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Data Center Project Manager

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Microsoft Corporation

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United States , Chicago

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IT - Administration

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Salary:

102600.00 - 202800.00 USD / Year
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Job Description:

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I Data Center Project Manager, 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. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of 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. 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.

Job Responsibility:

  • Leads end-to-end datacenter program and site operations across the Chicago Metro, with a primary focus on facilities management
  • Ensures that facilities infrastructure and operational programs are executed safely, on schedule, and aligned with capacity and availability requirements
  • Owns vendor management and performance for facilities operations, driving accountability to SLAs, coordinating maintenance execution, and ensuring consistent delivery across both owned and leased sites
  • Actively influences vendor staffing, performance management, and escalation handling to meet evolving metro operational needs
  • Oversees capital projects and facilities infrastructure delivery, including retrofits, customizations, installations, building improvements, and space planning initiatives
  • Ensures cross-functional alignment and timely execution of new capacity delivery across multiple sites and stakeholder groups with a focus on facilities management
  • Drives operational excellence and oversight through effective incident management and daily coordination, partnering with CE, IT, Logistics, and Site Services teams to triage issues, mitigate risk, and maintain facilities across the campus without impacting uptime
  • Leads safety, compliance, and risk management efforts across facilities operations, ensuring adherence to EHS standards, OSHA requirements, and Microsoft policies while reinforcing vendor and team accountability for safe execution
  • Serves as the interface between Microsoft and external partners, coordinating facility-related issues—such as repairs, infrastructure conditions, and external property impacts—and driving resolution through vendors and third parties
  • Drives continuous improvement and operational scaling across the metro by managing Opex and Capex investments, optimizing maintenance delivery models, and ensuring facilities readiness to support growth, deployments, and evolving datacenter requirements

Requirements:

  • High School Qualification or equivalent AND 3+ years experience supporting IT equipment or related technology or delivering server and network deployment projects in large-scale environments OR equivalent experience
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
  • Verification of US Citizenship

Nice to have:

  • 3+ Years’ experience in a 24x7x365 production environment or related experience
  • 3+ Years’ experience in datacenter processes and tooling or related experience
  • 3+ Years’ experience in change control processes
  • Technical College degree or certification in Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, Electrical- or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent work experience

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 04, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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