Microsoft Regional Program Manager - Operations Environmental Sustainability 

Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam 

862488334

• Desire and possibility to come independently and work twice a week from Middenmeer DC campus.
• The job requires travel to our data centers in the 5%-25% travel.
• Bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Energy engineering, Sustainable Energy or environmental engineering or related.
• Experience of mission-critical service management (e.g., providing IT services, manufacturing, warehouse, retail, military Data Center experience - energy, sustainability, environmental engineering and management), or ESG/sustainability projects in a critical environment.
• Proven experience in project management.
• Requirements: Dutch fluency. Residence/EU citizenship.

Background Check 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 upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Enterprise-level experience managing large scale and complex projects/programs and experience in working with and interpreting ESG regulations, circular economy, sustainability programs, environmental management programs, experience with construction of DC’s and standards (ISO 50001, ISO14001 etc).
• ESG/Energy Sustainability/Energy Engineering associated Masters.
• Experience leading diverse, technical workforce or managing global and virtual teams.
• Applicable certifications: PMP
• Experience working on large scale projects

• Represent a regional ESG agenda and implement strategy as well as empowering a culture of safety, security, and compliance in operations.

• Draft and roll out local Sustainability related best practices, procedures and protocols.

• Lead the implementation of environmental, energy management systems, and relevant programs.

• Make forecast, reforecast submissions to fund local sustainability initiatives.

• Onboard new vendors, manage local vendors, auditors and other suppliers related to execution of ESG projects.

• Help organise 3rd party and participate in audits and review audits with auditors and provide constructive feedback as well as supporting sites with CoC registration and auditing.

• Manage Zero Waste and sustainability initiatives.

• Participate in local sustainability committees while acting as an SME in driving sustainability excellence at your location to empower MSFT employees.

• Provide site specific sustainability training.

• Create, own, and utilise a local SharePoint, Database for purposes of collecting data and reporting ESG data.

• Critically evaluate data and provide feedback. Be able to identify gaps in data and in methods.

• Utilise and be able to sense check data on Power BI and provide critical feedback.