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
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery
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