The role involves leading a global cost management function, optimizing costs across multiple regions, influencing investment decisions, and building systems for cost intelligence and benchmarking.
Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?
AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region’s digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world’s most transformational companies. And we’re doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.
Having opened Australia’s first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…
Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.
Your Impact
You will establish and lead a globally consistent, high-performing cost management function supporting the delivery of large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure across multiple regions. Working closely with senior leadership, you’ll shape investment decisions, drive cost optimisation, and embed best-in-class cost intelligence across the business.
You will:
- Lead the development of a global cost management function, frameworks, and standards
- Influence business cases and investment decisions through robust, data-driven cost insights
- Build and embed advanced cost intelligence, benchmarking, and reporting capabilities
- Drive cost optimisation, standardisation, and scalability across a growing global portfolio
- Partner with development and delivery teams to enable successful project outcomes
What you'll do
Strategic Cost Leadership
- Proven ability to define and implement cost management strategies at a global or enterprise level
- Experience establishing frameworks, methodologies, and standards across complex project lifecycles
- Strong alignment with procurement, contracting, and delivery strategies
Cost Intelligence & Benchmarking
- Experience building and managing cost benchmarking platforms and databases
- Strong capability in cost modelling, forecasting, and scenario analysis
- Ability to translate market insights and cost data into strategic business decisions
Project & Pre-Contract Expertise
- Deep experience in cost planning, estimation, and business case development
- Proven ability to ensure consistency and accuracy across large, multi-region portfolios
- Strong understanding of early-stage project development and investment processes
Value Engineering & Optimisation
- Demonstrated success driving value engineering and design-to-cost outcomes
- Track record of delivering measurable cost savings and value creation
- Ability to influence design, development, and delivery teams
Governance & Commercial Acumen
- Experience implementing cost governance frameworks and assurance processes
- Strong understanding of cost forecasting, contingency management, and financial reporting
- Ability to support procurement strategies, tender evaluations, and commercial decisions
Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Proven experience building and leading high-performing teams at scale
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders, including executive and board-level audiences
- Strong relationship management across internal teams, contractors, and industry partner
What you’ll bring
- 15+ years’ experience in cost management, quantity surveying, or commercial leadership roles
- Background in construction, infrastructure, data centres, or large-scale developments
- Experience delivering complex projects across multiple regions
- Proven track record leading cost functions or large, multidisciplinary teams
- Ability to manage a global consistent and high-performing cost management function
- Experience in cost intelligence and benchmarking ensuring this is embedded and actively used across the business
- Ability to ensure accuracy and confidence in cost forecasting and investment decisions
- Previous success in cost savings and value creation delivered across the global portfolio
- Ability to support business cases with concise, data-driven expository documents
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Able to operate with significant autonomy and discretion
- Strong communicator and ability to interact with all professional levels within an organisation
- Professional attitude with persuasive skills in making things happen
- Exceptionally flexible, forward-thinking, and motivated by change
The AirTrunk Culture
Working at AirTrunk is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and amplify your impact. Whilst you’re helping scale our region’s digital future, we’ll help you Grow@Hyperscale and unleash your full potential.
The pace in which we operate means you’ll feel an electric atmosphere at AirTrunk. We are a team of challengers and collaborative problem solvers who break new ground every day. We do this by living our values, going above and beyond, and being dynamic, transparent, and responsive.
Every AirTrunker brings their own unique background and diverse perspective to find solutions to problems that matter. We make sure you have everything you need to make your mark and thrive in a flexible and safe working environment, where everyone feels welcome. Our benefits empower AirTrunkers to stay positively charged.
Now’s your chance to Grow@Hyperscale.
**To all recruitment agencies: AirTrunk does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, AirTrunk employees or any other organisation location. AirTrunk is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.**
AirTrunk North Sydney, New South Wales, AUS Office
88 Walker Street, Level 47, North Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2060
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