Microsoft Lease Delivery Program Manager 

United States, Washington 

928088153

The person in this role will also be actively involved during the site due diligence Statement of Qualifications (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).

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, Architecture, Civil/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or related field AND 5+ years relevant experience
  • OR 7+ years equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience in real estate and mission critical environments, such as Datacenters.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of the Data Center industry, operators in region and market dynamics.
• 5+ years of experience in construction or engineering of data centers/Mission Critical Facilities.
• Proven ability to apply critical thinking in complex situations.
• Willing to travel as needed (up to 25%).

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 3rd, 2024.

Business Processes:

• 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.

Communication:

• Bridge the gap between Datacenter Develeopment (DCD) construction, lessor, and the lease team. Act as a single point of contact representing the lease team for construction project development and delivery.
• Coordinate meetings and activities on issue resolutions to resolve construction delays.
• Report project progress, risk matrix, delays, root causes and mitigations as required.
• Ensure data accuracy of your project status across cross-organizational reporting.

Accountability:

• On-time delivery of lease construction projects for the region.
• Ensure that the turned over Datacenter has met the Microsoft standards, and the lessor has complied and delivered their technical commitments.
• RFS certification compliance tracking and reporting.
• Tracking and closure of Design Implementation Pending (DIP) and Technical Open Items (TOIs) by respective functions.
• Predict RFS delays and apply mitigation.

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