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Microsoft’s Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft, from Azure to AI. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of hundreds of data centers, 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. Within CO+I, the Core Datacenter Services (CDS) team is responsible for the development and implementation of global strategies across our Datacenters (DCs). The Process Improvement and efficiency (PI+E) team enables resource efficiency across DC Ops through Continuous Improvement focused program management and analysis. Efficiency is a significant focus of this team. We are looking for an efficiency PM to help enable this space. The efficiency team quantifies operational impact by embedding standardized metrics like cost savings, headcount shifts, and utilization gains into the One DC Ops Lifecycle, ensuring visibility, accountability, and prioritization of high-value initiatives across datacenter operations.
Job Responsibility:
Defines success criteria and performance metrics (e.g., objectives and key results [OKRs], key performance indicators [KPIs] such as quality and performance) for programs, solutions, services, or integrated systems with limited supervision
Works with partners and/or stakeholders (e.g., Engineering, Design) to ensure needed telemetry is developed with guidance
Understands and presents the return on investment
Contributes to the definition of program(s) goals and provides input to the prioritization for multiple features or functional areas (e.g., product, service, systems) they own
Translates the needs of their team into program goals and prioritized deliverables using data-focused analysis, in collaboration with others
Identifies risks and proposes mitigations
Uses data (e.g., telemetry, usage, net satisfaction, customer satisfaction) and tools (e.g., artificial intelligence, automation) to build more informed risk mitigation plans with minimal guidance
Utilize the project management frameworks (Continuous Improvement, DMAIC, and Change Management)
Work across multiple stakeholder groups to gain requirements, provide status, and signoff of project deliverables
Collaborate with management, engineering, and operations teams to define project specifications and procedures
Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure successful delivery
Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including engineering, product, and operations—to define business requirements and integrate technical feasibility criteria into planning tools
Work to analyze large and fragmented data sets with the objective of recognizing patterns
Quantify ROI for program and individual project components
Define monitoring and telemetry requirements
Facilitate training and enablement sessions or create training documentation/process and standards updates if required
Develop required technical specifications and reports using tools like ADO, Power Platform, and Power BI
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience
1+ year(s) of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
Nice to have:
Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience
4+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects