Lease Construction Manager

 Overview 

Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, responsible for delivering global online services with security, compliance, operational excellence, and smart growth. The role of the Lease Construction Manager (LCM) requires strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. We are seeking a Lease Construction Manager with the ability to self-direct and who has a strong background in Data Center Construction.  

The Lease Construction Manager serves as Microsoft’s Employer’s Representative, overseeing the construction of one or more leased Data Centre projects across a metro. LCM is responsible for ensuring that the lease provider is complying with the MSFT requirements in the lease contract when delivering a project. This position requires strong communication skills, technical depth in Data Centre design and construction, and the ability to lead in a fast-paced, highly technical environment.   

As a Lease Construction Manager, you are responsible for driving safe, high quality, predictable, and efficient delivery across all assigned projects. You will set clear and ambitious goals, ensure alignment with regional OKRs, and proactively identify and mitigate risks.   

The LCM will coordinate with Microsoft’s Subject Matter Experts (SME) and the Lease Providers to support the efforts of achieving Ready for Service for each lease Data Centre project. In managing the delivery of projects, this position aligns team objectives, business processes, vendor management strategies, and cross-group collaboration efforts.   

This role demands high judgment, negotiation skills, strong analytical capability, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary, highly technical teams.   

Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates will need to relocate and work 100% onsite.   

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.  

“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:  

The Key Responsibilities of the LCM include, but not limited to:   

• The LCM will be a relentless advocate for managing a safe worksite.    

• The LCM will be responsible for identifying and managing stakeholder dependencies and construction deliverables and hand-offs with the following Microsoft teams: E2E (End-to-End), Security (DCPS), Data Center Engineering (DCE), Data Center Operations (DC Ops), Site Selection and Acquisition (SSA), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS).  

• The LCM will manage lease providers and support associated teams & partners in the delivering RFS “Ready for Service”   

• The LCM will be responsible for ensuring regional goals of delivering capacity are aligned to business OKRs.  

• Identify and track KPI to help with improvement in delivery of RFS. Provide feedback and insight into leadership on areas of improvement   

Business Processes:   

• To maintain the requirements stated in the lease contract using MSFT best practices.  

• Manage Lease Providers and associated internal partners to deliver RFS.  

• Drive deployment of solutions that can be socialized globally across MSFT Lease Delivery Organization.   

• Facilitate decision-making to drive solutions, schedules, and manage change as required.  

• Apply influence, strategies and negotiation skills to identify options and recommend solutions.    

Communication:    

• Provide project single point of contact for project development and delivery.  

• Coordinate meetings and activities of Lease Providers and internal MSFT SME.  

• Attend scheduled owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings, and report as necessary   

• Report Project Progress on scope, schedule, and budget weekly or as required.  

• Provide weekly project status reporting to Lease Construction standards.  

Accountability:    

• Responsible for managing the construction process of achieving RFS.  

• Track lessons learned and identified improvements to share across groups.  

• Route RFS approval to all stakeholders and regional approvers.  

• Ensure lease provider’s compliance to lease agreement contract.  

• Drive the business OKR for region capacity delivery goals.  

• Assess resourcing and forecasting business needs to meet demands.