Project Delivery Director

Cloud Operations + Innovation is the team behind the cloud. Within CO+I, Datacenter Construction Delivery (DCD) is responsible for delivering datacenter capacity for Microsoft’s cloud business meeting all safety, quality, sustainability, schedule, and budget requirements.

The DCD Construction Americas (AMER) Project Delivery Director provides critical leadership, ownership and accountability for the team's deployment and delivery of large-scale, campus and/or regionally based delivery solutions to predictably deliver Datacenter capacity. 

This role is responsible for safe worksites by adhering to organizational and industry procedures; reviews prior audit results and relevant legislation to recommend and manage safety compliance. Influences and provides direction and coaching to internal and external partners to facilitate and accomplish complex, critical issues which may significantly impact global construction projects. Reviews and provides feedback to the team regarding resource procurement, allocation, and inventory. Develops, manages, and reports on Safety, Quality, scope, schedule, and budget for the AMER regional projects. Responsible for oversight and implements project risk identification/mitigation, governance and controls for all construction work activities. Partners and provides critical leadership with peers in Engineering, Supply Chain and Project Controls that forms the AMER Leadership Team (LT).

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide critical leadership, ownership and accountability for the team's deployment and delivery of large-scale, campus and/or regionally based delivery solutions to predictably deliver DataCenter capacity (e.g., new and/or retrofit Datacenter solutions) while also socializing with other Regional and Global leaders.
• Provides visible leadership and advocates for safe worksites by adhering to Microsoft Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) and Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) organizational requirements and industry best practices/procedures.  Safety and injury prevention is a Core Value with a focus on culture and ensuring that everyone is able to perform their work safely and return home everyday without injury.
• 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.
• Develops, manages, and reports on Safety, Quality, scope, schedule, and budget of all AMER Sub-Regional projects.
• Responsible for oversight and implements project risk identification/mitigation, governance and controls for all regional work activities.
• Partners and provides critical leadership with peers in Engineering, Supply Chain and Project Controls that forms the AMER Leadership Team (LT) with oversight of each of the Sub-Regional Leadership Teams.
• 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.
• Influences and provides direction and coaching to internal and external partners to facilitate and accomplish complex, critical issues which may significantly impact global construction projects (e.g., establishing and executing upon team goals, following business processes, engaging vendor relationships, and fostering cross-group collaboration efforts with the agreed-upon project strategy and milestones).
• Reviews and provides feedback to the team regarding resource forecasting, hiring, as well as supply chain strategies, equipment procurement, allocation, and inventory management that supports predictable project delivery.
• Leads the team's accountability for on-schedule delivery of all projects in the AMER Portfolio by ensuring project progress reports including safety, quality scope, schedule, and budget are reviewed on a cadence that predictably delivers the business results.
• Conducts frequent site visits within the Region to assess project status, risk, directly supports and promotes project team morale. 
• Provides critical Leadership and oversight of the Sub-Regional Leads to ensure that project reviews and status updates are based on current data, risk assessments and mitigation strategies that proactively resolve constraints and blockers that may inhibit on-t