Principal Program Manager - Datacenter Construction

Overview

Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind Microsoft’s cloud platform and is responsible for delivering the infrastructure that powers our customers and services worldwide. The Datacenter Construction Delivery (DCD) organization is responsible for delivering datacenter capacity that supports Microsoft's cloud business while meeting safety, quality, sustainability, schedule, budget, and operational readiness requirements.

The Datacenter Construction Delivery (DCD) organization is responsible for delivering datacenter capacity that supports Microsoft's cloud business while meeting safety, quality, sustainability, schedule, budget, and operational readiness requirements. 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Employees come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize shared goals. We build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive. 

Responsibilities

The Principal Program Manager - Datacenter Construction is responsible for driving best-in-class speed-to-market outcomes across the Americas construction portfolio. This role will develop and execute strategies that accelerate the delivery of critical datacenter capacity, identifying opportunities to optimize planning, procurement, design, construction, commissioning, and handoff processes to reduce schedule duration while maintaining safety, quality, and financial discipline.

This role serves as the central point for construction acceleration initiatives across the region, ensuring lessons learned, innovations, and proven delivery strategies are rapidly shared and adopted across projects and metros. The role will partner closely with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Design, Quality, Commissioning, and Business Operations teams to align priorities, remove barriers, and enable faster, more predictable project execution. They will identify systemic opportunities for optimization, pilot new delivery approaches, and scale successful practices across the portfolio to maximize capacity delivery and achieve best in class speed to market.

Responsibilites:

• Drives deployment of large-scale campus-based delivery solutions that have the potential to be used globally across entire portfolios. Provides guidance and corrective action when necessary.
• Analyzes the industry for best practices and internal process flows to recommend changes resulting in cost savings, enhanced customer service, or improved asset management.
• Makes decisions and influences partners to facilitate and accomplish complex issues impacting global construction projects.
• Manages any alterations made to the project scope and adjusts the overall plan to accommodate these changes.
• Reviews cost and key performance indicator metrics, invoices, processes, and policies in order to communicate status to internal and external client partners.
• Acts as the primary point of contact for project development and delivery.
• Develops and maintains productive relationships with implementation partners, Operations, Security, Authorities having jurisdiction, and regional corporate leadership.
• Interprets safety standards and regulatory requirements to direct and enforce compliance and aggressive management of risk.
• Establishes and communicates risk mitigation goals and develops metrics, dashboards and/or scorecards to drive progress.
• Helps to manage the relationship with vendor firms leadership team.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years related experience OR equivalent experience.

While not required, we also look for the following Preferred Qualifications:

• 12+ years experience working on data center projects.
• 10+ years 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 leader with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across Construction, Engineering, Supply Chain, Contracts, Project Controls, Commissioning, Quality, Operations, and external partners.

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.

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Construction Project Management IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,600 - $303,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.