Construction Project Manager

Overview

Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) delivers over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services worldwide, covering infrastructure, security, compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. The team focuses on smart growth, high efficiency, and trusted experiences for customers and partners. This role helps build the network that powers the world’s largest online services. Locations: San Antonio, TX and Roxboro, NC.

Responsibilities

• Budget and Controls: Monitor the approved project budget, provide oversight, and suggest adjustments for project controls such as Project Expenditure Requests (PERs), Professional Services Requests (PSRs), Change Orders, and Pay Applications.
• Change Management: Partner with internal CO+I stakeholders and other Microsoft groups (e.g., Commercial Software Engineering, Real Estate & Facilities) to share updated process flows, increase cost savings, and improve cycle‑time and efficiencies.
• Coordination: Attend and advise during scheduled owner/architect/contractor and other project meetings.
• Drives Results: Facilitate delivery of metro‑based/campus projects (new construction or retrofits) by making timely data‑based decisions with local teams and key stakeholders, championing project goals, engaging vendors, and fostering cross‑group collaboration.
• Financial Acumen: Create and apply best practices to identify cost‑effective solutions, influence strategy, and manage change with clients, sponsors, and vendors.
• Goal Alignment: Collaborate with internal teams (Engineering, Operations, CISSR, CSE, Legal, Project Controls, etc.) and General Contractors/Subcontractors to maintain corporate vision and project goals.
• Managing Resources: Oversee procurement activities for resources and materials, evaluate staffing needs, and ensure adequate resources for on‑time, on‑budget delivery.
• Project Management: Drive campus‑based delivery solutions (new or retrofit data center facilities), analyze technical information, and support goal setting, responsibility assignment, performance measurement, and feedback loops.
• Project Tracking: Assist in creating and reporting on project progress regarding scope, schedule, standards, and budget.
• Risk Mitigation: Communicate risk mitigation goals, develop metrics, dashboards, or scorecards, and suggest actions to support organizational and national safety goals.
• Safety and Regulation: Represent Microsoft as a safety leader on campus/metro construction programs, ensuring compliance with OSHA or equivalent standards, conducting safety audits, and participating in incident investigations.
• Technical Acumen: Review engineering documentation, site and building plans, identify risks or gaps, and provide recommendations to improve constructability and align delivery with execution procedures and standards.
• Vendor Management: Advise and monitor vendor/contractor performance, ensure contract compliance, review cash‑flow and budget summaries, and present findings to delivery and executive teams.
• Vendor Selection: Review and approve vendor scope of work, design reviews, pay applications, and invoices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or a related field and 10+ years of related experience, or equivalent experience.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in the same fields and 12+ years of related experience, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years experience working on data‑center projects.
• 7+ years of progressive responsibility in development and delivery of complex capital projects and programs.
• 7+ years of construction program and project management experience in the United States, including cross‑disciplinary coordination.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud background check (required upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter).

Pay

Construction Project Management IC5 – typical base pay range across the U.S. is USD $116,900 – $203,600 per year. In the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area, the range is USD $148,400 – $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Additional benefits and pay information: Microsoft corporate pay page.