Regional Commercial Management Lead​/Associate Director

Regional Commercial Management Lead / Associate Director (Job ) – Posted 30-Apr-2026 – Full-time – Mountain View, California, United States.

The purpose of this position is to manage and be responsible for individual multi-disciplined real estate cost solutions for clients with direct accountability for cost delivery.

• Complexity:
  High
• Risk:
  High
• Duration:
  Long term (months to years)
• Value:
  Typically >$5 Million USD
• Region:
  National; PJM Platform or Global GWS Account

• Manage all facets of cost management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for individual real estate projects or programs throughout planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.
• Lead the administration associated with funding all project work, including creation of funding documents in use by the client.
• Work with client and Project Manager to ensure compliance with internal funding policies and promote proactive creation/submission of funding documents.
• Evaluate project scope and client needs to develop and present recommended budgets for pre‑bid and pre‑construction cost estimating and cost planning services.
• Partner with project team to source and oversee pre‑bid and pre‑construction services associated with the development of a project budget and cost plan.
• Produce concept level estimates to aid feasibility studies and assist with business cases.
• Issue recommendations for the application of an Estimator to produce costing of greater detail; manage performance of estimating tasks/deliverables.
• Support project manager and leasing team to estimate costs associated with lease (upfit, abatement, reinstatement, etc.) to optimize landlord contribution/tenant improvement allowances.
• Ensure contracts with project team include language aligned with lease requirements for solicitation of all landlord contributions.
• Support project manager team in the implementation of all project procurement in accordance with CBRE corporate policies and guidelines; recommend project procurement strategy.
• Lead the analysis of bid/tender responses, level all responses and organize the data into a concise report for presentation to the client.
• Create and manage a detailed cost plan; produce and maintain detailed cost reports on a regular basis and present them to the client.
• Align cost plan with project master schedule; provide cost guidance and direction to achieve cost goals with scope/schedule.
• Establish strategy to manage cash flows and project accruals and report progress in a manner consistent with CBRE policy.
• Promote Value Engineering (VE) as a continual process; lead or support VE workshops and provide ideas and initiatives to add value.
• Act as a resource for implementing best practices to optimize outcome of all VE efforts; track and report progress against cost savings and value to fee targets.
• Reconcile all estimates and change orders; scrutinize, analyze, and perform due diligence on all change orders; lead reconciliation meetings.
• Update cost plan/report accordingly and advise project team of cost risk mitigation strategies and high‑risk cost issues.
• Assist the client and design team with life cycle costing of LEED/sustainability initiatives where appropriate.
• Review all invoices against cost plan; provide valuation services and signoff to project team.
• Capture project costs for contribution to CBRE cost benchmarking/estimating databases and tools.
• Provide tools, processes and training to ensure consistent cost management services across a project or geography.
• Manage 3rd‑party cost delivery resources; ensure delivery and escalating as appropriate; suggest and implement contractual adjustments.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Provide formal supervision to employees within single functional or operational area.
• Approve subordinate’s recommendations for staff recruitment, selection, promotion, and termination.
• Plan and monitor staffing levels and utilization of labor, including overtime.
• Prepare and deliver performance appraisals for staff.
• Mentor and coach team members to further develop competencies.
• Lead by example and model behaviors…