Senior Program Manager - Site Acquisitions EMEA London, England
Microsoft
Full Time
London, England
87000 - 102000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
The Infrastructure Planning and Acquisition (IPA) organization is seeking a Senior Program Manager to support activities related to Land acquisitions in EMEA region. This critically important role will ensure proposed data center sites are progressing though Microsoft’s internal assessment processes up to and including closing the site acquisition. Consequently, a critical part of the role is to secure funding for Site Due Diligence activities and reporting project output to the Senior Leadership team and its strategic partners/stakeholders.
We are looking for a passionate, high energy individual to help acquire the infrastructure that powers Microsoft’s Cloud Services. Our team works hard, plays hard, and works on exciting projects. We care about people, growth, excellence, and results. This is a great opportunity to make a significant contribution and impact to one of the largest data center portfolios. You’ll have the opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to improve and expand out infrastructure in various markets.
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
- Ensure Site Due Diligence process is clear and robust; constantly seek improvement opportunities
- Perform Data analysis as required for driving infrastructure decisions.
- Build and manage key relationships needed to support Due Diligence timelines. Drive collaboration and alignment on plans; cross-functional relationships.
- Assist in implementation of a relevant system of metrics to plan, manage, measure, and evaluate processes effectiveness pertaining to acquisition support.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications:
- BS/BA Degree required or relevant work experience
- Experience in Portfolio Management, Program Management, or Real Estate Development experience.
- Experience in data and analysis for decision making in the DC physical infrastructure
- Experience in financial transaction coordination and project management in an industrial/commercial or data center real estate operations.
- Ability to communicate and present complex analysis at the executive levels for alignment and decision making
- Excellent communication and leadership skills to drive projects, and build buy-in and support
Preferred Qualifications:
- Program management experience driving mission critical cross functional infrastructure projects with end to end dependencies
- Experience in planning cloud specific infrastructure
- A track record of coordinating high quality projects in an atmosphere where speed, flexibility, frugality, and heavy workload are the expected norm.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Microsoft
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/
Redmond, United States
Satya Nadella
$10+ billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Computer Hardware Development
1975
