Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) is the team behind the cloud. Within CO&I, the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) team is responsible for delivering core datacenter infrastructure for Microsoft’s cloud business. The MS portfolio consists of complex, multi-disciplinary, large scale, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects.
We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the cloud datacenters that power the world’s largest online services. 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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND Significant years of related experience OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Significant years experience working on data center projects.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND Significant years related experience OR equivalent experience.
• Have in depth experience in investigating proposed construction schedules/programme’s
• Proven ability to independently manage and drive project safety, schedule and quality, effectively report status, risks and issues and delivery and mitigation plans, work with internal stakeholders and influence cross-discipline teams and proactively support business development.
• Strong construction Health & Safety Knowledge.
• Competent written and verbal English, and Native, language skills.
• Full, clean driving license
• Ideally based/ living in Milan region.

BACKGROUND CHECK 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations

RESPONSIBILITIES

The EMEA Lease delivery organization, DC Construction Build Management (DCBM), consists of the Data Centre Integration (DCI) and Lease Construction Management (LCM) teams.
The DCI team is responsible for DC IT Fit works and the LCM team for Lease Construction Delivery oversight. LCM work with Lease Providers and internal stakeholders in ensuring that Lease Providers set up and safely manage project delivery to the agreed contracted Lease delivery or Ready For Service (RFS) date.
As we rapidly expand in existing countries and into new geographies in EMEA, we are seeking a Lease Construction Program Manager to support projects in Italy and throughout Region, and represent as required, the EMEA DCBM Regional Director and Sub- Regional Lead with overseeing Lease Providers in their planning and safe construction of Contracted Data Centres lease capacity, including strategies and initiatives to drive Safety, Schedule and Quality KPIs, interactions with the Lessor and vendor SL Teams and business reporting.
They need to have strong interpersonal, communication, planning and organisational skills, strong business acumen and the ability to self-direct in a fast-paced environment across multiple projects.
This individual will need to demonstrate a strong background in DC or industrial facilities delivery (50+MW IT Load, and/or 70M+$) across a number of countries, preferably in EMEA. They will need to have had relevant onsite construction management experience and have a Construction Management, Architectural or MEP background.
They will be accountable for assessing the Lessor construction capabilities, overseeing construction delivery, managing risk and coordination with internal stakeholders to ensure safe delivery to the agreed RFS dates.
They will support by ensuring Lessors are set up for successful and safe project construction delivery, issue mitigation planning and escalation, be a relentless driver of our safety culture and contractual requirements and drive Lease Providers with process and organisational development required to meet planned growth and lessons learned.
Drives data centre lease construction activities on local/campus projects and provides key input on all data centre related activities, leveraging experiences and technical knowledge to ensure sound and data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities will include.

• Driving LCM construction project management process requirements across the region.
• Carry out schedule deep-dives to confirm delivery or mitigation planning.
• Supporting the escalation of project risk and issues to ensure suitable and optimal mitigation planning.
• Assessing and minimizing risks to Lease Construction delivery execution strategy.
• Support with process improvements and internal stakeholder alignment and reporting.
• Being a relentless advocate for safe working practices. It is expected that she/he will demonstrate purposeful presence in every engagement. They will work closely with the Lease Construction Team, MSFT Safety Team and the Lessor SLT and Safety Teams as required to support and drive the safety focus at the site and portfolio level across our diverse cultural and geographical region.
• Appling a ‘growth-mindset’ philosophy to the day to day tasks and ensuring that any deficiencies identified within the processes/framework are addressed and improvements are implemented.
• Supporting and developing Lessor Portfolio Meetings with Lessor Construction Delivery LT to carry out project RAGs reviews and drive Lessor delivery organization development to meet current and committed delivery requirements and lessons learned.
• Supporting the development and roll out of Lease Project Controls initiatives to improve schedule predictability and risk mitigation.
• Support development of more stringent schedule specification, quantified risk assessment and management.
• Support ongoing initiatives to drive quality and schedule predictability within the current constrained supply market including.
• Support continues improvement in development of relevant reporting metrics.
• Support Design and Quality compliance initiatives.
• Support coordination with internal stakeholders on RFS ready requirements & safety, schedule and quality opportunities.
• Working with the regional LCM and DCI Teams on aligning and developing Integrated Delivery Strategies to enable alignment of IT Fit Out and RFS dates.
• Reviewing the submitted Lease RFP/SOQs and working with the Lessor to ensure the inclusion of a compliant realistic schedule and an adequate project delivery organisational structure.
• When the Lease has been executed, setting up and managing, on site and remotely, regular Lessor reporting forums to Microsoft Lease PM and Internal Stakeholders to assess safety compliance, construction and commissioning progress, quality and design compliance, understand and manage risk and change and coordinate with all internal stakeholders including;
• Coordinating with the Site Selection Team on SOQ compliance and Lease Contract Amendments
• Carry out site safety walks and coordinate with the Lessor to ensure adequate competent Lessor oversight is in place, incidents are tracked and RCAs completed. Coordinate with the Microsoft Collaborative Planning & Safety Teams on setting up CP and Lessor site visits.
• Coordinating with the Commissioning Manager to ensure visibility and support for the Independent Commissioning Agents Level 4 and IST testing.
• Coordinating with the Integration Manager and supporting Integration IT fit out.
• Working with the Lessor to define Risk and Lessors risk mitigation plans and advising High Confidence schedule delivery assessments and delivery risks to the End To End Team and other stakeholders.

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