Data Centre Program Manager - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Microsoft

Microsoft

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Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1 week ago

Posted by:

Ahmed Al-Mansouri

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Description

Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I

Data Center Program Manager - Business Operations, 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.

Empower Billions

With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our Datacenter 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.

Be at the forefront of the action in CO+I as part of our Global Datacenter Operations team

COICareers

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:

As the successful

Data Center Program Manager - Business Operations, your performance objectives include:

Manage the financial and commercial aspects of site contracts including related PO and invoice reviews.
Prepare quarterly spend management review materials at datacenter site
Assist with tracking of datacenter Maintenance and Repair activities
Evaluate cost savings opportunities and implement strategic projects to realize savings
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 with datacenter field operations to foster alignment and partnerships for business success

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 tradeoffs
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 this relatively new team and support strategic decisions once debate is over.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications- Minimum 2 years' experience in Data Center Critical Environment related functions- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Program Management, Procurement Supply Chain or significant equivalent work experience in-lieu

Preferred Qualifications- At least 2 years' experience with critical environment maintenance and repair cost management or related production environment- At least 2 years' experience with industry program and project management skillsAt least 2 years' experience working with collaboration platforms (e.g. SharePoint, MS Teams etc.)At least 1 year's experience with reporting and data analysis systems & platforms (e.g. PowerBI)Experience and/or formal Web Developer qualifications with fluency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

_ Background Check Requirements:
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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.

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