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About the role
The Manager of Commercial Project Management oversees the commercial and contractual aspects of data center projects to ensure profitability and risk mitigation. They lead commercial activities, manage contract compliance, and coordinate with internal teams to ensure successful project delivery within budget and schedule.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, or Engineering with 10–15 years of relevant experience. Proven expertise in contract administration, commercial negotiations, and large-scale construction or mission-critical facility projects is required.
Full description
Discover your exciting role
The Manager – Commercial Project Management is responsible for overseeing the commercial and contractual management of data center projects, ensuring effective contract administration, change management, cost and risk control, and protection of the company's commercial interests.
The role works closely with Project Management, Project Controls, Procurement, Engineering, Construction and Finance teams to maximise project profitability, manage contractual obligations, mitigate commercial risks and support the successful delivery of projects in accordance with contractual requirements, budgets and schedules.
Explore your tasks and responsibilities
- Commercial Management: Lead commercial activities across assigned data center projects to safeguard project profitability and achieve contractual and financial objectives.
- Contract Administration: Manage contract interpretation, compliance, obligations, notices, claims and correspondence with clients, subcontractors and suppliers.
- Change and Variation Management: Oversee the identification, evaluation, negotiation and approval of variations, change orders and additional works to ensure proper commercial recovery.
- Cost and Financial Control: Monitor project commercial performance, cost exposure, revenue, cash flow, margin and final account forecasts in coordination with Project Controls and Finance.
- Risk and Claims Management: Identify commercial and contractual risks, assess potential financial impacts, and develop mitigation strategies to minimise exposure and disputes.
- Subcontract and Procurement Management: Provide commercial oversight of subcontract agreements, purchase orders, payment claims, variations and final account settlements.
- Negotiation and Stakeholder Management: Lead commercial negotiations with clients, contractors and suppliers to achieve favourable contractual and financial outcomes.
- Reporting and Governance: Prepare commercial performance reports, maintain risk and change registers, and ensure compliance with company policies, contractual requirements and delegated authorities.
- Team Leadership: Lead and develop the commercial project management team, providing guidance on contract management, commercial strategy and project financial performance.
Show your expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, Commercial Management or a related discipline.
- Professional qualifications such as MRICS, AIQS or equivalent will be an advantage.
- Typically 10–15 years of relevant experience in commercial management, contract management or quantity surveying within construction, EPC/EPCM or major capital projects.
- Proven experience managing commercial and contractual matters for large-scale construction or engineering projects.
- Experience in data center projects, mission-critical facilities, semiconductor facilities or other complex MEP-intensive projects is highly desirable.
- Strong experience in contract administration, change management, claims, commercial negotiations, subcontract management and final account settlement.
- Familiarity with relevant construction contracts, such as FIDIC or other applicable client and subcontract forms, is preferred.
Contact:
You want to be part of the Exyte team? We look forward to receiving your application! For further questions and information, please do not hesitate to contact Chiam Ter Min via E-Mail at termin.chiam@exyte.net.
Please note that we only consider applications submitted through our application portal. Applications sent via email will not be considered due to data protection regulations.
