Microsoft Lease Contruction Manager - 

Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam 

877295203

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/Minimum Qualifications

· Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND significant related experience

o OR equivalent experience.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

· Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND solid related experience

o OR equivalent experience.

· Solid experience working on data center projects.

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.

• 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