AMERS Scheduling Manager

Microsoft

6d•$116,900 - $203,600

About The Position

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the World’s largest Cloud Infrastructures, responsible for developing, building and maintaining the entire Microsoft Cloud. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide, and we are looking for passionate, high energy scheduling program managers to help achieve that mission.Within CO+I, the Core Operations & Functions Team manages the delivery of datacenter capacity for Microsoft’s Cloud Business across the globe. We have a portfolio of complex projects that require oversight from End-to-End.The AMERS Scheduling Manager will be responsible for managing the Americas End-to-End (E2E) Scheduling Team responsible for managing the top-line critical path delivery schedules for new CO+I data centers. This team is a vital connection and orchestration point to ensure we have a fully integrated schedule across all of our segments in support of overall data center delivery. In addition, this leader will be responsible for several critical initiatives with executive visibility involving how our business captures schedule commitments and integrates schedule across multiple platforms. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or related field AND 6+ years experience in program management, process management, or process improvement OR equivalent experience.
4+ years management (e.g., people, project, process, vendor, change) experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing/leading large scale Program Planning/Scheduling teams
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 7+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement,
Expert user of Primavera P6 or MS Project with at least 5 years of experience in the tool
Proven success in a lead role leading managing schedule development/management on a portfolio of medium to large scale projects
Expert with schedule analysis and Critical Path Method (CPM) methodology
Data Analysis experience
Creative problem-solving skills and collaboration across global teams within and outside the organization

Responsibilities

Managing AMERS Scheduling Team responsible for End-to-End top-line production schedules. The team is responsible for:
You should enjoy working under pressure and deadlines, with a strong ability to manage ambiguity and uncertainty, while driving clarity.
Ability to work across organizational boundaries to build alignment and drive closure on issues and result
Managing the execution of planning and development of the integrated master schedule, in support of major projects and programs across the portfolio.
Overseeing and managing portfolio and program level schedules, building detailed schedules from inception to completion.
Developing schedule mitigation strategies, reporting on schedule issues and critical tasks to management, analyzing schedule sensitivity and risk, alerting on issues and recommending solutions for schedule issues and high-risk areas.
Coordinating with all segments and functional organizations to ensure the execution system is in alignment with the organizational processes and goals through the tactical management of the integrated master schedule.
Establishing and maintaining standard detailed project delivery schedule templates with key milestones identified
Through coordination with other segments, monitor, analyze, and provide direction on the general health, risks, and progress of the schedule
Advise management of the status of work in progress, critical need by and delivery dates, and potential delays to committed dates.