Principal Data Center Acceleration Manager

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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.

Within that space, Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) team is the engine that powers our cloud services. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than one hundred datacenters and one million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts, who work tirelessly to support digital services for more than one billion customers and twenty million businesses in over ninety countries worldwide.

With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, and the overarching Microsoft mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, we have ambitious plans to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing and ever-increasing business demands that position Microsoft as a world-class provider. Underpinning these business imperatives, our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.

To help us achieve our objectives, growth, and transformation he Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) organization is a data professional for our Data Center (DC) Demand Planning Team. This role is responsible for driving best practices in data analysis that will lead to better decision making as we grow in complexity.

This critically important role will be responsible for best in industry Data Center Cycle time. You’ll work with a diverse group of stakeholders across the globe to ensure a common understanding of Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). You’ll work to standardize project handoffs between vertical functions. You’ll perform competitive analysis to understand industry benchmarks and develop road maps to maintain Best in class performance and North start targets for DC construction. You’ll use Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) principals to identify process constraints and eliminate Work In Progress (WIP) backlogs.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every. As a group, CO+I is focused on personal and professional development for all employees and offers training and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.

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.

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 4+ years experience building a portfolio of Data Centers.

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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 8+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 1+ year(s) experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).

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• Deliver Best in Class Cycle Time for Data Center Delivery from when the project is signaled to when its goes live.
• Work across a diverse group of global stakeholders and functions to align on Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and best known methods for right first time delivery.
• You’ll collaborate to generate industry benchmark data to continue to ensure that Microsoft maintains its best in class position.
• You’ll help develop telemetry to help project delivery teams understand where their project constraints are and share learnings across the global team on how constraints and blockers were solved on prior projects.
• You’ll communicate to CO+I Exec’s at regular cadence on global project performance and help needed.
• You’ll work with our planning teams to right size our projects in construction inventory based on our cycle time performance.