Principal Manager of Program Management - Datacenter Efficiency
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jan 07, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind the cloud. Within CO+I, the Core Datacenter Services (CDS) team is responsible for the development and implementation of global strategies across our Datacenters (DCs). As a Principal Manager of Program Management - Datacenter Efficiency, you will be responsible for leading the management of our initiatives launched to our DC Ops Field. You will lead the team to develop and drive launch plans and strategies and hold them accountable for evaluating success metrics for complex, high-impact launches. You will coach teams to prepare business users for change due to implementation with theme of maximizing efficiency and optimization in our Datacenters (DCs). We are seeking a skilled and motivated leader to join our dynamic team. The candidate will have a proven track record in managing enterprise level programs in a complex environment and optimizing performance across the organization. As a Principal Manager of Program Management - Datacenter Efficiency, you will play a key role in launching initiatives that will impact our multi-year priorities in the team. 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. 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.
ResponsibilitiesLaunch DefinitionProvide expertise to team to garner support with stakeholders for the roadmaps, deliverables, and objectives of launches to the Datacenter (DC) Field. Lead team to bring in stakeholders in at the right time, communicate progress and implications for launches to drive alignment, and identify gaps to ensure risks are covered.Management and ExecutionCoach the team to address expansion blockers and support escalations between stakeholders as needed. Provide guidance to teams in developing innovative and efficient customer-oriented solutions and manages acceptance and resolutions of issues. Coaches and leads teams to manage and prioritize investments and complex projects.Supports LaunchesLeads the team to understand and incorporate internal business requirements and needs of audience, end users, customers, and stakeholders into launch design and execution. Influences decisions on defining team-specific launch requirements and develops team to write launch requirements and communicate them to program managers.Leads team to collaborate with v-teams to ensure all business functions adapt to launch. | |