Senior Commercial Manager, Data Centers

The role

You will drive commercial activities supporting data center expansion and operations across the United States. You will coordinate between data center providers and internal teams including Infrastructure, Legal, Finance, Treasury, and Procurement.

What you will do

• Own the coordination of commercial matters with colocation providers, data center developers, and power infrastructure partners.
• Review provider requests for completeness and alignment with agreed scope and milestones.
• Coordinate negotiations on change orders, payment schedules, and other commercial arrangements.
• Track provider obligations and follow through on unresolved commitments, discrepancies, and disputes.
• Drive funding requests, milestone payments, deposits, and prepayments through internal review and approval.
• Maintain a consolidated view of requested, approved, committed, and paid amounts across projects.
• Reconcile revised requests, funding reallocations, and previously paid amounts with Finance and providers.
• Coordinate with Legal and Finance on loan arrangements, escrow releases, guarantees, and other funding structures.
• Ensure documentation, signatures, and authorized approvals are completed before Treasury releases funds.
• Work with construction, power, and operations teams to connect commercial decisions to project schedules and capacity availability.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in commercial management, infrastructure business operations, project controls, or capital project delivery.
• Experience managing commercial activities involving data centers, energy, construction, real estate development, or other capital-intensive infrastructure.
• Ability to drive work across Legal, Finance, and operational teams without direct reporting authority.
• Strong understanding of contract administration, change orders, payment milestones, budgets, and financial commitments.
• Confidence reviewing financial information, identifying inconsistencies, and challenging incomplete or unsupported requests.
• Strong negotiation, stakeholder management, and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage several complex matters simultaneously while maintaining accuracy and clear priorities.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• Experience working with hyperscale or AI data center providers.
• Familiarity with colocation agreements, utility contracts, escrow arrangements, and infrastructure financing.
• Experience establishing commercial processes in a rapidly growing organization.
• An understanding of data center construction, power availability, commissioning, and operational handover.

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and families.
• Up to 4% company match with immediate vesting for 401(k) plan.
• 20 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers.
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for secondary caregivers.
• Up to $85/month for mobile and internet remote work reimbursement.
• Company-paid short-term, long-term and life insurance coverage.
• Competitive compensation
• Career growth and learning opportunities
• Flexibility and ownership
• Collaborative and innovative culture
• Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects

Before you apply

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply.
• Will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire.

About the company

Nebius is building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam and has a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel.