Senior AI Construction Manager

Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind the cloud. CO+I is 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 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 Senior AI Construction Manager requires interpersonal, communication and organizational skills, ability to self-direct, a background in data center design and construction, engineering, controls, and operational requirements and an emphasis on project/construction management with a high focus on the organizational and valuational components of the construction process.

The Senior AI Construction Manager is responsible for both triaging emergent issues that arise out of unforeseen conditions (site design / equipment / permitting etc). As well as planning out, key future critical activities in order to maintain critical path driven out of project need.  The Senior AI Construction Manager is responsible for ensuring the overall construction of the project meets Microsoft guidelines and standards, which may be adjusted from time-to-time based on best practices and lessons learned drawn from previous projects as well as industry changing best practice.

The Senior AI Construction Manager will be working with the site development team, general contractor team, commissioning team as well as coordinating with various internal stakeholders i.e. the Data Center Engineering (DCE) team among others.  In supporting the delivery of projects, this position aligns team objectives, business processes, vendor management strategies, and cross-group collaboration efforts with the DCD project strategy. This will result in effective customer relationship management, build quality and efficiency in cost management and project delivery.

The Senior AI Construction Manager will be a relentless advocate for managing a safe site. The Senior AI Construction Manager will also collaborate with Microsoft Security, Integration, Project Engineering, Risk Management, BIM coordination, Quality control and other internal groups to maintain the corporate vision and goals for the Project.

In addition, this position will be responsible for coordinating and reviewing contractor/vendor performance relative to cash flow and budget summaries and will clarify those reports in presentations to the delivery and executive chain. Other responsibilities include oversight and project controls, Professional Services Request, Change Orders, Pay Applications, etc. Additional tasks include MS partner engagement, as well as participation in communications plans, and community involvement with support from Data Center Operations (DCOPs) and Corporate Communications teams.

The Senior AI Construction Manager works directly for the AI Training Construction Sr. Director. This leader supports the strategic and tactical delivery of data center projects within the portfolio.

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Responsibilities

Project Management

• Drives campus-based delivery solutions (e.g., new or retrofit data center facilities). Analyzes technical information and provides recommendations to support solutions. Assists campus teams in establishing goals for project teams, assigning responsibilities, measuring performance, and seeking and delivering feedback to achieve timely results.
• Preparation of Request for Proposal (RFP’s), PER’s, and other project approval tools & templates.
• Regularly review cost and KPI metrics, invoices, process/policy communications to client partners.
• Provide the project with a single point of contact for development, quality control and delivery.

Managing Resources

• Oversee timely execution of all procurement activities associated with resourcing and materials necessary for delivering program(s) on time and within project bu