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Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind the cloud.  Within CO+I, the Datacenter Engineering (DCE) team is responsible for delivering critical infrastructure for Microsoft’s cloud business. The MS portfolio consists of complex, multi-disciplinary, large scale, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects. We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the cloud datacenters that power the world’s largest online services.  

The Modularization Manager - Electrical and Instrumentation will play a key leadership role in further developing Microsoft’s datacenter modularization program. The successful candidate will bring with them years of industry experience in developing owner-driven concepts to be designed, manufactured, commissioned and delivered to datacenter projects globally. The successful candidate should have a background in electrical engineering and experience in managing commissioning projects, including experience of pre-commissioning and commissioning of electrical systems both offsite and onsite locations, with the aim to maximize the work taken offsite all while minimizing the work onsite. This includes managing the commissioning team, coordinating with suppliers, and ensuring that the completed work meets the requirements of the construction documents. The successful candidate will also be responsible for all commissioning communication, schedules, and documentation.

In addition to organizational leadership and people management duties, the candidate may be assigned to deliver project specific solutions as well as fleetwide innovations with the goal of delivering cloud capacity given improved schedules, quality, lower cost and predictability.

The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating the conceptual development and delivery of modular solutions using innovative technology and advanced concept deployments. This role will require program management skills, engineering direction, decision-making and overall leadership through all disciplines and phases within the associated charters.

To be successful in this role the candidate will oversee the delivery of multiple, concurrent modular solutions aligned with the scopes, schedules, and budgets of the program objectives.  The successful candidate will engage with key stakeholders within Microsoft as well as outside vendors who specialize in datacenter modularization.

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

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. 

Responsibilities

People Management

• Deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.

• Model - Live our culture; Embody our values; Practice our leadership principles.

• Coach - Define team objectives and outcomes; Enable success across boundaries; Help the team adapt and learn.

• Care - Attract and retain great people; Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations; Invest in the growth of others.

Program Leadership

• Develop a strategic agenda across multiple cross-divisional teams to identify opportunities in datacenter modularization including comparison of various quality and performance metrics to the proposed solutions.

• Be a subject matter expert when defining modularization program goals and prioritization for development and fleetwide implementation.

• Ensure that cross-divisional teams translate the needs of the organization and other teams into program goals and prioritize deliverables based on industry and historical insights.

• Oversee multi-discipline teams to engage in active risk management (proactive and reactive) to identify risks and propose mitigations for datacenter modularization.

• Act (and drive teams to act) as engineering advisors to educate and evangelize datacenter modularization opportunities. Delivers (and drive teams to deliver) implementation and field support at scale.

• Drive cross-divisional teams to define success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., Objectives and Key Results [OKRs], Key Performance Indicators [KPIs] such as quality and performance) of the feature(s)/feature areas (e.g., product, service) and works within the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) organization to ensure all objectives are supported.

• Provide strategic knowledge to help teams deeply understand the return on investment wherever it may exist for datacenter modularization.

Commissioning Responsibilities

• Creating and managing the commissioning implementation plan for both offsite and onsite activities, with the goal of maximizing work offsite.

• Reviewing and providing input on the commissioning plan provided by Contractors or sub-vendors.

• Collaborating with members of the commissioning team to meet project requirements.

• Tracking the development of commissioning scripts.

• Planning load bank testing in conjunction with the Commissioning Agent to minimize disruption.

Modularization Deliverables

• Coordinate a team of engineers, fabricators, constructors and project control teams to deliver datacenter modular solutions aligned with the defined scope, schedule, and budget of the program objectives.   

• Possess a high level of proficiency in commercial and industrial modularization solutions with a primary focus on datacenter or equivalent high-tech designs.   

• Deliver modular solutions for datacenter buildings, power systems, cooling schemes, telecom, and controls infrastructure to align with Microsoft Corporation datacenter engineering standards.

• Develop feasibility studies by partnering with Microsoft management peers specific to the concept, business objectives, opportunities, risks, mitigations, key result metrics and timing.

• Develop program strategic execution plans inclusive of cost, procurement, delivery strategy and schedule integration for review and approval.

• Drive conceptual engineering and manufacturing development in support of modular delivery. This includes procurement planning, cost team estimate development and funding plans, manufacturing quality control processes, offsite commissioning, safety in design improvements and end to end integration planning.

• Participate in Module Fabrication Yard due diligence visits to evaluate capabilities and subsequent request for proposal development, bidding and awards.

• Beginning with the end in mind, ensure modularization concepts are integrated and aligned with project specific detailed engineering and design packages for construction.

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

• OR equivalent experience.

• 2+ years of industry modularization experience in a key managerial role will be considered.

• 2+ years of large scale project experience (100MM per project) delivering Design Build, and Design Bid Build type projects.

• 2+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

      

Other 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.

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s Degree and 6+ years of experience in engineering, construction engineering, product/engineering program management

• In the absence of a formal degree, 10+ years of industry modularization experience in a key managerial role will be considered.

• 1+ years’ experience managing cross-functional large scale modularization projects for mission critical or high-tech industry.

• Large scale project experience (100MM per project) delivering Design Build, and Design Bid Build type projects.

• Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills.

• A high level of proficiency in commercial and industrial architecture and engineering with a primary focus on datacenter designs.

• Able to work with other engineering and non-engineering groups in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and do so with an even temperament. One who is not easily discouraged, forward looking and with an open mindset.

• Be a person of integrity, be methodical, and detailed-oriented.

• Able to lead teams of consultants and engineers in advanced engineering and operational processes and procedures as they relate to large datacenter environments.

• Have effective contract negotiation skills with solid understanding of value-added ideas without compromising safety and quality of deliverables.

• Ability to prepare and present using MS Office Suite of software.

• Able to travel domestically and internationally.

• Chartered / Professional Engineer / Project Manager or Registered Architect

Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 27, 2024.

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