Microsoft Portfolio Planning Manager 

United States, Arizona, Phoenix 

975728468

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experiene planning medium-sized capital projects in data center, oil and gas, chemicals, or other related process industry. This experience should specifically include engineering and procurement, with specific examples of integrated construction planning.
  • OR equivalent experience
• 2+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
• Experience with Oracle P6 project planning software,Project Planning, Earned Value Management, and Key Commodity Tracking

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 upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 7+ years experience working on data center projects.
• Familiarity with CPM scheduling methodology and Risk Schedule analysis.
• Great attention to detail, problem-solving skills, ability to work in a fast-paced environemnt and ability to deliver high-quality work and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Ability to present data from a detailed to high-level depending on audience.

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 January 5, 2025.

Planning:

• Help develop Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) including timelines and dependencies for large-scale datacenter construction projects.
• Work with cross-functional teams, including engineers, procurement, and construction to ensure project milestones are met and deliverables are completed on time.
• Monitor project risks and develop contingency plans to mitigate potential issues.
• Work with clients to understand their needs and ensure project outcomes meet their expectations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
• Continuously improve project management processes and tools to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

General Contractor (GC) Procurement & Construction Schedule Baseline Management:

• Facilitate and support the development of a detailed Project Schedule along with project team, GC and Sub-Contractor vendors.
• Work closely with the Regional Planning Lead to ensure the GC Baseline Schedule meets the standards and requirements defined within the DIV1 Specification.
• Complete the GC Baseline Evaluation process and provide recommendations.
• Carry out the GC Proposal Schedule Evaluations and provide evaluation narrative and scores.

Schedule Analysis and Reporting:

• Facilitate and participate in weekly schedule reviews onsite with GC schedule teams to analyze and validate progress onsite.
• Proactively analyze project schedules by; comparing cost/resource curves to actuals, tracking float consumption, perform schedule integrity (health) checks, carry-out delay impact analysis, monitor monthly performance and carry out variance analysis supporting Baseline Management and Change Control processes throughout the Project Lifecycle
• Carry out and communicate Schedule Time Impact Assessments of schedule delay events and recommend mitigation strategies to recover and/or control the impacts.
• Ensure GC compliance with Microsoft Monthly and Weekly reporting cadence and Rhythm of Business requirements.
• Evaluate GC Weekly and Monthly Schedule Reports, validate progress, review insights and provides feedback and recommendations to GC where necessary.
• Validate schedule updates along with a narrative for submission to the project team and Microsoft stakeholders.
• Identify and mitigate threats to the project's schedule and initiate corrective actions through field staff.
• Analyze resource loading and recommend adjustments / corrective action as appropriate.
• Assess impacts of design and/or long lead equipment changes and provide recommendations to mitigate/recover the schedule.
• Provide final review of schedules for estimating as requested.

Collaboration:

• Support Collaborative Planning workshops by using the Schedule to help facilitate planning, coordination, and accurate progress reporting.
• Interface with site management regarding critical schedule activities, change, impacts to schedule, change orders, project progress, and claims analysis.
• Provide planning and schedule management support to cross-functional PMs, Microsoft stakeholders, project teams and Redmond-based hub.
• Support the Regional and Global Scheduling Leads with the formulation, implementation and ongoing development of scheduling processes and procedures.

Rhythm of Business:

• Adhere to Microsoft Rhythm of Business deliverables for your project.
• Review and evaluate GC Schedule submittals.
• Complete on-time Month End Project reports and review with cross functional PMs.
• Review Month End Project Report and evaluation findings with the GC and follow up on action items.
• Support the Regional Schedule Lead in preparing for Monthly Regional Review.

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