Senior Director, Cost Management

Senior Director, Cost & Commercial Management Senior Director, Cost & Commercial Management leads and supervises a regional cost and commercial management team, delivering solutions across cost estimating, budgeting, value management, and more to clients. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Partner with other Cumming service line leaders and business development leaders to build a cohesive revenue growth strategy. Demonstrate senior level technical competence as an advisor to clients in cost and commercial management. Take accountability for profitability, labor productivity, and volume goals both projections and actuals of the team, project, or regional assigned. Actively support and deliver new clients or extended client revenue streams. Collaborate with other service lines to provide our clients with a seamless service. Increase services to existing clientele by providing solutions to their issues and develop new revenue generating business. Develop strategies for the recruitment, onboarding, and training of team members to further enhance team performance. Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures. Coordinate staff utilization. Prepare monthly backlog, utilization, forecast, and P&L reports. Collaborate with other department leadership to promote overall company growth and communication. Oversee and actively implement process improvements to the cost management service delivery for designated sector, office, or region assigned. Act as mentor to team. Participate in leadership meetings with service line leads and in market. Set strategy for business development and marketing. Accountable for fiscal performance in accordance with company goals. Provide organizational leadership in area of control. Other duties as assigned. Attendance at work during normal business hours. Knowledge & Skills Required Provide input on functional strategies and lead execution by designing programs. Proactively influence changes, thinking through issue trends and scalable solutions that further organizational goals. Identify and drive accountabilities. Nurture regional and global team member and client relationships. Identify resources to keep current and network externally. Mentor and develop key team members (may be outside the chain of command). Proven expertise level of knowledge in all phases of construction work. Demonstrate ability to coach team members effectively. Proven ability to address team member and client complaints and resolve problems. Solid Business Development and revenue growth history. Provide suggestions to Cumming senior leadership on cost management operations as well as company, regional, and sector goal setting. Effectively represent Cumming business goals and objectives. Preferred Education and Experience Education: BS in Construction, Cost & Commercial Management, Engineering, Quantity Surveying, or related field. Experience: 10 to 15 years in Cost & Commercial Management; 5+ years leading client expectations and managing a business unit. Prior experience working on large scale projects is preferred. Preferred Certification Professional accreditation – MRICS, AssocRICS, CCP, CEP, CPE or equivalent. Salary and Benefits The salary range for this full‑time role is $153,100.00‑$214,366.70 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, client and industry experience and level, and represent a good‑faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range reflects base salary only, and not the total compensation package. Cumming Group reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, including client requirements. Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 401(k) with matching Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays Short‑ and long‑term disability Employee Assistance Program Equal Employment Opportunity Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train, and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity. All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr