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As a Datacenter Project Manager - Compliance, where you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our data center operations meet the highest standards of audit readiness, safety, and efficiency. In this role, you’ll lead site inspections, drive corrective actions, and implement compliance strategies across the metro, while supporting the onboarding of new facilities. You’ll own key governance and audit controls, partner with stakeholders to close compliance gaps, and maintain critical documentation and continuity plans. With time spent both strategically and on the ground, you’ll ensure our data centers operate to world-class standards in safety, organization, and operational excellence. 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 and we need you as a Datacenter Project Manager - Compliance (DCPM). Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I DCPM Compliance, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide. With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider. Do you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action!
Job Responsibility
Perform regular site inspections for audit readiness and compliance and lead corrective action plans on gaps and shortfalls identified through assessments
Implement strategies that aid overall compliance of the Data Center Metro, ensure the successful onboarding of new facilities, and continuously improve operational efficiencies linked to the compliance and audit program
Complete quarterly Enterprise Governance Risk and Compliance control including tools audit tasks, access review tasks, wireless scan tasks, Critical Environments and EH&S site assessments, ensuring all compliance standards are met
Liaise with procedural document owners to resolve gaps identified through assessments, audits, or other observations and ensure all historical and current auditable documentation (physical and digital) is maintained in accordance with Microsoft document retention policies
Manage and maintain all environmental, emergency, and business continuity plans/documents for the Datacenter Metro
Spend 25% of the time on the floor ensuring metro wise standards are maintained within all DCs and that we are compliant with cleanliness, stowage, 5S, in process work standards, life safety, and others
Requirements
High School Diploma and relevant experience within Critical Environments and EH&S site assessments
Experience in managing Compliance in large-scale mission critical infrastructure environments
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
Microsoft Cloud Background Check
Nice to have
Possess a strong record of accomplishment in operational excellence
Build productive and collaborative relationships with internal and external business partners
Articulate communicator and influencer who is credible, self-assured, and highly capable of negotiating successful outcomes with key business leaders
Have strong technical skills and the ability to explain complex issues and requirements in an easily understood manner
Apply previous learning and ideas to new situations, projects, and teams, developing creative solutions to manage risk
Demonstrate strong business acumen that includes experience working with leaders at all levels of the organization