Microsoft Senior Manager Datacenter Capacity Planning & Optimization 

United States, Washington 

677799898

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Operations, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years experience in Data Science/Analytics, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or Project Management with a Supply Chain or Operations field
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in data center capacity planning, allocation, or optimization with hyperscale cloud provider preferred.

Other Requirements:

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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in supply chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business Operations, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years related OR Bachelor's Degree in AND 12+ years related experience
• Experience in data center capacity planning, allocation, or optimization with hyperscale cloud provider preferred
• An understanding of end-to-end supply chain interactions and interdependencies.
• Cross functional leadership and influencing skills, resulting in tangible business decisions and outcomes.
• Be a self-starter with a bias towards independent problem solving, anticipating business needs, and making robust and actionable recommendations

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As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

• Develop and implement strategies to improve use of data center infrastructure, maximizing efficiency and driving cost savings.
• Drives efficiencies and sets performance metrics. Addresses imbalances and proposing mitigation strategies
• Drive capacity allocation process; Conducts analysis and determines "what-if" scenarios impacting supply and demand management
• Oversees and facilitates Global Integrated Business Plan (IBP) weekly rhythm of business meetings for director-level of all related groups
• Serves as a key point of contact between teams to ensure priorities are defined, communicated, and executed.
• Identify business transformation opportunities to drive predictability and accuracy and partner with engineering teams to develop automation roadmap to support increasing scale and complexity.