Commercial Director, Design & Construction, North America

Iron Mountain; Springfield, Northern (IL, KY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Commercial Director to oversee data center construction projects. This pivotal role involves providing strategic commercial leadership, managing project costs, and ensuring financial performance throughout the project lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in real estate construction, particularly in data centers, and possess strong analytical and communication skills. Join a company committed to sustainable solutions and make a significant impact on innovative projects while collaborating with diverse teams. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive continuous improvement and develop best practices in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in real estate construction and project costing, ideally with data centers.
• Strong analytical skills to synthesize data and provide insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial aspects of construction projects, including cost management and reporting.
• Prepare project budgets and drive accuracy of cash flow projections.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Financial Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in business

Tools

Oracle

Procore

Google product suite

MS Excel

Job description

At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.

We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.

The Commercial Director position is responsible for oversight of Iron Mountain’s data center construction costs for the region. This includes all activities throughout the project lifecycle. This position will be responsible for providing strategic commercial leadership to estimate, control, and forecast project costs.

This position will report directly to the Global Sr. Commercial Director, and will work closely with members of the D&C team, Finance, and the IMDC Leadership Team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead all commercial and financial aspects of IMDC’s construction projects, including contract support, cost management, change management, and project delivery.
• Oversee the preparation of project budgets, including detailed cost modeling, benchmarking, and analysis.
• Engage with D&C and the GC to review and recommend all subcontractor buyouts.
• Review and report on financial performance and project status to senior management.
• Drive accuracy of monthly cash flow projections.
• Track all capital approvals to ensure a common understanding of what is approved, pending approvals, and what remains to be requested for all projects.
• Help to facilitate project financial systems and project management systems.
• Integrate new development sites within the design and construction processes and program.
• Review contract documents for execution, liaise with internal teams, and provide support into procurement of design services agreements, equipment awards, and general contractor services agreements.
• Advise and intervene appropriately to resolve major contractual claims and disputes as they arise.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and develop best practices.
• Train and develop in-house teams on commercial controls and best practices.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external functions (Legal, Finance, Operations, Sales, and 3rd parties).

Key Skills, Requirements and Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in business.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in real estate construction and project costing, preferably with data center experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with systems and system implementations, specifically with Oracle, Procore, Google product suite, MS Excel.
• Strong analytical skills needed to synthesize large quantities of data, identify trends and drivers, and distill them into insightful analysis for senior management.
• Passion for driving and delivering results acting as a financial agitator to provide valuable performance analysis and reporting on a timely basis to help facilitate decision making.

Iron Mountain is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. We recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law.