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Responsibilities

• Effective management of multiple projects (hundreds of megawatts) in a region as part of the core team launching the Microsoft cloud and AI infrastructure in EMEA
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills in technical land due diligence engineering and construction management of large-scale projects greater than 250 megawatts
• Deliver projects to the Microsoft core priorities of safety, quality, on time and at cost competitive rates
• Oversee the delivery of multiple, concurrent complete datacenter design solutions aligned with the scopes schedules and budgets of the projects and manage a team of architects engineers and designers
• Serve as the technical leader sharing industry expertise and strategic insight in datacenter design and delivery
• Act as a subject matter expert and provides strategic guidance when defining the multiple program goals and prioritization

• Reporting to the DCE Regional Partner, provide team leadership, project delivery, cross group problem solving and collaboration, contract negotiations, supplier relationships, scope/schedule/budget, and management reporting
• Manage delivery success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching and caring
• Facilitate regular meetings with team to set direction and align priorities, develop accountabilities and crucial business program initiatives to facilitate team success
• Work cross functionally with multiple stakeholders to deliver; Continually improve Microsoft's overall design approach and overall program
• Accountable for team hiring, growing and managing the organization; Specifically the candidate will manage a team of design managers who are responsible for regions and projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in engineering or equivalent
• Chartered or registered professional engineer
• Proven experience running design engineering and/or construction teams
• Engineering and or construction contract negotiations
• Knowledge and understanding of local building codes regulations and jurisdictional standards
• High level of proficiency in commercial and industrial architecture and engineering with a primary focus on datacenter design
• Extensive experience in delivering engineering and construction infrastructure projects
• Strong experience in engineering leadership or construction management role
• Good experience in datacenter infrastructure design
• Large scale infrastructure project experience ($100 million or more per project) delivering Design Build / EPC / EPCM / Design Bid Build projects
• Work well with others; high integrity focus on fairness during conflict resolution
• Be a person of integrity, be methodical, detail-oriented with strong work ethic
• Sharp written and verbal communication skills and excellent attention to detail
• Ability to get things done in fast-paced environment, not easily discouraged and open minded
• Able to travel domestically and internationally

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