Senior Global Cost Manager – Infrastructure Projects

Innovar Group; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Innovar Group is partnering with a global data center developer to hire a Senior Global Cost Manager. This role will own the cost-management side of project controls for North American developments while supporting global standards, reporting, and best practices across a rapidly expanding portfolio.

Based in Bellevue, WA, you will lead cost estimation, budgeting, forecasting, and cost governance across multiple projects, collaborating with delivery, development, investment, and BI teams to drive

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years in cost management, surveying, estimating, or commercial management.
• Experience managing estimating, budgeting, forecasting, cost controls, and contingency across multiple projects.
• Strong CAPEX planning, cash flow, cost modeling, change management, and cost governance.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling; Procore cost modules experience; ERP exposure (Yardi Construction Manager).
• Experience with investment or underwriting teams and third-party cost consultants.
• Excellent communication and ability to translate cost data into business recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead project-level estimating, budgeting, forecasting, contingency tracking, cost reporting.
• Maintain cost targets and issue variance drivers by market and project type.
• Support business-case inputs, CAPEX updates, cost sensitivities, and budget governance from development to delivery.
• Create budget bridges, variance narratives, KPI reporting, and executive cost summaries.
• Track commitments, actuals, forecasts, cash flow, contingency drawdown, and change costs across scopes.
• Validate escalation, inflation, and regional market assumptions affecting CAPEX.
• Manage external cost consultants and ensure deliverables meet reporting standards.
• Partner with delivery, development, investment, and BI teams to improve cost data and templates.

Skills

Cost management

Financial modeling

Excel

Procore

Yardi Construction Manager

Budgeting & forecasting

Communication

Tools

Procore cost modules

Yardi Construction Manager

ERP systems

Job description

Innovar Group is partnering with a global data center developer to hire a Senior Global Cost Manager. This role will own the cost-management side of project controls for North American developments while supporting global standards, reporting, and best practices across a rapidly expanding portfolio.

Based in Bellevue, WA, you will lead cost estimation, budgeting, forecasting, and cost governance across multiple projects, collaborating with delivery, development, investment, and BI teams to drive