Vice President, Cost and Commercial

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About Vantage Data Centers Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world's well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. Vice President, Cost, Commercial & Pre-Construction Role Purpose (Strategic "Why") The Vice President, Cost, Commercial & Pre-Construction is accountable for defining and executing Vantage's end-to-end cost and commercial strategy, from early-stage development and estimating through to construction delivery and close-out. This role ensures that Vantage's rapid growth is underpinned by robust cost planning, disciplined estimating, strong contractual frameworks, and consistent commercial governance, enabling the business to scale without compromising cost certainty, financial control, legal protection, or long-term asset value. The Vice President acts as the ultimate authority on cost, estimating, and commercial strategy, shaping how Vantage develops budgets, prices risk, structures contracts, and manages value across the full lifecycle of development. Executive Role Summary The Vice President, Cost, Commercial & Pre-Construction leads all cost planning, estimating, and commercial management activities across the Development & Delivery portfolio. This role sets the strategic direction for how Vantage: - Develops early-stage cost models and benchmarks - Produces and validates estimates across design maturity stages - Structures contracts and procurement strategies - Allocates risk and manages change - Ensures contractual compliance - Maintain accurate and timely cost reporting practices - Protects enterprise value from concept through delivery This role goes well beyond project oversight. It owns the integrated cost and commercial operating model, ensuring consistency across regions, partners, and project phases, while guiding senior leaders through complex decisions involving cost certainty, affordability, risk exposure, and investment trade-offs. The Vice President is a key member of the Delivery leadership team and a trusted advisor to Executive leadership, Finance, Legal, Development, and Design Engineering. Core Accountabilities Cost Strategy, Pre-Construction & Estimating (Expanded) (Primary upstream focus) - Define and lead Vantage's pre-construction, cost planning and estimating strategy across all sites and regions. - Establish a tiered estimating approach aligned to design maturity (concept, schematic, detailed design, IFC), ensuring progressive cost certainty. - Own the development and maintenance of: o Cost benchmarks and regional cost intelligence o Standardised estimating methodologies and assumptions o Portfolio-wide cost databases and escalation models - Ensure robust cost planning and validation during development, investment approvals, and stage-gate processes. - Partner with Development and Design Engineering to drive: o Value engineering and cost optimisation at early stages o Design-to-budget discipline o Alignment between design decisions and cost/commercial outcomes - Provide executive oversight and challenge on: o Business cases and capital expenditure plans o Contractor pricing and tender returns o Affordability and cost-risk trade-offs - Ensure strong integration between estimating, procurement strategy, and contracting approach Commercial & Contractual Strategy (Integrated with pre-construction) - Define and own Vantage's commercial and contractual strategy, ensuring alignment with estimating assumptions and risk pricing. - Establish contract frameworks that: o Reflect accurate cost and risk positions established during pre-construction o Appropriately allocate risk o Enable controlled flexibility o Protect long-term commercial and operational interests - Ensure that commercial strategies are informed by early-stage cost certainty and market intelligence - Act as executive sponsor for major procurement and tendering strategies, including contractor engagement models. - Lead complex negotiations with General Contractors, consultants, and key suppliers. Contractual Governance & Change Control - Hold ultimate accountability for contractual compliance and commercial governance across the portfolio. - Ensure alignment between: o Baseline estimates o Approved budgets o Contract values and change control - Own the change control philosophy, ensuring: o Impacts are measured against original estimates and business case assumptions o Cost and time implications are fully quantified and transparent - Provide executive oversight of claims, disputes, and commercial escalations, ensuring alignment with original risk and pricing strategy. Portfolio Cost Control, Forecasting & Cashflow - Accountable for the integrity of cost data from es

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