Per-MW pricing, regional variance, and cost drivers for owners scoping hyperscale & AI builds.
Salary benchmarks across the 14 mission-critical disciplines.
Hire Directors of Commercial who protect margin across the portfolio — contract strategy, change and claims discipline, subcontract commercial terms, and cash position. Quantity-surveying rigor + negotiation record verified through references from prior executives and clients.
A structured process for the hire that owns commercial outcomes — where weak change discipline and late claims positions quietly erase project margin.
30-minute call. Align on portfolio scale, contract forms (NEC, FIDIC, AIA, EPC), commercial team size, reporting line, and start date.
Within 2 weeks we introduce 3–5 Directors of Commercial with sector-matched portfolio history. References from prior executives and clients included.
Every placement carries a replacement guarantee. If the hire fails within the warranty window, we run a no-fee replacement search.
Commercial leadership is a record, not a title. We verify margin protected, claims settled, and cash positions held — with the executives and clients who watched it happen.
Every candidate has a reference-verified record of protecting or recovering margin at portfolio level — change capture, entitlement discipline, and commercial close-out.
Verified working depth in the forms you use — NEC, FIDIC, AIA, and bespoke EPC terms — plus subcontract flow-down discipline.
Reference-verified claims strategy, expert-supported positions, and negotiation outcomes — settled commercially, not just escalated.
Before you meet a candidate, we have documented the commercial record behind the resume:
Reference-verified commercial ownership across multiple concurrent projects or a major program.
Verified change-capture cadence, entitlement rigor, and claims outcomes on delivered work.
Quantity-surveying or cost-management foundations; RICS / MRICS verified where held.
Reference-verified subcontract packaging, flow-down terms, and supply-chain commercial management.
Verified cash-position management, CVR / cost-value reporting cadence, and executive credibility.
Director-level comp bands, bonus structure, and LTIP expectations aligned before finalists.
We’ll help scope the role on the call — portfolio scale, contract forms, team size, and reporting line.
Time to shortlist is typically 2 weeks from scoping call. Director-level searches typically close in 4–6 weeks total, including references and offer.
Pricing depends on engagement model. Director-level searches typically run as retained executive search or a defined per-role fee.
Titles vary by firm. In US usage, Director of Commercial usually leads the commercial function inside operations; Commercial Director often sits at business level with revenue or client-facing scope. We scope the actual mandate on the call.
In the US, base salaries typically run $195k–$260k, with total compensation of $240k–$330k+ on hyperscale and EPC portfolios. Contract-form exposure and portfolio scale move the band.
Yes. Every Director of Commercial placement carries a replacement guarantee, confirmed in writing at engagement start.
Yes. Multi-hire commercial builds (commercial managers, QSs, claims specialists) route through embedded recruiting or RPO.
30-minute scoping conversation. We’ll review the Director of Commercial role, portfolio scale, contract forms, and commercial team — then recommend the right search path and start sourcing.
