Lease Construction Project Manager- Latam

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Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the business unit responsible for operating Microsoft's cloud and the Datacenter Construction Delivery (DCD) team is responsible for constructing datacenter capacity. We have a portfolio of complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-million, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects underway. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the network that powers the world's largest online services.
The role of the Construction Project Manager requires strong interpersonal, communication, organizational skills, ability to self-direct, strong background in data center design, engineering, controls, operational requirements, and an emphasis on project/construction management.
The Data Center Development Project Manager (DCD PM) is ultimately responsible for the complete project delivery of Ready for Service (RFS) for each lease site location. The DCD PM is responsible for ensuring that each project meets the Data Center Development (DCD) Guidelines and standards, which may be adjusted from time-to-time based on best practices and Lesson Learned drawn from previous projects as well as industry changing best practice. In addition, DCD PM will be responsible to manage & ensure that the lease provider is complying and delivering the project per Microsoft lease agreement.
The DCD PM will coordinate with Microsoft's Subject Matter Experts (SME) to support the efforts of achieving RFS for each lease data center sites. The DCD PM will manage the deliveries of projects from lease execution through RFS. In managing the delivery of projects, this position aligns team objectives, business processes, vendor management strategies, and cross-group collaboration efforts with the Data Center Development Project Strategy.
The DCD PM will be a relentless advocate for managing a safe worksite. Safety is one of the four pillars of CO+I's mission in delivering cloud capacity; joined by Quality, Schedule adherence, and Cost Management. The DCD LPM will also collaborate with Microsoft Security, Microsoft IT (MSIT), Legal, Project Engineering, MS Business Risk Management, and other internal groups to maintain the corporate vision and goals for the Project.
In addition, this position will be responsible in reviewing potential lease sites and assisting site selection teams in providing feedback on lease provider's qualifications. DCD PM will work closely to support the Integration & Technical Infrastructure Managers (ITIM) across regions and their respective local sites.
The DCD PM works directly for the Regional Manager. Managing region will be South America.
**Responsibilities**:
The Key Responsibilities of the DCD PM includes, but not limited to:
- The DCD PM will be a relentless advocate for managing a safe worksite.
- The DCD PM will be responsible for identifying and managing stakeholder dependencies and construction deliverables and handoffs with the following Microsoft teams: E2E (End-to-End), Security (DCPS), Data Center Engineering (DCE), Data Center Operations (DC Ops), Site Selection and Acquisition (SSA), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS).
- The DCD PM will manage lease providers and support associated teams & partners in the delivering RFS
- This position will require travel up to 50% of the time to data center sites
Business Processes:
- To maintain the requirements stated in the lease agreement using MSFT best practices
- Manage Lease Providers and associated internal partners to deliver RFS
- Drive deployment of solutions that can be socialized globally across DCD projects
- Facilitate decision-making to drive solutions, schedules, and manage change as required
Communication:
- Regularly reviews cost and KPI metrics, invoices, process/policy communications to client partners
- 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
Accountability:
- Responsible for developing, managing, and reporting on safety, scope, schedule, and budget
- Work independently in support of the DCD Project Team
- Track lessons learned and identify improvements to share across groups
- Route RFS approval to all stakeholders and regional approvers
- Ensure lease provider's compliance to lease agreement contract
Other
- Embody our culture and values
**Qualifications**:
- 5+ years in construction project management of Data Cent

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