Regional Estimating Lead
About the role
Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind the cloud. CO+I is responsible for delivering over 200 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 trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate individual to help build the network that powers the world’s largest online services. The AMERs Regional Estimating Lead is responsible for the development and management of estimates for all new projects in Americas. This role will concentrate on our standard DC fleet projects, providing consistency across estimates around the Americas as well as keeping consistency amongst other counterparts in EMEA & APAC. Also, a big part of this role is cultivating and mentoring sub-regional Estimators to ensure their career development and continuous growth mindset. The Regional Estimating Lead will manage cost data, communications, schedule meetings and be a point of contact between internal and external parties for specific projects being supported. The Estimator will work closely with engineering, construction, security, networking, and operations teams throughout the region and ensure cost information is developed and managed to meet the requirements of those specific project needs. The Regional Estimating Lead will report directly to the Global Director of Estimating and will have strong interactions with Regional Project Estimators & Cost Manager to continue implementing lessons learned. 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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities
- Estimate the cost of our datacenter projects to support the short- and long-term plans for the corporation.
- Managing AMERs regional team and