Microsoft Lease Construction Manager 

United States, Texas, Dallas 

850030830

The role of the
Lease Construction Manager (LCM)requires interpersonal, communication, organizational skills, ability to self-direct, background in datacenter design, engineering, controls, operational requirements, managing teams and vendors, and an emphasis on project/construction management.

The Lease Construction Manager is ultimately responsible for the complete project delivery of Ready for Service (RFS) for each lease site location. The LCM is responsible for ensuring that each project meets the Data Center Development (DCD) guidelines and standards, which may be adjusted from time-to-time based on best practices and Lesson Learned drawn from previous projects as well as industry changing best practice. In addition, LCM will be responsible for ensuring that the lease provider is complying with the Microsoft requirements in the lease contract when delivering a project.

The LCM will be a relentless advocate for managing a safe worksite. Safety is one of the four pillars of CO+I’s mission in delivering cloud capacity; joined by Quality, Schedule adherence, and Cost Management. In addition, this position will be responsible in reviewing potential lease sites providing preconstruction expertise and assisting site selection teams in providing feedback on lease provider’s qualifications. LCM will work closely to support the Datacenter Integration Managers (DCI-ITIM) across regions and their respective local sites.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years related experience
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in construction project management of Datacenters or Mission Critical Facilities

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: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Self-starter with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and deadlines simultaneously
• Experience managing multiple large multi-faceted projects
• Ability to independently manage deadlines and support staff
• Ability to influence cross-discipline teams
• Construction Health & Safety Knowledge. OSHA 30 or equivalent preferred
• Ability to read and understand commercial lease agreements preferred

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 25, 2024.

• The LCM will be a relentless advocate for managing a safe worksite.
• The LCM will be responsible for identifying and managing stakeholder dependencies and construction deliverables and handoffs with the following Microsoft teams: E2E (End-to-End), Security (DCPS), Data Center Engineering (DCE), Data Center Operations (DC Ops), Site Selection and Acquisition (SSA), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS).
• The LCM will manage lease providers and support associated teams & partners in the delivering RFS “Ready for Service”
• This position will require travel up to 50% of the time to datacenter sites
• Manage & support vendor contracts
• The LCM will be responsible for ensuring regional goals of delivering capacity are aligned to business OKRs
• Identify and track Key Performance Indicator (KPI) to help with improvement in delivery of RFS. Provide feedback and insight to leadership on areas of improvement

Business Processes:

• To maintain the requirements stated in the lease contract using MSFT best practices
• Manage Lease Providers and associated internal partners to deliver RFS
• Drive deployment of solutions that can be socialized globally across MSFT Datcenter Construction Development Organization
• Facilitate decision-making to drive solutions, schedules, and manage change as required
• Apply influence, strategies and negotiation skills to identify options and recommend solutions

Communication:

• Provide project single point of contact for project development and delivery
• Coordinate meetings and activities of Lease Providers and internal MSFT SME.
• Attend regular scheduled project meetings and report as necessary
• Report Project Progress on scope, schedule, and budget weekly or as required
• Provide weekly project status reporting to DCD standards

Accountability:

• Responsible for managing the construction process of achieving RFS.
• Track lessons learned and identify improvements to share across groups
• Route RFS approval to all stakeholders and regional approvers
• Ensure lease provider’s compliance to lease agreement contract
• Drive the business OKR for region capacity delivery goals
• Assess resourcing and forecasting business needs to meet demands

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