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 general 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 u0026 Europe
📍 Madrid