Sub Regional construction and Infrastructure Director in London

Overview

Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is responsible for delivering Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high-energy individual to help build the network that powers the world's largest online services.

The Sub-Regional Infrastructure Director plays a key role in enabling new data centre capacity across EMEA. The role oversees the integration of Microsoft-owned technology systems, services, and critical infrastructure into newly built or leased facilities. Acting as the connection between technical delivery and physical construction, the role ensures alignment across internal teams, landlords, construction partners, vendors, and Operations. It supports each project throughout its lifecycle from planning and fit-out to operational readiness and the successful handover of the site to the business.

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

• Management of support staff and the allocation of projects and scopes to the support and FTE IT Infrastructure Manager (ITIM staff).
• Coordination, sharing of proven practices, and lessons-learned management across ITIM Managers.
• The Sub Regional Infrastructure Director will be a relentless advocate for managing a safe worksite, supporting the implementation of the Microsoft High Risk Activity (HRA) program and work with our Construction PM to deliver trade collaboration methods to improve safe working and coordination of the job sites.
• The Sub Regional Infrastructure Director is responsible for coordinating internal Microsoft scope and resource efforts, requirements, and schedules to ensure a smooth and timely handover of the fitted-out Data Centre facility and capacity to the Microsoft Operations team and Business Groups.
• The Sub Regional Infrastructure Director will coordinate with the Data Center Engineering (DCE) team and supporting specialty consultants to review, improve and execute the design across the portfolio.
• The Sub Regional Infrastructure Director is responsible for the coordination of the telecom materials procurement, telecoms installation, Security systems installation, FFE procurement and installation across the portfolio.
• Coordination of the design, procurement, installation and turn up of the facility Corporate Network across the portfolio.
• In cooperation with the Construction Leads this position aligns metro wide delivery strategies to local team objectives, business processes, vendor management strategies, and cross-group collaboration efforts.
• The Sub Regional Infrastructure Director will align with the Construction PM to agree delivery strategies across multi sites and manage a continuous improvement program that will result in a lean project delivery approach.
• The Sub Regional Infrastructure Director will be responsible for identifying and managing stakeholder dependencies and construction deliverables and handoffs for/with Microsoft Security (DCPS), Microsoft IT (CSE), DCI NE, Networking, and Integrated services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND significant years of related experience in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, OR equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience delivering data centre projects.
• Proven project management experience, leading complex projects from inception to completion.
• Proven people management experience, including leading and developing high-performing teams.

Background Check Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements 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. 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.