Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) team is the team behind Microsoft’s Cloud infrastructure and is responsible for innovating, planning, designing, building, and operating one of the largest datacenter fleets in the world. We support product teams by providing the secure, compliant, cost-effective, and highly available global infrastructure that Microsoft’s customers depend on. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.

　　To keep up with rapidly changing customer and business demands, CO+I is looking for an experienced Principal Technical Program Manager to lead our Lease Sustainability program. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, possesses keen attention to detail, is comfortable working in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, and desire to help shape the overall business. If you enjoy solving complex problems and driving impact, the Principal Technical Program Management role may be what you are looking for.

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　　Responsibilities

　　Lead Sustainability Program for leased datacenters within the Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) organization.

　　Understand government requirements and translate into a strategic project plan to ensure leased datacenter compliance including data management, analysis, and governance.

　　Develop roadmap to build and enhance tooling to adapt to new regulatory sustainability reporting requirements.

　　Develop communication strategy that accurately depicts Microsoft datacenter sustainability performance.

　　Develop and maintain a long-term program roadmap, mitigating risks including technology shifts, industry or market constraints, and cost/pricing pressures.

　　Guide teams through the development of problem statements, frameworks, and methodologies to address crucial business, customer, or market opportunities.

　　Orchestrate efforts to define and implement recommended solutions on large cross-functional projects with internal teams and external partners, holding teams accountable to achieve desired outcomes throughout the program lifecycle (e.g., quality, compliance, security, safety, sustainability, time-to-market).

　　Advance CO+I’s program management (PM) capability by evaluating, improving, encouraging, and applying PM best practices across the organization.

　　Drive simplification and automation to evolve processes, services, and solutions, to increase agility and efficiencies while lowering costs.

　　Qualifications

　　Required/Minimum Qualifications:

　　Bachelor's Degree AND experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

　　OR equivalent experience.

　　Experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

　　Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

　　Bachelor's Degree AND experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

　　OR equivalent experience.

　　Experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

　　Proficiency in use of process improvement methodology (ex. Lean, Six Sigma, and DMAIC-Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control).

　　Experience in successfully working with both technical and business subject matter experts across multiple organizational levels.

　　Knowledge of the European Union Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) reporting requirements.

　　Understanding of green procurement requirements.

　　Strong background in data collection, analysis, and mapping.

　　Other Requirements:

　　The 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.#COICareers

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