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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Commercial Manager - Data Analytics - **Company:** Equinix - **Location:** Ashburn, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $136,000.0 - $204,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, Power BI, SQL Databases, Value Engineering, Data Analytics, Powerapps - **Published:** July 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17592680?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17592680%2FSenior-Commercial-Manager-Data-Analytics-Virginia-Ashburn ## About the Role * 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 ## Description 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 insightdriven analytics platforms., 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 selfservice 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, Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. 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