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Overview Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft's cloud services and our team is focused on delivering high quality infrastructure to support cloud operations.
To support this, the acquisition and development of our owned, designed, and constructed Data Center facilities will scale to meet the demands of our customers, while we also continue to lease and acquire Data Center capacity at pace, particularly in our high growth markets, working closely with Data Center operators in each region, and across the Globe.
The Lease Program Manager is accountable for driving on-time delivery of lease construction projects for the region.The Lease Program Manager will partner closely with the Construction Project Managers, Lessors, Data Center Engineering team and supporting consultants to ensure that each project is tracked, risk assessed, and the issues are resolved in a timely manner to minimize the business impact.
The Lease Program Manager is responsible for triaging project delays to predict Ready for Service (RFS) and apply mitigation action plans, based on Lessons Learned from previous projects and industry best practice.
The Lease Program Manager will coordinate with the Data Center Operations team to ensure that the turned over Data Center has met the Microsoft standards, and the lessor has complied and delivered their technical commitments.
The Lease Program Manager is responsible for ensuring all Technical Open Items (TOIs) and Design Implementation Pending (DIP) items are closed by respective parties prior to RFS certification acceptance by key stakeholders.
The Lease Program Manager will also be actively involved during the site due diligence SOQ stage to ensure that contractual RFS date has incorporated known dependencies and stakeholders sign off and as well as driving process improvements in alignment with our organizations Objectives & Key Results (OKRs).
The role of the Lease Program Manager requires strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills, ability to self-direct, strong background in data center design, engineering, controls, and operational requirements and an emphasis on project/construction management, and datacenter lease market experience.
Knowledge of real estate and mission critical environments, such as Data Centers Strong collaborator, working closely with multiple teams and subject matter experts.
Confident, takes ownership, willingness to "do what it takes" to get the job done with proven experience leading complex negotiations/initiatives to successful completion.
Strong analytical, creative thinking, written, and verbal communications skills.Verbal and Written Communication Skills in English Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, colour, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Own the successful delivery of your organization's OKRs (Objective and Key Results) related to critical delivery of RFS milestones across your portfolio.
Facilitate decision-making to drive solutions and apply influence, strategies to identify options and recommend solutions.When the Lease contract has been executed, setting up and managing, reporting forums to assess construction, and commissioning progress, understanding and manage risk and coordinate with stakeholders.
Applying a 'growth-mindset' philosophy to the day-to-day tasks and ensuring that any deficiencies identified within the processes/framework are addressed and improvements are implemented.
Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for lease construction delays and drive deployment of solutions that can be socialized globally across lease projects.
Ensure that the turned over Data Center has met the Microsoft standards, and the lessor has complied and delivered their technical commitments.
RFS certification compliance tracking and reporting.