Commercial Manager - Data Centre
Core
Provide commercial leadership, cost intelligence, and financial analysis to support data centre investment and leasing decisions.
Role type
Senior IC commercial pre-lease manager (data centre)
Builds
Investment cases, lease agreements, and total cost of occupancy models for data centre projects
Domain
Data centre development and leasing
Required skills
cost modelling, benchmarking, commercial due diligence, lease negotiation, financial analysis, risk quantification, open-book budget validation, market intelligence analysis
Preferred skills
RICS qualification, data centre or mission-critical facility experience, local market cost knowledge
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Lead commercial due diligence from site evaluation through lease execution; Develop and maintain total cost of occupancy models; Benchmark developer proposals against market data; Challenge pricing assumptions and commercial commitments; Validate open book budgets and development costs; Evaluate commercial viability across competing options; Identify and quantify commercial risks; Support investment cases and executive decision-making materials; Maintain regional cost intelligence databases; Provide regular commercial reporting and risk assessments
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC