Senior Director, Commercial Management
Equinix
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Redwood City • California, Illinois, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $220,000 - $360,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Oversee the full lifecycle of major construction projects, from initial planning to financial close-out, ensuring every milestone is met with precision and purpose.
- Drive commercial strategy, including budgeting, cost modeling, benchmarking, and value engineering, to maximize ROI and deliver best-in-class results.
- Guide procurement and contracting, setting the tone for robust vendor relationships and airtight agreements.
- Lead risk management initiatives, embedding a culture of proactive audit, compliance, and contingency planning.
- Report directly to senior leadership, sharing insights, successes, and challenges that shape the company’s future direction.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in data center construction, with a track record of delivering complex projects on time and on budget, leveraging your deep preconstruction and estimating background in the data center business.
- Visionary leadership and a passion for developing teams and driving organizational growth.
- RICS accreditation and a bachelor’s degree in construction, business, finance, or a related field are preferred, with experience in data center pre-construction and estimating required.
- 15+ years of professional experience ideally in data center system design and construction and costing preferred.
- Master's degree in construction, business, financial or related field preferred.
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program: An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees.
- Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members.
- Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
data center constructionpreconstructionestimatingbudgetingcost modelingbenchmarkingvalue engineeringrisk managementcompliancecontingency planning
Soft skills
leadershipteam developmentorganizational growthcommunicationstrategic thinking
Certifications
RICS accreditation