Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world’s most respected clients across diverse range of sectors.

The Role:

Cumming Group are looking to recruit a Senior Commercial Manager to join our team in the Madrid office. You will provide strategic commercial leadership across complex, high-value data centre projects throughout Spain and Europe. You will oversee the commercial performance of major mission-critical developments from feasibility and procurement through construction, commissioning and close-out.

Leading client relationships, commercial strategy and project teams, you will play a pivotal role in driving cost certainty, mitigating risk, and ensuring successful project outcomes. This position offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of one of the fastest-growing sectors in construction while helping shape the commercial delivery of some of Europe's most significant digital infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead commercial and cost management services across multiple large-scale data centre projects.
- Develop and implement commercial strategies that support successful project delivery and client objectives.
- Provide senior leadership on cost planning, benchmarking, budgeting and financial control throughout the project lifecycle.
- Advise clients on procurement strategy, contract selection and risk allocation.
- Oversee tender processes, tender analysis and contract award recommendations.
- Lead negotiations and administration of contracts, including NEC and JCT forms where applicable.
- Manage variations, change control processes,



claims and commercial disputes.
- Review project financial performance, forecasts, cash flow and commercial reporting across multiple commissions.
- Drive value engineering initiatives and cost optimisation strategies while maintaining project quality and performance standards.
- Provide commercial governance and assurance across project portfolios.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors and key stakeholders.
- Support business development activities, client pursuits and proposal preparation.
- Lead, mentor and develop Commercial Managers, Cost Managers and junior team members.
- Support regional leadership with commercial reporting, resource planning and operational performance management.

Qualifications:

- Education: Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Experience: 10+ years of experience in commercial management, cost consultancy, or quantity surveying, with significant exposure to large-scale construction projects.
- Professional Accreditation: MRICS, AssocRICS, or working towards chartered status preferred.
- Extensive experience managing complex commercial programmes and multi-disciplinary project teams.
- Strong understanding of NEC, JCT and other standard forms of construction contract.
- Proven track record delivering data centre, mission-critical,



industrial, infrastructure or similarly complex projects.
- Strong knowledge of construction law, commercial risk management and procurement strategies.
- Experience overseeing multiple projects and client accounts simultaneously.
- Exceptional leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to provide strategic advice to senior clients and project teams.
- Ability to operate effectively within fast-paced and technically demanding project environments.

Benefits:

- A collaborative, people-first culture with genuine opportunities for career development.
- Hybrid working environment with flexibility and autonomy.
- Exposure to landmark projects across data centres, commercial, healthcare, education, residential and public sectors.
- Opportunities to lead major international commissions and work with integral clients.
- A worldwide network of experienced professionals and technical experts.
- Ongoing learning and development through internal and external programmes.
- Frequent social, networking and team-building events.
- Competitive salary, benefits package and performance-related incentives.

Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, “race” (includes nationality, national / ethnic origins, colour) marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender reassignment, religion and belief.

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.

📌 Senior Commercial Manager - madrid
🏢 Cumming Group Uk & Europe
📍 Madrid