Lease Cost Manager

Overview

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) is the team behind the cloud.  Within CO&I, the Global Project Controls (GPC) team is responsible for delivering core datacenter infrastructure for Microsoft’s cloud business. The MS portfolio consists of complex, multi-disciplinary, large scale, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects. We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the cloud datacenters that power the world’s largest online services. 

To help us accelerate achieving our objectives, growth, and transformation, we are looking for a Lease Cost Manager for the AMERS Air Gapped Cloud, leased data center Fitout program to work alongside the regional cost management lead to commercially manage all data center fit-out construction projects in the region. 

Being part of this team would give you an opportunity to be part of a rapidly growing business and enable global impact.

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

• Partner collaboratively with cross-functional teams (design engineering, construction, cost controls functions, scheduling, finance, etc.) to understand requirements and ensure alignment to scope, schedule, and budget.
• Develop and maintain cost accrual and forecast reports for the lease fit-out portfolio in region.
• Report out to senior managers on cost report data, project cost progress and assumptions to ensure a clear and concise message is sent and understood.
• Provide day-to-day Cost Management activities, as required, to maintain the projects financial reporting and logging systems i.e. a good understanding of commitments & forecasting spends for monthly, quarterly & the fiscal year.
• Support, develop and improve cost management and estimating processes and procedures.  
• Drive standardization and consistency throughout the group.
• Management of all commercial issues on all current, future, and past projects and report on these issues through the Project Controls & Construction Management head office on a regular basis.
• Commercial management of the lease provider (LP) from liaison with our procurement office on the RFP documents through to the final payments and agreement of the final accounts and paperwork.
• Provide the PER (funding) team all commercial support necessary to ascertain the required timing of the funding intervals and all commercial information needed to back up these funding requests to management. This will normally involve the production of multiple option cost scenarios.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years related experience
  • OR equivalent experience. 

Other Requirements 

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.   
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep commercial knowledge of construction costs in the region.
• 10+ years' experience managing the estimating or commercials on a major construction program.
• Working knowledge of construction contracts used in AMERs.
• Deep knowledge of the commercial management role in the procurement of general contracts and other construction vendors.
• Ability to understand what “right” looks like contractually and financially and then negotiate with the other parties to ensure that this is the final position.
• Good communication skills, ability to collaborate with all other areas of the data center program, think strategically, and build the trust of our construction partners needed to agree very large construction GMPs and final accounts.
• Construction degree, Construction Commercial Management degree, or Quantity Surveying degree.
• RICS full membership (MRICS or FRICS) or similar.
• Experience on location in the construction industry

Construction Project Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $148,400 - $222,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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