Energy Project Manager

Job title:

Energy Project Manager

Company

Microsoft

Job description

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is seeking an Energy Project Manager to support the CO+I EMEA E2E team. 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, and we are looking for passionate, high energy program managers to help achieve that mission.If you want to have fundamental impact on how Microsoft’s Cloud is deployed and operated globally, want to be involved with one of the most strategically important teams at Microsoft, if strong technical and business acumen, leadership, creativity, and out of the box thinking are some of the skills you bring to the table – this job is for you!We are looking for a Project Manager who is adaptable, driven and enthusiastic about using MS technology.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.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.#COICareersResponsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of Power Delivery to data center programs from initiation through closing, enhancing business value across different program delivery dimensions
• Microsoft data center delivery to create a competitive advantage by applying ‘Best in Class’ project and program management expertise
• Manage cross-functional, geographically dispersed project teams like networking, procurement, and operations, creating connection across dispersed teams, processes, and systems
• Drive business results through a regimented focus on key performance indicators and business goals, promoting clarity and motivation to the project team to execute on time, under budget, while delivering high quality results with zero rework
• Apply world-class technical and competitive ecosystem knowledge to respond to competitive challenges in data center delivery
• Use experience and expertise to improve process and tools related to data center program delivery
• Drive intelligence and automation in the data center delivery platform by using data to improve quality, delivery timelines, and cost performance, while reducing manual touches
• Design and drive implementation of reporting by interfacing with business, engineering, finance, operations, and systems teams to provide actionable insights
• Leverage technical acumen in construction, mechanical/electrical systems, structures, networking, and building automation systems to facilitate engineering problem solving and ideation
• Deliver on ambiguous projects with multiple stakeholders, unclear requirements and incomplete data

Qualifications:Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent plus noteworthy technical project / program management experience in substations and HV cables
• Experience project delivery of HV (33kV to 400 kV ) Substation AIS, GIS, HV Cable including design understanding
• Significant experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Full lifecycle technical program management methodology (PMP, Prince 2, etc) experience planning and managing scope, schedule, budget, quality, people, risk and communications
• Experience in organizational change management and business process improvement
• Should have a mix of technical and program management skills and experience
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Communicate frequently and flawlessly in written and verbal form with both executive stakeholders and project teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrates deep subject matter expertise on key functional areas of mechanical, electrical, networking, construction, or building automation systems
• Noteworthy program management / data center construction / network engineering experience; self-motivated, confident working at a senior executive level and comfortable working in a matrixed organization
• Significant experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Professional PM certification, Chartered Electrical Engineer, PMP, ESi, PMI, Prince 2 or equivalent
• Demonstrably clear leadership skills and experience working with large, diverse teams
• Understanding of business and financial objectives and plans accordingly
• Exceptional executive level communication and engagement skills
• Ability to work in a flexible, fast-paced environment
• Track record of coaching teams and mentoring others in planning, organizing and coordinating their work.
• The ideal candidate possesses the following:

• MBA or equivalent advanced degree
• Experience applying Earned Value Management techniques to measure project performance
• Experience managing large scale Electrical infrastructure projects
• Exceptional problem identification and problem resolution skills

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the .

Expected salary

Location

Dublin

Job date

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 05:30:21 GMT

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