Data Center Design Manager

Microsoft • Washington, DC

3d

About The Position

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the World’s largest Cloud Infrastructures, responsible for powering all Microsoft online Products and Services as well as powering Microsoft’s “Cloud First” mission. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide, and we are looking for passionate Senior Technical Program Manager, Datacenter Portfolio Management to help achieve our mission.

If you want to have fundamental impact on how Microsoft’s Cloud is deployed and operated, want to be involved with one of the most strategically important teams at Microsoft, possess effective technical and business acumen, leadership, creativity, and out of the box thinking then this job is for you!

We are looking for a Design Manager to manage the engineering scope, schedule, and budget for greenfield, brownfield and retrofit engineering / design projects. This position will manage internal and external resources for the delivery of the Datacenter building, power, cooling, telecom, and controls infrastructure to align with Microsoft Corporation datacenter capacity roadmap for the Americas.
The Datacenter Design Manager will be responsible for the facilitation and delivery of Microsoft’s industry-leading datacenter designs including the development of innovative technology and advanced concepts from Site Due Diligence through design development, permitting, construction, and the turnover to Operations. This role will provide design management, technical direction, decision-making and overall leadership for our datacenter designs. To be successful in this role the candidate will oversee the delivery of multiple, concurrent, complete Datacenter design solutions aligned with the scopes, schedules, and budgets of the projects. The Design Manager will engage with key MS stakeholder groups within Microsoft as well as outside vendors who specialize in datacenter architecture and engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in engineering, architecture, construction management, technical program management, OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team 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.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years of experience engineering, architecture, construction management, technical program management OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 2+ years of experience in project management, specific to design and construction for mission critical or datacenter environments.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Coordinate a team of architects, engineers and designers and deliver projects aligned with the defined scope, schedule, and budget.
• Possess a proficiency in commercial and industrial architecture and engineering with a primary focus on datacenter design.
• Able to work with other technical and non-technical groups in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be a person of integrity, be methodical, and detailed-oriented

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees