Data Center Delivery - Site Director - Germany

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. 

Key leadership expectations of the Site Director include: 

• Culture: Promote a positive and thriving culture enabling all personnel to work as one team. Hold staff meetings, listening sessions, and other cultural conversations to drive operational excellence.
• Talent Management: Responsible for talent management of his/her direct report including connect, reward, and career development. Manage performance and developmental feedback in close collaboration with regional and subregional functional leads. This collaboration ensures that functional learning and career progression are well-managed, supporting a positive employee experience and contributing to the overall success of the project and the individual.
• Safety: Provide visible leadership at site and ensure health, safety, and wellbeing of Microsoft personnel. Hold GC accountable to embody strong safety and security culture at site.
• Quality: Promote quality standards at site with design, material, and field execution. Ensure all work are executed as per our quality standards and non-conformance are remediated as per quality OKR.
• Schedule: Oversee and manage the execution of work as per the approved project schedule OKR. Oversee progress management and schedule predictability weekly and escalate issues to regional leadership when additional support needed or when SLAs are at risk
• Cost: Work closely with all functional teams to fully understand status of project progress and scope development. Ensure the suppliers are progressing as per their commitment and solicit support for issues that put SLAs at risk.

The role of Site Director is primarily a construction site based role. Travel between sites or within region to support execution will be required. 

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture everyday. 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.

Responsibilities

People Management 

• Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modelling, coaching, and caring.
• Model - Live our culture; Embody our values; Practice our leadership principles.
• Coach - Define team objectives and outcomes; Enable success across boundaries; Help the team adapt and learn.
• Care - Attract and retain great people; Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations; Invest in the growth of others.

Project Management 

• Oversees the team's deployment of large-scale, campus, and/or regionally-based delivery solutions (e.g., new and/or retrofit data center solutions) while also socializing with regional and global leaders. Sets goals for internal and external project teams under their purview of responsibility, delegates responsibilities measures performance against contracted Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and seeks and delivers feedback to achieve timely results.

Technical Acumen 

• Analyzes and recommends innovative delivery options utilizing best practices and trends, supports the development and implementation of all organizational procedures and standards, and ensures they are followed by all team members and vendors.

Change Management 

• Influences the development and im