Expression of Interest: Commercial Managers

Register your interest for future Commercial Manager opportunities (all levels) at Kao Data - Drive Excellence in AI-Focused Data Centres!

Kao Data leads the industry, pioneering the development and operation of data centres engineered for AI and advanced computing. With a hyperscale-inspired and industrial scale platform, we provide our customers with a secure, scalable, and sustainable home for their compute.

About the Role

We are looking for candidates to register their interest for future Commercial Manager roles (all levels) in the Design and Construction Team at Kao Data. We might not have the right role open right now, but that doesn’t mean we’re not interested. Apply and Register your interest, and we’ll be in touch if something suitable comes up that matches your skills and experience.

Design and Construction at Kao Data is the engine behind our high-performance digital infrastructure. Our multidisciplinary team integrates architectural design, structural engineering, and advanced construction methodologies to deliver hyperscale data centres with precision and speed. Leveraging BIM, modular construction, and sustainable design principles, we optimise every phase - from concept to commissioning. It’s a dynamic environment for professionals who thrive on technical complexity, innovation, and delivering mission-critical facilities that power the future of AI and cloud computing.

You will be responsible for managing business cases, project and portfolio costs, finance, and accounting functions while ensuring consistent procedures. You will play a key role in commercial decision-making, particularly around project design, delivery changes, and contractual scopes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working within the Delivery Team, you will work closely with the Design Team, Development Team, Finance Team, and others to ensure best practice in the field of Cost Management.
• Provide commercial insight and influence on projects throughout the delivery cycle on an independent and proactive basis. Inform procurement, value, and financial management activities. Identify, make and/or escalate legal and strategic decisions as appropriate.
• Develop internal cost benchmarking of construction prime costs, fees, cashflows, inflation and other data points necessary to the development of business cases.
• Supervise cost consultant teams, including developing their appointments, setting to work and problem solving, and providing performance management and direction - as a subject matter expert.
• Engage with the business Finance function to ensure accurate pre-estimation of cashflows, CAPEX estimates and so forth. Lead activities to continually improve the speed and accuracy of early cost data provided to business cases at the inception of projects.
• Provide advice on procurement and contract strategies for project delivery across the portfolio of planned activity.
• Provide project and portfolio commercial and cost management through all stages of project delivery.

What We’re Looking For:

• A Bachelor degree with Honours (or recognised equivalent) in Cost Management or Quantity Surveying is preferable.
• Chartered status with a relevant and recognised professional institute or body such as RICS or CIOB is preferable.
• Previous Cost Management experience, particularly within the M&E and Data Centre sectors.
• Extensive post graduate specialist knowledge and relevant sector experience and able to demonstrate that you can effectively acquire, apply and impart industry specific specialist, commercial, procurement, programme and cost management professional knowledge to the development team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite applications including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, and MS Project.
• Ability to work well under pressure with a proactive approach including managing multiple deadlines and changing project scope/direction.

Be part of an innovative and rapidly growing AI data centre leader. Opportunities for professional growth and leadership development. Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Engaging team events that strengthen workplace culture and connections.

Benefits:

• Private Medical – private health insurance including dental and optical cover.
• Holiday – 25 days annual leave plus UK Bank Holidays.
• Pension – Salary Sacrifice Pension.
• Parental Leave – Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave.
• Life Assurance & Income Protection.
• Mental health support - 24/7 access to mental health support via our employee assistance programme, and a trained team of Mental Health First Aiders.
• Giving back – 2 Charity volunteering days a year.
• Electric Vehicle - Salary Sacrifice Scheme.
• Optical Benefit.
• Access to Unum’s Help@Hand.