Sub-Regional Construction Leader

• Provide leadership, ownership, and accountability for the safe, predictable, and efficient delivery of large-scale datacenter construction programs across the assigned sub-region.

• Champion a culture of safety and ensure compliance with Microsoft Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) requirements, organizational standards, and industry best practices.

• Lead construction teams and delivery partners to achieve portfolio objectives related to safety, quality, scope, schedule, budget, and operational readiness.

• Establish portfolio priorities and allocate resources to support business needs, project complexity, and delivery commitments.

• Develop and maintain reporting processes that provide visibility into portfolio performance, risks, trends, and key business outcomes.

• Lead project risk identification, mitigation planning, issue escalation, and governance processes across the sub-region.

• Drive construction readiness activities including project planning, resource deployment, constructability reviews, execution planning, and delivery strategy alignment.

• Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, Contracts, Project Controls, Commissioning, Quality, Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure integrated project delivery.

• Influence and coach internal and external partners to resolve complex issues, remove barriers, and improve project outcomes.

• Provide leadership oversight of contractors, consultants, suppliers, and other delivery partners to ensure contractual compliance and performance expectations are achieved.

• Oversee project controls, commercial governance, budget management, forecasting, change management, and financial reporting activities.

• Conduct regular site visits to assess project status, reinforce expectations, identify emerging risks, and support project teams.

• Lead portfolio review processes to evaluate project performance, risk profiles, mitigation plans, and delivery confidence.

• Sponsor root cause analyses, lessons learned, and corrective actions to drive continuous improvement across the portfolio.

• Establish performance metrics, dashboards, and scorecards that promote accountability and support data-driven decision making.

• Ensure project teams are prepared for commissioning, operational turnover, project closeout, and transition to operations.

• Build organizational capability through workforce planning, succession planning, talent development, mentorship, and leadership coaching.

• Model Microsoft values and foster a culture of accountability, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Embody ourcultureandvalues.

Required/ Minimum Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years data center/mission critical construction project management experience OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements: 

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.

Additional/Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 15+ years data center/mission critical construction project management experience OR equivalent experience.

• 15+ years experience working on data center projects.

• 10+ years project management experience.

• 10+ years people management experience.

• Proven safety leader with a demonstrated ability to build and sustain a culture of physical safety, psychological safety, and employee well-being.

• Experience leading large-scale capital construction programs with accountability for safety, quality, scope, schedule, cost, and business outcomes.

• Experience leading geographically distributed construction organizations across multiple campuses, metros, regions, or countries.

• Demonstrated success building, developing, and leading high-performing teams through talent development, succession planning, organizational growth, and change management.

• Cross-functional leadership experience with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across Construction, Engineering, Supply Chain, Contracts, Project Controls, Commissioning, Quality, Operations, and external partners.

• Experience establishing portfolio governance, risk management, performance reporting, and executive communication processes across multiple concurrent projects.

• Commercial acumen with experience in contracting strategy, vendor performance management, change management, cost control, and claims avoidance.

• Experience delivering complex, first-of-kind, accelerated, or high-risk projects while maintaining predictable business outcomes.

• Demonstrated ability to use data, metrics, and business insights to drive decisions, improve performance, and influence stakeholders.

• Executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical, commercial, and operational issues into clear business decisions and actionable outcomes.

• Professional certifications such as DBIA (Design-Build Institute of America), PMP (Project Management Professional) , CCM (Certified Construction Manager), PE (Professional Engineer), LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), CQM (Construction Quality Management), or equivalent industry credentials.

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