Operational Excellence Program Manager

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Microsoft seeks an Operational Excellence Program Manager to optimize IT capacity in data centers, focusing on reducing stranded capacity and improving Infrastructure Utilization Effectiveness (IUE) and Power Harvesting (PH). This full-time, on-site role requires partnering with leadership, establishing governance, driving execution, and providing executive communications to support strategic planning and business performance.

Ansvarsområden

  • Partner with Regional Director and Leadership Team to translate priorities into actionable plans with clear milestones, ownership, and measurable outcomes.
  • Coordinate annual, quarterly, and long-range planning.
  • Track priorities requiring leadership intervention.
  • Support business reviews, offsites, and strategic planning sessions.
  • Establish strong governance to track commitments, actions, risks, and dependencies.
  • Ensure leadership decisions are executed.
  • Promote consistent practices across countries and data centers.
  • Help surface material risks relating to availability, safety, security, operational readiness, capacity, and compliance.
  • Support the Regional Director with clear, consistent executive communications.
  • Serve as a coordination point between Regional Director, country leaders, and partner functions to build strong cross-functional relationships.
  • Facilitate shared ownership and ensure operational priorities are represented in broader organizational discussions.
  • Monitor regional KPIs, commitments, and strategic initiatives.
  • Consolidate performance data into concise executive insights that identify trends, gaps, dependencies, and priorities.
  • Enable transparent, data-driven leadership decisions.

Krav

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and industry experience.
  • Experience in senior level program or portfolio governance roles within complex operational environments.
  • Strong governance, structure and execution discipline with proven experience working with senior leadership and translating strategy into execution.
  • Experience operating as an individual contributor with executive level exposure.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
  • Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Önskade kvalifikationer

  • Experience working in a data center, critical infrastructure, technology operations, or similar infrastructure environments.
  • Ability to understand technical dependencies and operational risks without being the technical decision owner.

Förmåner

  • Opportunity to positively impact culture every day.
  • Key member of the local team in deployment planning and optimization of IT capacity.
  • Perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services.
  • Lead retrofit efforts to upgrade legacy datacenters and harvest capacity in existing fleet.
  • Focus on personal and professional development.
  • Offerings include Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.
#Data Center#Operations Management#Program Manager#IT Capacity#Infrastructure Utilization#Power Harvesting#Legacy Datacenters#Growth Mindset#Inclusivity#Risk Management#Compliance#Data-driven Decisions
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