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.
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