[Hiring] Director/Sr Director, Commercial Finance @Cologix

Role Description

The Director / Senior Director of Commercial Finance will lead the end-to-end commercial deal lifecycle across new business, expansions, and renewals for a growing colocation and data center platform. You and your team will partner cross-functionally with Sales, Finance, Legal, Sales Engineering, Operations, and Customer Experience to:

• Structure complex colocation agreements
• Prepare project and deal-based returns analysis
• Optimize pricing and contract strategy
• Directly negotiate with customers
• Proactively manage the renewal pipeline

The role requires strong commercial judgment, exceptional attention to detail, confidence presenting to both executives and customers, and the ability to effectively manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

The Director / Senior Director title will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience, leadership scope, and performance throughout the interview process. Exceptionally qualified candidates with broader strategic and organizational impact may be considered at the Senior Director level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or business administration (MBA preferred)
• 7-10+ years of experience in the colocation or telecommunications industry in a pricing, finance, or asset management capacity
• 5+ years of experience leading and developing high-performance teams
• Extensive knowledge of space, power and interconnection pricing
• Awareness and understanding of network and cloud offerings
• Expert level Excel and financial-modeling skills
• Strong PowerPoint skills
• Customer negotiation experience
• Exceptional communications skills (verbal and written)
• Previous success building strong cross-departmental business relationships
• Previous experience working cross-functionally to analyze and form business cases for new product offerings
• Multi-market pricing strategy creation (Intl preferred)
• Large scale deal analysis

Requirements

• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.
• We are unable to sponsor or transfer sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account
• Non-accrued PTO
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Company paid holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with employer match
• Mental Wellness Benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Discount Marketplace
• Employee Recognition Platform
• Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience
• This position will also be eligible for an annual bonus