Associate - Cost Management - Data Centres (m/f/d)
The opportunity
As Associate Cost Manager (Lease Portfolio Europe) at Linesight, you will operate within highly experienced, culturally diverse teams focused on delivering strategic cost control across a multi-country lease portfolio. This role places a strong emphasis on commercial performance, cost optimisation, and financial governance across leased assets, rather than traditional single-project delivery.
You will work in a hybrid/remote capacity, collaborating across European stakeholders, supporting programme level cost management, and influencing key financial decisions across a dynamic and evolving portfolio.
In this role you will:
- Lead cost management across a European lease portfolio, ensuring effective budget control, forecasting, and cost optimisation across multiple sites
- Manage and oversee operational and capital expenditure (OPEX/CAPEX) within leased environments, ensuring alignment with client financial objectives
- Actively participate in tender/bid processes for lease related works, including analysis, benchmarking, and commercial evaluation
- Drive the change management process, identifying, analysing, and implementing cost impacts across lease agreements and associated works
- Provide cost planning, benchmarking, and reporting at portfolio level to support strategic decision-making
- Analyse supplier and contractor proposals to ensure value for money and commercial compliance
- Support the preparation and agreement of final accounts, including lease exit costs, dilapidations, and associated claims
- Oversee portfolio spend through regular cost reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis, clearly communicating risks and opportunities
- Support dispute resolution, including loss and expense, claims, and commercial negotiations within lease agreements
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders across multiple regions to ensure consistent commercial governance and reporting standards
- Mentor and support junior team members where required, contributing to a high-performing commercial function
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Have 7–8+ years’ experience in cost management / quantity surveying, ideally within consultancy environments
- Have experience managing costs across multiple projects or portfolios, preferably within a lease or real estate environment
- Have strong experience in commercial management, cost planning, and financial control, including change management processes
- Ideally have exposure to data centre, mission-critical, or large scale infrastructure projects
- Are chartered
- Have a degree or equivalent experience in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, or Construction related discipline
- Are highly proficient in cost reporting, financial analysis, and stakeholder communication
- Are comfortable working in a remote/hybrid environment, managing priorities across multiple regions and stakeholders
- Demonstrate strong commercial acumen, attention to detail, and the ability to influence decision-making at a senior level
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At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.
As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.
About Cost Management
Our teams of cost managers deliver cost predictability, a high level of assurance and value for money on prestigious, cutting-edge projects around the globe for world-leading clients. Be a part of our collaborative, close-knit teams, who share comprehensive knowledge of international, regional and local construction costs and benchmarks. We champion both mentoring and reverse mentoring across all levels and roles, so you can benefit from the deep expertise and development supports within our organisation, regardless of your experience or seniority.
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