Modularization Portfolio Sr. Director

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind the cloud. We are responsible for delivering over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a leader to help build the network that powers the world’s largest online services.

Within CO+I, the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) team is responsible for strategic development and execution of engineering, supply chain, construction, commissioning, and fit out that can meet the growth of the Microsoft Cloud Datacenters and our customers. We support a portfolio of complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-billion, multi-year datacenter builds and lease projects and operations of those assets. We are looking to fill the critical role of Modularization Portfolio Sr. Director who can oversee, manage, and drive safe delivery of modularized datacenter builds and lease in Americas.

The person in this role is responsible for leading the fully integrated modularized project delivery from development of engineering and detail design through supply chain, construction commissioning, and fit out and turn over to the operations ensuring full alignment with the overall EPC strategic initiatives and functional guidelines as well as company's overall business goals.

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Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage the development and execution of various modularization datacenter builds aligned with safety, quality, cost, and schedule goals.
• Deploy disciplined project execution and apply consistency and predictability in delivering modularized project.
• Responsible for development of overall execution plan in partnership with global EPC functional leaders, modularization Subject Matter Experts (SME), and 3rd party EPC firms to support a seamless execution plan per the approved business objectives.
• Manage EPC's firm relationships aligned with the agreed execution plan including safety, quality, schedule, and cost requirements.
• Work in partnership with regional permitting, power, and network team to streamline interdependencies on the build.
• Monitor and analyze project performance and implement improvements.
• Maintain, manage, and drive portfolio key performance results.
• Collaborate cross functionally and fully integrate within EPC with engineering, procurement, contract, project controls, and construction organization to safely deliver capacity to our customers with optimized total time to market and total cost of ownership.

Leadership

• Experience leading large scale modularization project.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and exhibits agility.
• Strategic Thinker; Foresight and Judgement; Collaborator and Integrator; Organization and Planning
• Able to operate effectively in a fast pace and complex environment.
• Embody executive presence with ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership and other stakeholders across various pillars of organization.
• Implement execution strategies to effectively and competitively deliver the project aligned with the overall business objectives and growth plan.
• Bring a continuous improvement mindset to the team focused on seeking ways to streamline, automate, drive efficiencies, and simplify processes.
• Ability to work in a functional matrix organization. Microsoft Reports will have functional reporting and project reporting. Including Design manager, construction manager, fit out manager, commissioning manager, supply chain manager, and project controls/planning/cost.

Execution

• Accountable for the successful execution and overall management of the modularization projects.
• Full understanding of project execution including conceptual engineering, detail engineering, supply chain, construction, and commissioning
• Planning and execution background
• Construction / field