Job Description
Team Intro
The Cost & Commercial Management (CCM) team is responsible for the life-cycle cost planning and management of ByteDance's global real estate portfolio. We safeguard the commercial interests of the company across leasing, design, construction, and operations, and partner closely with internal stakeholders to enable smart, data-driven real estate decisions.
Responsibilities
- Support cost planning, estimating and budget setting for new sites and projects across APAC, working closely with cross-functional teams to inform decision-making.
- Support pre-construction and procurement activities, including tendering, bid evaluation and contract award, in partnership with Procurement, Legal and external consultants.
- Manage post-construction commercial activities, including change management, cost control, cash flow management, forecasting, payments, variations and final accounts, while keeping documentation accurate, traceable and audit-ready.
- Help build and maintain a global life-cycle cost database covering leasing, fit-out and operations, with consistent definitions to ensure data is comparable and traceable across regions.
- Track market intelligence across APAC and globally, including city-level leasing reports, fit-out material and labour rates, and inflation indices.
- Contribute to the team’s research output, including studies and white papers on global leasing and construction cost trends, covering analysis, drafting and visualisation.
- Support the development of cost standards, templates and benchmarks, and contribute to process improvement and tooling initiatives that streamline workflows and improve data quality across CCM and the wider RE&F team.