Project Controls Digital Transformation Lead

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the world’s largest cloud infrastructures, responsible for powering all Microsoft online Products and Services as well as powering Microsoft’s “Cloud First” mission. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for passionate, high energy program managers to help achieve that mission.

Within CO+I, the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) team is responsible for supporting delivery of datacenter capacity for Microsoft’s cloud business. We have a portfolio of complex, multi-disciplinary, multi-million, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects with specific safety, quality, schedule, and cost goals. 

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Controls Digital Transformation Lead to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a proven background in EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) processes, with a proven track record of implementing digital solutions to enhance project efficiency.  The Project Controls Digital Transformation Lead is the responsible advocate and acts as the point of contact for transformation efforts for Schedule Management, Cost Management, Risk Management and EPC document management. The role will require defining and executing plans for digital transformation initiatives for the EPC team; defining, collecting and evaluating success criteria and performance metrics; assisting with communication plans and organizational change management; evangelizing programs to stakeholders; understanding process and data mapping and the inherent impacts to people, processes, technology, and systems; assisting with the identification, scoping, and prioritization of opportunities for program development and process improvements. 

Being part of this team would give you an opportunity to be part of a rapidly growing business and enable global impact. 

This role is located either in one or all hub locations - Atlanta, GA, Redmond, WA, San Antonio, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Washington DC. Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates must relocate or reside within 50 miles of the hub office location. This role is eligible for hybrid, up to 100% from home.

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.

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

• Collaborate with internal teams on the planning, execution, and delivery of technology tools to enable EPC processes. Ensure software implementation projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet quality standards. Conduct regular project status meetings and provide updates to senior management and other stakeholders.
• Defines Business Architecture efforts across the EPC and Finance organizations focusing on business pain-points, desired future outcomes, OKRs, and technology priorities. This includes creating a business case, assessing ROI, and ensuring hurdle requirements are met.
• Create Business Requirements Documents based on the needs of internal stakeholders including engineering, procurement, construction and project controls teams to ensure new tools and/or solutions meet specific needs of the collective EPC organization.
• Build detailed cross-functional process maps to support delivery of new tools and identify change impacts to the processes and solutions. Develops an EPC outline of the core and supporting business processes, including holistic details that cover people, processes, technology, and data.

• Drives consistency and industry standards across both business processes and technology tools to support the organization's vision and strategy for Project Controls and Cost Accounting.

• Write use-cases, execute test scripts and validate scenario outcomes as well as performance targets that are expected to be achieved.
• Responsible for collecting, validating and coordinating the data migration into new tools.
• Develop training content and ensure proper training and support are provided to end-users to