Director, Commercial Management

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Job Summary The Director, Commercial Management is responsible for commercial management oversight across Equinix’s portfolio major expansion construction projects throughout the region. They provide strategic and day-to-day leadership specifically focused to drive down construction costs, provide assurance against internal financial controls and reporting processes and help manage all major contract risks. The role also includes program management of the wider design and construction function as it relates to preparing business cases for approval.

Responsibilities Construction Projects Provides strategic oversight for the planning and monitoring of construction projects from start to completion

Monitors the financial close-out on all projects including settlement of all vendors

Reports status, successes, challenges and key activities to senior management

Develops, manages and is accountable for achievement of key commercial metrics

Drives continuous improvement initiatives and develops best practices

Ensures correct level of professional cost management resources are identified, engaged and managed on all regional construction projects

Provides cost management advice and support

Oversees and provides guidance on commercial change management and change evaluation efforts on all projects

Budget & Reporting Oversees the preparation of budgets (including detailed cost modeling and benchmarking analysis) and presents to senior management

Monitors adherence against budget throughout the project lifespan, including cost checks and reviews, value engineering and cost saving initiatives and evaluation of alternates

Review analytics for project portfolio cash flow and earned value analysis

Reviews project cost reports and carries out regular reviews of these with senior management

Acts as a stage gate approver of budgets prior to executive approval

Oversees the adherence against company expenditure limits

Procurement

Provides guidance and assists with the orderly development of requests for proposal leading into procurement for design services agreements, owner furnished equipment and general contractor services agreements

Guides the overall contracting strategy and signing off of construction contracts

Contracts

Guides contract policy and ensuring audit compliance

Advises and intervenes appropriately to resolve major contractual claims and disputes as they arise

Risk Management Sets out risk management policy and auditing compliance

Pro-actively leads all commercial risk management efforts including commercial audits, contingency analyses, risk identification and analyses and management training

Collaboration

Drives global coordination when developing strategies with corporate development, legal, company management, while also managing internal key stakeholders

People Management Directly manages a team of Commercial Managers and works closely with other internal project teams of varying levels of seniority

Manages the regional Commercial Management team to perform as industry-leading function

Trains and develops in-house teams on commercial controls and best practices Qualifications
10+ years…