Regional Business Program Manager

Overview

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a Regional Datacenter Business Operations Program Manager , you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I Operations Program Manager, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development of all employees and offers training and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion training and events, and professional certifications. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 Data Centers in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide. With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our data center design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider. 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.

Responsibilities

As a Regional Business Program Manager your performance objectives include:

• Provide thought leadership and subject matter expertise related to the delivery of datacenter-centric services
• Solving complex challenges between remote and onsite support personnel
• Assist in preparation of quarterly spend management review materials at datacenter site and regional level
• Assist with tracking of datacenter Maintenance and Repair activities.
• Create and manage the end-to-end process for the planning and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives, automation and programs
• Assist in managing organizational supplier contracts end to end (procurement engagement, cost/terms negotiations, contracting, change orders, scorecards, recurring business reviews, etc.)
• Support organizational financial management, budgeting, and forecasting
• Evaluate cost savings opportunities and implement strategic projects to realize savings
• Leverage local subject matter expert's tribal knowledge, spread adoption of best practices, and expose best practices to the onsite datacenter field teams
• Act on opportunities to increase agility, and contribute to workstreams to evolve processes, services, and solutions for Operations and Service Level Agreements for CO+I
• Coordinate closely between datacenter field operations teams and Global Business Operations to foster alignment and partnerships for business success.
• Ability to work independently in a remote workplace setting

Capabilities important to success include:

• Operational Planning & Project Management: Show structured thinking, planning, and the ability to execute by working through others, influencing without authority, and dealing with ambiguity
• Exceptional written and Interpersonal skills: Communicate effectively and concisely with stakeholders, senior managers, and leaders about our programs and objectives
• Customer/Stakeholder Focus: Gather stakeholder impressions of services and programs, integrating this feedback into decision making. Allocate and align resources to optimize the stakeholder and partner experience.
• Performance Goal and Standards Setting: Develop and communicate to realistic timelines via plans that consider potential obstacles and immediate + long-term consequences
• Understand datacenter business objectives: Critically review multiple plans and adjust as needed. Proactively communicate and address necessary trade-offs
• Process and Technology: Demonstrate a solid understanding of IT and CE environments including operational processes and industry best practices
• Flexibility and Adaptability: Regularly scan the environment to help anticipate changes that could affect key programs and projects. Effectively changes plans, goals, actions or priorities to respond to changing situations.
• Team Player: Ability to both contribute strategically to the team and support strategic decisions

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Finance or Computer Science or 8+ years equivalent experience providing business support in a 24x7x365 production environment.
• OR 5+ years industry experience and college course work with a focus in change management processes

Background Check Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field, MBA preferred.
• 6+ years of relevant finance, planning or analysis work experiences with a strong analytical foundation.
• Proven PowerPoint, Excel, PBI and tools skills
• Thorough and detailed oriented, while summarizing results to drive broader business context and insight
• Able to manage multiple work streams and prioritize as needed
• Strong partnering capabilities, including the ability to influence others without direct authority and appropriately push back when required
• Collaborative and inclusive when working with others
• Prior experiences in driver-based cost analysis preferred
• Self-starter driving best-in-class decision support in ambiguous environments
• Comfort working at multiple altitudes, from strategic/high-level projects to detailed analysis and transactions.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 .