Cost & Commercial Management Lead

Turner & Townsend; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend seeks an experienced Cost & Commercial Management Lead to join our Real Estate team in the Netherlands. You will lead cost and commercial management across major real estate programmes, serving as a trusted advisor to clients and guiding multidisciplinary teams to achieve investment outcomes.

This senior role requires proven leadership in large-scale capital programmes within complex real estate and construction environments, delivering governance, budgets, forecasts and

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in Cost Management, Commercial Management or Quantity Surveying, including leadership responsibility for major programmes or portfolios.
• Demonstrated ability to lead commercial strategy, governance and cost control across multiple projects.
• Experience managing senior client relationships and influencing key stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, communication and team development skills.
• Advanced financial, analytical and reporting capabilities.
• Professional qualification (RICS or equivalent), or working towards chartership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of cost and commercial management services across major real estate programmes and portfolios.
• Act as the primary client interface, providing strategic commercial advice and leadership throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Establish and oversee programme-wide cost management, governance, reporting and controls.
• Lead the development and review of budgets, cost plans, forecasts and investment business cases.
• Provide commercial oversight of procurement, contracting, change management and risk management activities.
• Monitor programme performance and provide recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with senior client stakeholders and project teams to align commercial strategies with programme objectives.
• Drive consistency, best practice and continuous improvement across cost and commercial management activities.
• Lead, mentor and develop cost management teams, supporting capability growth and knowledge sharing.
• Support business development activities and contribute to the growth of Turner & Townsend's Real Estate business.

Skills

Cost Management

Commercial Management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial analysis

RICS qualification

Education

RICS or equivalent

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 23,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Cost & Commercial Management Lead to join our Real Estate team in the Netherlands.

Working within a collaborative and high-performing team, you will lead the delivery of cost and commercial management services across major real estate programmes and portfolios. Acting as a trusted advisor to clients, you will provide strategic commercial leadership, oversee programme performance, and guide multidisciplinary teams to achieve successful investment outcomes.

This role is suited to a senior cost and commercial professional with a proven track record of leading large-scale capital programmes within complex real estate and construction environments.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of cost and commercial management services across major real estate programmes and portfolios.
• Act as the primary client interface, providing strategic commercial advice and leadership throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Establish and oversee programme-wide cost management, governance, reporting and controls.
• Lead the development and review of budgets, cost plans, forecasts and investment business cases.
• Provide commercial oversight of procurement, contracting, change management and risk management activities.
• Monitor programme performance and provide recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Collaborate with senior client stakeholders and project teams to align commercial strategies with programme objectives.
• Drive consistency, best practice and continuous improvement across cost and commercial management activities.
• Lead, mentor and develop cost management teams, supporting capability growth and knowledge sharing.
• Support business development activities and contribute to the growth of Turner & Townsend's Real Estate business.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in Cost Management, Commercial Management or Quantity Surveying, including leadership responsibility for major programmes or portfolios.
• Demonstrated ability to lead commercial strategy, governance and cost control across multiple projects.
• Experience managing senior client relationships and influencing key stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, communication and team development skills.
• Advanced financial, analytical and reporting capabilities.
• Professional qualification (RICS or equivalent), or working towards chartership.

This positions the role clearly as a programme-level commercial leader, rather than a senior project cost manager, while keeping the scope broad enough for different real estate sectors and project types.

Additional Information

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