Microsoft Principal Design Manager - EMEA Datacenter Engineering 

United Kingdom, England, London 

81211914

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Architecture, or equivalent in construction/design management.

Knowledge, experience and skills:

• The candidate must have excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills.
• Candidates must possess a high level of proficiency in commercial and industrial architecture and engineering with a primary focus on datacenter design.
• The candidates must also be able to work with other technical and non-technical groups in a fast- paced environment and do so with an even temperament.
• The candidate must be a person of integrity, be methodical, detailed-oriented with a strong work ethic.
• Ability to lead teams of engineers in advanced engineering and operational processes and procedures as they relate to large datacenter environments.
• Contract negotiation skills with solid understanding of value-added ideas without compromising safety and quality of deliverables.
• Ability to get things done in fast-paced environment; not easily discouraged; forward looking with open mindset.
• Knowledge of local building codes, regulations, and jurisdictional standard.,
• Ability to prepare and present using MS office packages.
• Able to travel domestically and internationally.
• Extensive experience in delivering engineering / construction infrastructure projects.
• Experience as lead engineer, lead architect, design manager or project manager.
• Large scale project experience (100MM per project) delivering Design Build, and Design Bid Build type projects.
• Have good experience in running technical site due diligence programmes.
• Demonstrate a good track record in data centre / mission critical section.

Preferred, not required:

Chartered / Professional Engineer / Project Manager or Registered Architect

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.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• This role will provide design management, technical direction, decision-making and overall leadership for our datacenter architectural / engineering designs.
• The candidate will oversee the delivery of multiple, concurrent, complete Datacenter design solutions aligned with the scopes, schedules, and budgets of the projects, and manage the design deliverables of MS consultants (architects, engineers, and designers)
• Engage with key MS stakeholder groups within Microsoft as well as outside vendors who specialize in datacenter architecture and engineering.