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About the Role

The Senior Commercial Manager - Data Analytics is responsible for commercial management oversight across Equinix’s portfolio of major expansion construction projects. This role provides strategic and day-to-day leadership focused on reducing construction costs, ensuring internal financial controls and reporting processes, and managing contract risks. Additionally, the role supports the modernization of data analytics capabilities and drives AI transformation by supporting the transformation of data and reporting into secure, automated, and insight-driven analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

Provides strategic oversight for the planning and monitoring of construction projects from start to completion.
Monitors the financial close-out on all projects including settlement of all vendors.
Reports status, successes, challenges and key activities to senior management.
Develops, manages and is accountable for achievement of key commercial metrics.
Drives continuous improvement initiatives and develops best practices.
Ensures correct level of professional cost management resources are identified, engaged and managed on all regional construction projects.
Provides cost management advice and support.
Oversees and provides guidance on commercial change management and change evaluation efforts on all projects.
Support modernization of analytics platforms through automation, and standardization.
Support adoption of advanced analytics, intelligent automation, and self-service reporting to improve efficiency and insight quality.
Help to shape analytics architecture principles that balance scalability, performance, and usability.
Oversees the preparation of budgets (including detailed cost modeling and benchmarking analysis) and presents to senior management.
Monitors adherence against budget throughout the project lifespan, including cost checks and reviews, value engineering and cost saving initiatives and evaluation of alternates.
Data analytics for project portfolio cash flow and earned value analysis utilizing Power BI and SQL queries.
Reviews project cost reports and carries out regular reviews of these with senior management.
Acts as a stage gate approver of budgets prior to executive approval.
Oversees the adherence against company expenditure limits.
Provides guidance and assists with the orderly development of requests for proposal leading into procurement for design services agreements, owner furnished equipment and general contractor services agreements.
Guides the overall contracting strategy and signing off of construction contracts.
Guides contract policy and ensuring audit compliance.
Advises and intervenes appropriately to resolve major contractual claims and disputes as they arise.
Sets out risk management policy and auditing compliance.
Pro-actively leads all commercial risk management efforts including commercial audits, contingency analyses, risk identification and analyses and management training.
Drives global coordination when developing strategies with corporate development, legal, company management, while also managing internal key stakeholders.
Directly manages a team of Commercial Managers and works closely with other internal project teams of varying levels of seniority.
Manages the regional Commercial Management team to perform as industry-leading function.
Trains and develops in-house teams on commercial controls and best practices.
Trains and develops teams on the creation of Power Apps and creation of Ai agents to help commercially manage the GDC portfolio.

Requirements

Typically 7+ years of professional experience ideally in data center or mission critical system design, construction and costing.
Demonstrated data analytics experience, ideally with Power BI and SQL queries.
Demonstrated experience to create Power Apps and automate workflows.

Skills

Data Analytics
Power BI
SQL queries
Power Apps
AI transformation
Commercial Management
Cost Management
Risk Management
Contract Management
Budgeting
Reporting
Procurement
Negotiation

Location

United States - Dallas Infomart Office
United States - Redwood City Office GHQ
United States - CH1 Chicago
United States - New York City Office NYO1
United States - Ashburn Office AEO

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
7+ years of professional experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in construction, business, financial or related field preferred
RICS (Royal Institute Chartered Surveyor Accreditation) preferred

Salary/Compensations

Dallas: 136,000 - 204,000 USD / Annual
Redwood City: 163,000 - 245,000 USD / Annual
Chicago: 150,000 - 224,000 USD / Annual
New York City: 150,000 - 224,000 USD / Annual
Ashburn: 150,000 - 224,000 USD / Annual

Benefits

Employee Assistance Program
Insurance: health, life, disability and voluntary plans
Retirement plan contributions
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays

About the Company

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.
A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future.
A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact.
You’ll work across teams, influence key decisions, and help shape the path forward.
You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

Equal Opportunity

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.
Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.
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