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The Infrastructure Planning and Acquisition (IPA) organization is seeking a Principal PM Manager for our Infrastructure Planning – Global & Regional Expansion Team.  This role is responsible for leading a team of PMs managing cross functional infrastructure strategy and plans to support our rapidly scaling global data center infrastructure. This role will be accountable for program managing strategy and planning for Microsoft’s new cloud region launches for commercial cloud and AI in Asia-Pacific (APAC). The right candidate will drive clarity and decisions on infrastructure sourcing signals by integrating with Azure, Finance, and Infrastructure acquisition teams, including land, power, network, and datacenter leasing and acquisition.

This role is part of a critical function that will be accountable for driving critical infrastructure decisions making sure all inputs are adequately captured and analyzed.  In particular, this role will focus on:

• Managing a team of region program managers that drive planning for new cloud region launches

• Analysis of regional demand and supply inputs and variances to support long term decisions

• Coordinating and driving infrastructure decisions on a timely manner

• Identifying data needs, collecting required data, and providing the analysis to expedite decision making

• Coordinating with finance on financial analysis and decision alignment

• Program managing inputs to planning of new cloud regions

• Understanding and clarifying key constraints to deploying new regions in a timely manner

• Communicating and getting alignment on long term infrastructure decisions at the VP/CVP level

Responsibilities

• Manage the new cloud region strategy and planning process

• Coordinate inputs for planning of new region launches across infrastructure acquisition and Azure

• Manage the infrastructure decision process to drive decisions on time and in alignment with our strategy

• Drive close collaboration with planning and execution teams to resolve infrastructure problems

• Perform Data analysis as required for driving infrastructure decisions

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years’ experience in cross functional program management, especially in a strategy, planning and decision-making environment

• 7+ years’ experience in data and analysis for decision making 

• 7+ years demonstrated experience leading and managing a business-critical function

• BS/BA degree required;

• Ability to communicate and present complex analysis at he executive levels for alignment and decision making

• 3+ years managing program management teams

• Excellent communication and leadership skills to drive projects, and build buy-in and support 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ year program management experience driving mission critical cross functional infrastructure projects with end to end dependencies

• Experience in planning cloud specific infrastructure

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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .