Commercial Director - Data Centres; Nordics

Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are a global team of over 36 000 professionals in more than 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. With the power of many curious minds, we solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver greater impact together.

Play a key role delivering tech‑sector mega‑projects. We are looking for an experienced Commercial Director to lead the delivery of one of our biggest data‑centre construction projects in the Nordics. The successful candidate will be based 100 % in country, or will travel internationally to either Norway or Finland (50/50).

• Managing large projects or complex work streams, delivering defined outputs that meet or exceed client expectations.
• Line management responsibility for the development and performance management of other team members to support the development of Arcadis’ business.
• May supervise teams of Cost and Commercial Specialists on multiple projects.
• Act as primary client contact for all cost and commercial‑related reporting and quality assurance.
• Review team work outputs before submission to client and other external groups.
• Maintain a demonstrable understanding of the client’s key objectives.
• Assure compliance with contracts in terms of project delivery parameters and scope of service.
• Use own knowledge and experience of industry best practice to support the development of current cost and commercial management systems and processes.
• Work to continually improve services and drive innovation.

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Construction Management).
• Relevant professional certification (e.g., RICS, AACE or similar).
• Extensive previous experience in a similar role.
• In‑depth technical knowledge, including construction processes and cost & commercial management.
• Experience leading smaller projects and supporting on larger, more complex projects.
• Experience delivering analysis and insights.
• Experience working closely with external stakeholders to build client relationships.
• Experience managing business relationships and supporting middle‑management‑level activities.

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone’s contribution matters. That’s why we are pioneering a skills‑based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life, and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together, diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Work streams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.