Principal Program Manager - Datacenter Construction
About The Position
Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) delivers the infrastructure powering Microsoft’s cloud platform. Within CO+I, Datacenter Construction Delivery (DCD) delivers datacenter capacity while meeting safety, quality, sustainability, schedule, budget, and operational-readiness requirements. The Principal Program Manager - Datacenter Construction drives speed-to-market outcomes across the Americas construction portfolio. The role develops and executes strategies to accelerate delivery of datacenter capacity by optimizing planning, procurement, design, construction, commissioning, and handoff while maintaining safety, quality, and financial discipline. It coordinates construction acceleration initiatives across the region, shares and scales lessons learned and proven practices, partners with cross-functional teams to align priorities and remove barriers, and pilots delivery approaches to improve predictable project execution and capacity delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or a related field and 12+ years of related experience, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice To Haves
- 12+ years of experience working on datacenter projects.
- 10+ years of project management experience.
- Experience leading large-scale capital construction programs with accountability for safety, quality, scope, schedule, cost, and business outcomes.
- Experience leading geographically distributed construction organizations across multiple campuses, metros, regions, or countries.
- Strong cross-functional leadership and ability to influence and align stakeholders across Construction, Engineering, Supply Chain, Contracts, Project Controls, Commissioning, Quality, Operations, and external partners.
Responsibilities
- Drive deployment of large-scale, campus-based delivery solutions with potential for global portfolio adoption; provide guidance and corrective action when necessary.
- Analyze industry best practices and internal processes, recommending changes that can reduce costs, improve customer service, or improve asset management.
- Make decisions and influence partners to resolve complex issues affecting global construction projects.
- Manage project scope changes and adjust overall plans accordingly.
- Review cost and key performance indicator metrics, invoices, processes, and policies, and communicate status to internal and external client partners.
- Act as the primary point of contact for project development and delivery.
- Develop and maintain productive relationships with implementation partners, Operations, Security, authorities having jurisdiction, and regional corporate leadership.
- Interpret safety standards and regulatory requirements to direct and enforce compliance and manage risk.
- Establish and communicate risk mitigation goals and develop metrics, dashboards, or scorecards to track progress.
- Help manage relationships with vendor-firm leadership teams.
- Develop and execute strategies to accelerate delivery across the Americas construction portfolio while maintaining safety, quality, and financial discipline.
- Coordinate construction acceleration initiatives and share lessons learned, innovations, and delivery strategies across projects and metros.
- Partner with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Design, Quality, Commissioning, and Business Operations teams to align priorities and remove barriers.
- Identify systemic optimization opportunities, pilot new delivery approaches, and scale successful practices across the portfolio.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
