Senior Commercial Manager - Data Analytics

About this role

Who are we? Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.  

A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future.

A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact. You’ll work across teams, influence key decisions, and help shape the path forward. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

Job Summary The Senior Commercial Manager - Data Analytics is responsible for commercial management oversight across Equinix’s portfolio of major expansion construction projects throughout the region. They provide strategic and day-to-day leadership specifically focused to drive down construction costs, provide assurance against internal financial controls and reporting processes and help manage all major contract risks. The role also includes supporting the modernization of our data analytics capabilities and driving our AI transformation. This role will support the transformation of our fragmented data and reporting into secure, automated, and insight ‑ driven analytics platforms.

Responsibilities   Construction Projects  • Provides strategic oversight for the planning and monitoring of construction projects from start to completion 

• Monitors the financial close-out on all projects including settlement of all vendors 

• Reports status, successes, challenges and key activities to senior management 

• Develops, manages and is accountable for achievement of key commercial metrics 

• Drives continuous improvement initiatives and develops best practices 

• Ensures correct level of professional cost management resources are identified, engaged and managed on all regional construction projects 

• Provides cost management advice and support 

• Oversees and provides guidance on commercial change management and change evaluation efforts on all projects 

Data Analytics & AI Transformation • Support modernization of analytics platforms through automation, and standardization

• Support adoption of advanced analytics, intelligent automation, and self ‑ service reporting to improve efficiency and insight quality

• Help to shape analytics architecture principles that balance scalability, performance, and usability 

Budget & Reporting  • Oversees the preparation of budgets (including detailed cost modeling and bench marking analysis) and presents to senior management 

• Monitors adherence against budget throughout the project lifespan, including cost checks and reviews, value engineering and cost saving initiatives and evaluation of alternates 

• Data analytics for project portfolio cash flow and earned value analysis utilizing Power BI and

SQL queries • Reviews project cost reports and carries out regular reviews of these with senior management 

• Acts as a stage gate approver of budgets prior to executive approval 

• Oversees the adherence against company expenditure limits 

Procurement  • Provides guidance and assists with the orderly development of requests for proposal leading into procurement for design services agreements, owner furnished equipment and general contractor services agreements

• Guides the overall contracting strategy and signing off of construction contracts 

Contracts  • Guides contract policy and ensuring audit compliance 

• Advises and intervenes appropriately to resolve major contractual claims and disputes as they arise 

Risk Management  • Sets out risk management policy and auditing compliance 

• Pro-actively leads all commercial risk management efforts including commercial audits, contingency analyses, risk identification and analyses and management training 

Collaboration  • Drives global coordination when developing strategies with corporate development, legal, company management, while also managing internal key stakeholders 

• People Management 

• Directly manages a team of Commercial Managers and works closely with other internal project teams of varying levels of seniority 

• Manages the regional Commercial Management team to perform as industry-leading function 

• Trains and develops in-house teams on commercial controls and best practices 

• Trains and develops teams on the creation of Power Apps and creation of Ai agents to help commercially manage the GDC portfolio

Qualifications   • Typically 7+ years of professional experience ideally in data center or mission critical system design, construction and costing 

• Demonstrated data analytics experience, ideally with Power BI and SQL queries

• Demonstrated experience to create Power Apps and automate workflows

• Bachelor's degree in construction, business, financial or related field preferred 

• RICS (Royal Institute Chartered Surveyor

• Accreditation) preferred

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

United States - Dallas Infomart Office DAI : 136,000 - 204,000 USD / Annual

United States - Redwood City Office GHQ : 163,000 - 245,000 USD / Annual

United States - CH1 Chicago : 150,000 - 224,000 USD / Annual

United States - New York City Office NYO1 : 150,000 - 224,000 USD / Annual

United States - Ashburn Office AEO : 150,000 - 224,000 USD / Annual

Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. The pay range shown is based on our compensation structure in place at the time of posting and may be updated periodically based on business needs. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, a

Similar jobs

• Senior Manager, Data Analytics — Edwards Lifesciences · California – Irvine, United States | USA IRV-1411 McGaw Ave/LINC
• Senior Project Manager - Data & Analytics — Pultegroup · Atlanta, GA
• Senior Manager, Data Science & Analytics — Customerio · Remote
• Senior Manager, Data Analytics and Insights — Fidelity Investments · Westlake, TX
• Senior Manager, Data Analytics and Insights — Fidelity Investments · Boston, MA
• Senior Manager, Advanced Data Analytics and Insights — Fidelity Investments · Boston, MA
• Senior Manager, Data Analysis — Capital One · Plano, TX
• Manager, Data Analytics — HD Supply · Atlanta-GA-US