Senior Security Project Manager

Microsoft•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) Physical Security team delivers physical security services to protect personnel, infrastructure, data, and confidential information across Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure. The team is seeking a Senior Security Project Manager to lead high-profile, business-critical projects involving physical security system design, specification, and technical oversight for worldwide critical infrastructure, including datacenters, leased collocations, and other facilities. The role works directly with internal and external stakeholders—including architects, engineers, security vendors, construction and project managers, and customers—to deliver services accurately and on time across multiple priorities. The position requires strong communication, organization, and collaboration skills; the ability to determine appropriate security-system solutions; and the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects across geographic and organizational boundaries. The position reports to the CO+I Physical Security Delivery Director. Microsoft describes its culture as grounded in a growth mindset, innovation, collaboration, respect, integrity, accountability, and inclusion. The position requires maintaining confidentiality and protecting Microsoft information, as well as meeting Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Requirements

At least 4 years of experience in security program management, program management, or a related field.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Demonstrated communication, organizational, and collaboration skills.
Ability to determine appropriate security-system solutions and manage a demanding workload across multiple concurrent projects and geographic and organizational boundaries.
Ability to maintain confidentiality, discretion, and protection of Microsoft information.

Nice To Haves

At least 4 years of site or construction management experience in the field.
At least 4 years of experience managing physical security system deployments.
Direct experience in engineering, designing, and/or installing security systems in datacenters or other critical infrastructure environments.
Experience managing security-system installations in datacenters or other critical infrastructure environments.
Familiarity with physical security system design and engineering.
Confidence and skill preparing and delivering presentations and briefings to customers, senior leaders, and executives.
Experience making and influencing sound decisions affecting mission-critical, 24x7 operations environments.
Demonstrated work and compliance ethic, with the ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a dynamic, high-pressure environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office products for business.
Analytical and process-improvement skills to produce data-driven insights and associated process changes.
Thought leadership and subject-matter expertise to deliver one or more large programs and services while increasing standardization, simplification, and automation.
Ability to change plans, goals, actions, and priorities as the business evolves and champion course corrections when necessary.
BS or BA in security, business, or an engineering-related discipline, or equivalent experience.
PSP, CPP, PMP, or CSPM certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

Partner and collaborate with peer leaders and stakeholders to maintain a One Microsoft, one-team environment.
Continuously improve the efficiency and maturity of the overall physical security program.
Triage escalations and notifications concerning physical-security or business-impacting incidents and events; ensure leadership is kept appropriately informed and that personnel manage incident response effectively.
Collaborate with peer teams and organizations to align work with broader strategy and initiatives, support leadership priorities, reduce costs, time burden, and complexity, and act as responsive, trusted advisors.
Use data to recommend strategies and ideas that reduce churn, optimize operations, solve problems creatively, scale, automate, and simplify.
Deliver assigned projects in accordance with established requirements, deadlines, applicable employment law, and company policy.
Engage with internal and external customers to represent Microsoft’s datacenter physical security programs.
Maintain confidentiality and discretion and protect Microsoft information.
Implement the design and specification of alarm systems, access control, video surveillance, burglary systems, radio systems, and other physical security equipment for special projects and initiatives.
Oversee projects to ensure delivery meets baseline requirements and deadlines and stays within budget.