Sr. Site Procurement Manager

About the role

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) is the team behind the cloud. Within CO&I, the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) team delivers core datacenter infrastructure for Microsoft’s cloud business. The portfolio consists of complex, multi-disciplinary, large-scale, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects. This role will be on-site at one of the following Data Center Campuses: Elkhart, Indiana; Columbus, OH; San Antonio, TX; Dulles, VA; Phoenix, AZ; San Jose, CA; Quincy, or Wenatchee, WA. Relocation assistance is offered.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Global Supply Chain teams—Planning & Analytics, Supplier Quality, and Site Projects—to ensure on-time delivery of large, complex capital projects.
• Drive strategy development and compliance through supplier selection, award, and contract management.
• Manage and oversee Supplier labor in coordination with General Contractor, Scheduling Teams, and Internal Planning Teams to align schedules and deliverables.
• Ensure schedule compliance and escalate field-team issues to support installation and Customer Experience (CX) activities, driving efficiencies between Supplier and General Contractor.
• Negotiate and manage change orders for overtime, schedule compression, and acceleration as needed.
• Lead Change Order processes after Construction Document Estimates (CDEs) and Tech Submittals are complete with Suppliers before construction begins.
• Monitor and mitigate the impact of change orders on the project, resolving or escalating issues cross-functionally.
• Attend cost/change management meetings to ensure timely execution of additional equipment change orders.
• Act as the commercial Subject Matter Expert, prescribing appropriate entitlement and justification for all change orders.
• Negotiate claims with a detailed understanding of contractual conditions, partnering with regional claims teams to settle or escalate.
• Facilitate Mechanical Engineer and Plumbing (MEP)/Owner Furnish Contractor Installed (OFCI) equipment post-delivery, including inspections and sign-offs.
• Address quality-related issues and report them to the quality team and category management as appropriate.
• Maintain design changes post-Issued for Construction (IFC) to support procurement and engineering teams, ensuring stakeholder alignment.
• Deliver and coordinate project design information, specifications, compliance documents, and technical submittals (master & project-level design alignment).
• Manage post-award site delivery scheduling, on-time delivery performance, and reporting.
• Communicate scheduling delays from OFCI/Long Lead Equipment (LLE) to relevant stakeholders.
• Oversee site-specific LLE performance and collaborate with internal and external partners to proactively resolve issues.
• Manage technical risk, including timelines, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to avoid site timeline disruptions.
• Act as liaison between supplier, Engineer of Record (EOR), Architectural Engineer (AE), engineering, and supply chain teams to execute complex post-award design alignment.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance, or related field AND 3+ years of experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operations.
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance, or related field AND 4+ years of experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operations.
• OR equivalent experience.
• 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).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance, or related field AND 6+ years of experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operations.
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Data Analytics, Business, Finance, or related field AND 8+ years of experience in data science/analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, and/or operations.
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in an active construction environment.
• Willingness to travel between local sites (not a single assigned office at one location).
• Hyperscale data center or large building construction experience in an owner or general contractor capacity.
• Knowledge of the data center industry and experience managing a variety of project delivery methods.
• Drive to deliver results amid ambiguity and in a matrixed organization.
• Ability to prepare and process purchase orders.
• Effective communication skills to interact with diverse groups across organizational levels.
• Ability to leverage and implement new processes.

Pay

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 per year. A different range applies to specific work locations, including the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, where the base pay range is USD $148,400 - $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.