Lease Construction Manager

• Be a relentless advocate for managing a safe worksite
• Identify and manage stakeholder dependencies and construction deliverables and hand-offs with Microsoft teams (E2E, Security, Data Center Engineering, Data Center Operations, Site Selection and Acquisition, Environmental Health & Safety)
• Manage lease providers and support associated teams & partners in delivering RFS “Ready for Service”
• Manage & support vendor contracts
• Ensure regional goals of delivering capacity are aligned to business OKRs
• Identify and track KPI to help with improvement in delivery of RFS
• Provide feedback and insight into leadership on areas of improvement
• Maintain the requirements stated in the lease contract using MSFT best practices
• Manage Lease Providers and associated internal partners to deliver RFS
• Drive deployment of solutions that can be socialized globally across MSFT DCD Organization
• Facilitate decision-making to drive solutions, schedules, and manage change as required
• Apply influence, strategies and negotiation skills to identify options and recommend solutions
• Provide project single point of contact for project development and delivery
• Coordinate meetings and activities of Lease Providers and internal MSFT SME
• Attend scheduled owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings, and report as necessary
• Report Project Progress on scope, schedule, and budget weekly or as required
• Provide weekly project status reporting to DCD standards
• Manage the construction process of achieving RFS
• Track lessons learned and identified improvements to share across groups
• Route RFS approval to all stakeholders and regional approvers
• Ensure lease provider’s compliance to lease agreement contract
• Drive the business OKR for region capacity delivery goals
• Assess resourcing and forecasting business needs to meet demands

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years related experience OR equivalent experience
• Ability to self-direct
• Strong background in Data Center Construction
• Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• Strong communication skills
• Technical depth in Data Centre design and construction
• Ability to lead in a fast-paced, highly technical environment
• High judgment
• Negotiation skills
• Strong analytical capability
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary, highly technical teams
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
• Must be able to work within a dynamic team of full-time employees and consultants

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years related experience OR equivalent experience
• 12+ years experience working on data center projects
• PMI (Project Management Institute) – PMP (Project Management Professional) certification highly desired
• Self-starter with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and deadlines simultaneously
• Experience managing large scale enterprise projects with both localized and virtual teams
• Cross-group collaborator and influencer across teams and organizations with proven success in participating in cross-functional teams to deliver on key projects

Relocation support will be provided