Data Center Project Manager

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 and we need you as a
**Datacenter Business Operations Program Manager **with the primary focus at being a key strategic partner to all sides of the business and serving a diverse set of stakeholders: Datacenter Operations Management, Business Operations, Finance, Senior Leadership Team, Tax, and subsidiary groups. You will be responsible for partnering across the company's teams to manage Operations financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes to drive strategic decisions. You will also collaborate to ensure the end process of procuring logistics by facilitating improvement and compliance of local processes and procedures.

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.

Do you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action

**Responsibilities**:
**As a Datacenter Operations Business Program Manager, your performance objectives include**:

- **Proactive partnership w/ the Data Center Operations organization** to understand their roadmaps, planning/forecasting processes, external/internal reporting needs.
- ** Liaise with the Data Center Operations´ leaders** to ensure campus level financial planning and performance reviews are conducted in accordance to the rhythm of business fiscal calendars and objectives.
- ** Enable better decision making **with simplified, standard, repeatable processes, and clear measurements of success through end-to-end understanding of operational processes, tools, and data flow.
- ** Support the Data Center Operations Organization **to operationalize all strategic initiatives consistently and effectively at the campus level.
- **Support the Campus Director with Field Employee communications** including townhalls, organizing listening sessions, and local campus level communications.
- **Understand roles across finance, tax, accounting, procurement, logistics**, etc. that are part of end-to-end business processes.
- ** Define data management setup** to ensure master data and hierarchies are created accurately the first time.
- ** Increase collaboration, awareness, transparency across business groups.**:

- ** Become a trusted advisor to stakeholders on finance, compliance and business controls.**

**Capabilities important to success include**:

- ** Operational Planning & Project Management**: Show structured thinking, planning, and the ability to execute by working through others, influencing without authority, and dealing with ambiguity. Proven ability to project-manage multiple projects seamlessly and effectively.
- ** Exceptional written and Interpersonal skills**: Communicate effectively and concisely with stakeholders, senior managers, and leaders about our programs and objectives.
- ** Customer/Stakeholder Focus**: Gather stakeholder impressions of services and programs, integrating this feedback into decision making.
- ** Performance Goal and Standards Setting**: Develop and communicate to realistic timelines via plans that consider potential obstacles and immediate + long-term consequences.
- ** Understand datacenter business objectives**: Critically review multiple plans and adjust as needed. Proactively communicate and address necessary trade-offs.
- ** Process and Technology**:Demonstrate a solid understanding of operational processes and industry best practices.
- ** Flexibility and Adaptability**: Regularly scan the environment to help anticipate changes that could affect key programs and projects. Effectively changes plans, goals, actions or priorities to respond to changing situations.
- ** Team Player**: Ability to both contribute strategically with multiple teams and support strategic decisions.

**Other**:

- ** Embody** our culture and values

**Qualifications**:
**Basic Qualifications**
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance or equivalent, OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent AND 2+ years of post-graduate (or master degree) in financial analysis, business management or related field.
- 2+ years of work experience on finance management.
- Advanced English Language level

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Strong cross-group collaboration and business partnering skills including excellent interpersonal skills, conflict/negotiation management, ability to influence results.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively across multiple groups, responsive with strong customer service orientation.
- Demonstrated strength in process and project management.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills.
- Ability to juggle multiple projects/priorities, excel in an ambiguous