Microsoft's Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of hundreds of datacenters, 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.
The Region Design and Technology team is at the forefront of driving regional launch, expansion, and evolution. Our global team works with a broad range of disciplines to craft and implement design principals and the newest technologies. As a Senior Technical Program Manager on the AMER Region Design team, you will be responsible for creating long term designs for the launch of new Azure Regions in North and South America, expansion of our existing regions, and implementation of new technologies and requirements into the regions. To create optimal designs, you will partner with multiple engineering groups (both physical and software), finance, land, energy, and network teams to ensure we meet our customer requirements, design principals, and financial targets. Once the design is completed, you will be responsible for gaining alignment and approval of the region design across multiple disciplines both inside and outside of CO+I. Once a plan is in execution, you will proactively monitor the region for risk to the design and engage cross-functional teams for resolution.
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Responsibilities
Partners with infrastructure teams to create Region Designs for new Azure Regions and for expansion of existing Azure Regions.
Implements the latest principals and technologies into Region Designs.
Proactively monitors regions for risk in executing designs. Collaborates across the organization for resolution.
Leads and coordinates cross-functional team efforts to drive engineering solutions to technical challenges and deliver quality solutions to committed schedules and project plans.
Creates relationships to drive orchestration and integration efforts to implement design principals and technologies. Collaborates and coordinates across organizations to ensure approval and alignment of Region designs.
Translates the needs of the organization and other teams into region design principals and region designs based on data-focused analysis. Engages in active risk management (proactive and reactive) to identify risks and propose mitigations.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial Engineering AND 4+ years experience in engineering, data analysis, or product development
OR equivalent experience
2+ years' experience in cross functional program management, especially in a strategy, planning and decision-making environment
2+ years' experience working with physical infrastructure in some capacity.
2+ years' experience in data and analysis for decision making
Preferred Qualifications
In-depth knowledge of Microsoft's regional datacenter and network architecture
Experience in planning cloud specific infrastructure
2+ years demonstrated experience leading and managing a business-critical function
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
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