Finance Director, Data Center and AI Innovation

About the role

Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That’s what inspires us, drives our work, and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. Through our Cloud-first strategy, we strive to deliver solutions that are optimized for the world and enable customers to drive their business more successfully. The Cloud Product Infrastructure Margin team is an exciting and fast-evolving finance team at the forefront of Microsoft’s Cloud-first strategy.

This role is based in Redmond, WA, with flexible work options available.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial evaluation and modeling of emerging technologies and drive prioritization, tracking, and NPV-based ranking of the innovation portfolio with Engineering.
• Own the financial assessment of Microsoft's data center form factors—tradeoffs, costs, and optimization across SKUs—partnering with DC Engineering.
• Own end-to-end LLE capital analytics and lead sourcing and contract economics with procurement and engineering.
• Drive portfolio-level alignment for data center investments across different form factors.
• Synthesize diverse data sources into clear executive summaries for leadership decision-making.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or related field AND 8+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance, or related field
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or related field AND 10+ years experience in financial analysis, accounting, controllership, or finance, or related field
• OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) experience managing direct reports.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep experience in DC Design and/or Server Design
• Experience in infrastructure finance, project finance, real assets investing, corporate development, or investment banking.
• 5+ years work experience in the technology or software industry.
• 5+ years work experience in a matrix-based organization.
• 5+ years experience in multinationals with multi-product/multi-segment finance roles.
• 3+ years experience managing direct reports.

Pay

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $277,200 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 $165,600 - $303,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.