Commercial Manager – Milan | Cumming Group

Location: Milan, Italy

Contract Type: Permanent, Tempo pieno At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world’s most exciting construction and development projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, consistently ranked in the ENR Top 10. With over 70 offices globally, a diverse project portfolio, and continuous double-digit growth, we provide limitless opportunities for ambitious professionals looking to advance their careers.

About the Role

As a Senior Commercial Manager in our Milan team, you will provide strategic commercial leadership across complex, high-value data centre projects throughout Italy 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.

What You

Bring

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.

Why Join Cumming

Group?

When you join our team, you become part of a business that invests in people, values diversity and celebrates innovation. We empower our employees to deliver exceptional results while continuing to grow personally and professionally.

What We

Offer 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 global 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.

Further

Information for Candidates

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at Cumming Group

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated and everyone is provided with equality of opportunity.

Cumming

Group adheres to its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. A copy of this policy is available for review upon request.

📌 Commercial Manager - Milan (Milano)
🏢 Cumming Group UK u0026 Europe
📍 Milano