Senior Security Project Manager

Microsoft•Atlanta, GA

2d•$97,600 - $206,400

About The Position

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) powers Microsoft’s cloud platforms and services. Its Physical Security team, organized within Cloud +AI, delivers physical security services to protect personnel, infrastructure, data, and confidential information supporting Microsoft Cloud. The team aims to provide reliable, meticulous, and trusted hyperscale cloud physical security, while improving and scaling its services through collaboration, innovation, automation, and simplification. The Senior Security Project Manager leads high-profile, business-critical projects involving physical security systems design, specification, and technical oversight for worldwide critical infrastructure, including datacenters, leased collocations, and other facilities. The role works with internal and external teams—including architects, engineers, security vendors, construction and project managers, and customers—to ensure timely and accurate delivery across stakeholders and priorities. The position reports to the CO+I Physical Security Delivery Director and manages multiple concurrent projects across geographic and organizational boundaries. The role is responsible for implementing physical security system designs and specifications, coordinating incident escalation and response, representing Microsoft’s datacenter physical security programs, and ensuring projects meet established requirements, deadlines, and budgets. Microsoft describes its workplace culture as grounded in a growth mindset, collaboration, respect, integrity, accountability, and inclusion.

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 passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

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 systems deployments.
Direct experience 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 systems design and engineering.
Confidence and skill preparing and delivering presentations and briefings to customers, senior leaders, and executives.
Experience making and influencing decisions affecting mission-critical, 24x7 operations environments.
Demonstrated work and compliance ethic, with the ability to prioritize and execute tasks effectively in dynamic, high-pressure environments.
Proficiency using Microsoft Office products for business.
Analytical and process improvement skills for producing 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 adjust plans, goals, actions, and priorities as the business evolves, and to 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.

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.
Receive escalations or notifications of physical security and business-impacting incidents, triage them appropriately, keep leadership informed when appropriate, and ensure 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 a responsive, trusted advisor.
Use data to recommend ways to reduce churn, optimize, 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 and promote 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, radio systems, and other physical security equipment for special projects and initiatives.
Oversee projects to ensure delivery in accordance with baseline requirements and deadlines and within budget.