Director Development Cost Management and Capital Planning EMEA
Nscale is a London-based, full-stack AI cloud and infrastructure company that provides GPU compute, managed AI services, orchestration software, data centers, and power infrastructure for AI training, fine-tuning, and inference.
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About Nscale
Nscale builds and operates vertically integrated AI infrastructure spanning software, GPU compute, networking, storage, purpose-built data centers, and power. Its active cloud platform offers self-service inference endpoints, fine-tuning, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, virtual machines, and GPU clusters.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will establish cost certainty, capital plans, risk management, and commercial viability for development opportunities through Gate 2. You will prepare estimates and investment-grade business cases, maintain cost benchmarks and risk registers, support site and contract decisions, and build the cost-planning function as the portfolio grows.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in quantity surveying, cost management, estimating, commercial management, or capital planning
- Experience in hyperscale data centres, mission-critical facilities, major infrastructure, energy, or industrial developments
- Experience preparing investment-grade business cases and underwriting budgets
- Experience with risk registers, contingency models, and portfolio capital plans
- Knowledge of contractor markets, procurement strategies, and supply-chain dynamics
- Knowledge of EMEA contract forms and procurement routes, including FIDIC and NEC
- Proficiency with estimating and cost-management tools and advanced Excel cost and cash-flow modelling
- Right to work in the UK or EU
- Willingness to travel across EMEA
Responsibilities
- Own L0, L1, and L2 estimates and Total Development Cost baselines through Gate 2
- Provide CAPEX, contingency, cash-flow, and cost-risk inputs for acquisitions and investment approvals
- Maintain project risk registers and govern contingency
- Support site selection, due diligence, land acquisition, and leasing decisions
- Integrate power, utility, infrastructure, procurement, and supply-chain costs into development budgets
- Maintain EMEA cost benchmarks and market intelligence
- Lead portfolio CAPEX forecasting, cash-flow planning, and variance reporting
- Own cost deliverables and reporting for Gate 0–2 approvals
- Lead commercial transition to Delivery at Gate 2
- Establish standards, tools, governance, and a future cost-planning team
