Associate - Cost Management - Data Centres

Overview
As  Associate Cost Manager (Lease Portfolio Europe)  at Linesight, you will operate within highly experienced, culturally diverse teams focused on delivering strategic cost control across a multi-country lease portfolio. This role places a strong emphasis on commercial performance, cost optimisation, and financial governance across leased assets, rather than traditional single-project delivery.

You will work in a hybrid/remote capacity, collaborating across European stakeholders, supporting programme level cost management, and influencing key financial decisions across a dynamic and evolving portfolio.

The Opportunity
In this role you will:

Lead cost management across a European lease portfolio, ensuring effective budget control, forecasting, and cost optimisation across multiple sites

Manage and oversee operational and capital expenditure (OPEX/CAPEX) within leased environments, ensuring alignment with client financial objectives

Actively participate in tender/bid processes for lease related works, including analysis, benchmarking, and commercial evaluation

Drive the change management process, identifying, analysing, and implementing cost impacts across lease agreements and associated works

Provide cost planning, benchmarking, and reporting at portfolio level to support strategic decision-making

Analyse supplier and contractor proposals to ensure value for money and commercial compliance

Support the preparation and agreement of final accounts, including lease exit costs, dilapidations, and associated claims

Oversee portfolio spend through regular cost reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis, clearly communicating risks and opportunities

Support dispute resolution, including loss and expense, claims, and commercial negotiations within lease agreements

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders across multiple regions to ensure consistent commercial governance and reporting standards

Mentor and support junior team members where required, contributing to a high-performing commercial function

We would love to hear from you if you:

Have 7–8+ years’ experience in cost management / quantity surveying, ideally within consultancy environments

Have experience managing costs across multiple projects or portfolios, preferably within a lease or real estate environment

Have strong experience in commercial management, cost planning, and financial control, including change management processes

Ideally have exposure to data centre, mission-critical, or large scale infrastructure projects

Are chartered

Have a degree or equivalent experience in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or Construction related discipline

Are highly proficient in cost reporting, financial analysis, and stakeholder communication

Are comfortable working in a remote/hybrid environment, managing priorities across multiple regions and stakeholders

Demonstrate strong commercial acumen, attention to detail, and the ability to influence decision‑making at a senior level

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility
Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace.

If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!

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