Associate - Cost Management - Data Centres
Pubblicato il 17-08-2026 - Linesight in Milano
Overview
As Associate Cost Manager (Lease Portfolio Europe) at Linesight, you will operate within highly experienced, culturally diverse teams focused on delivering strategic cost control across a multi-country lease portfolio. This role places a strong emphasis on commercial performance, cost optimisation, and financial governance across leased assets, rather than traditional single-project delivery.
You will work in a hybrid/remote capacity, collaborating across European stakeholders, supporting programme level cost management, and influencing key financial decisions across a dynamic and evolving portfolio.
The Opportunity
In this role you will:
- Lead cost management across a European lease portfolio, ensuring effective budget control, forecasting, and cost optimisation across multiple sites
- Manage and oversee operational and capital expenditure (OPEX/CAPEX) within leased environments, ensuring alignment with client financial objectives
- Actively participate in tender/bid processes for lease related works, including analysis, benchmarking, and commercial evaluation
- Drive the change management process, identifying, analysing, and implementing cost impacts across lease agreements and associated works
- Provide cost planning, benchmarking, and reporting at portfolio level to support strategic decision-making
- Analyse supplier and contractor proposals to ensure value for money and commercial compliance
- Support the preparation and agreement of final accounts, including lease exit costs, dilapidations, and associated claims
- Oversee portfolio spend through regular cost reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis, clearly communicating risks and opportunities
- Support dispute resolution, including loss and expense, claims, and commercial negotiations within lease agreements
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders across multiple regions to ensure consistent commercial governance and reporting standards
- Mentor and support junior team membe