Regional Program Manager - Operations Environmental and Sustainability

at  Microsoft

Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure and Operations (MCIO) is the engine that powers our cloud services. In the role of Regional PM - Ops Environment/Sustainability within our Datacenter, you will deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft’s over 200 online businesses 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Desire and possibility to come independently and work twice a week from Middenmeer DC campus.
• The job requires travel to our data centers in the 5%-25% travel.
• Bachelor’s degree in Sustainable Energy engineering, Sustainable Energy or environmental engineering or related.
• Experience of mission-critical service management (e.g., providing IT services, manufacturing, warehouse, retail, military Data Center experience - energy, sustainability, environmental engineering and management), or ESG/sustainability projects in a critical environment.
• Proven experience in project management.
• Requirements: Dutch fluency. Residence/EU citizenship.
  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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Enterprise-level experience managing large scale and complex projects/programs and experience in working with and interpreting ESG regulations, circular economy, sustainability programs, environmental management programs, experience with construction of DC’s and standards (ISO 50001, ISO14001 etc).
• ESG/Energy Sustainability/Energy Engineering associated Masters.
• Experience leading diverse, technical workforce or managing global and virtual teams.
• Applicable certifications: PMP
• Experience working on large scale projects
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RESPONSIBILITIES

• Represent a regional ESG agenda and implement strategy as well as empowering a culture of safety, security, and compliance in operations.
• Draft and roll out local Sustainability related best practices, procedures and protocols.
• Lead the implementation of environmental, energy management systems, and relevant programs.
• Make forecast, reforecast submissions to fund local sustainability initiatives.
• Onboard new vendors, manage local vendors, auditors and other suppliers related to execution of ESG projects.
• Help organise 3rd party and participate in audits and review audits with auditors and provide constructive feedback as well as supporting sites with CoC registration and auditing.
• Manage Zero Waste and sustainability initiatives.
• Participate in local sustainability committees while acting as an SME in driving sustainability excellence at your location to empower MSFT employees.
• Provide site specific sustainability training.
• Create, own, and utilise a local SharePoint, Database for purposes of collecting data and reporting ESG data.
• Critically evaluate data and provide feedback. Be able to identify gaps in data and in methods.
• Utilise and be able to sense check data on Power BI and provide critical feedback.

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