End-to-End Senior Scheduling Program Manager

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. Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the World’s largest Cloud Infrastructures, responsible for developing, building and maintaining the entire Microsoft Cloud. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide, and we are looking for passionate, high energy scheduling program managers to help achieve that mission. 

Within CO+I, the Core Operations & Functions Team manages the delivery of datacenter capacity for Microsoft’s Cloud Business across the globe.  We have a portfolio of complex projects that require oversight from End-to-End.  The  E2E Sr. Scheduling PM will be the Team’s specialist for schedule management via our database.  They will be a vital connection and orchestration point to ensure we have a fully integrated schedule across all of our segments in support of overall data center delivery. 

• Manage the execution of planning and development of the integrated master schedule, in support of major projects and programs across the portfolio.  

• Oversee and manage portfolio and program level schedules, building detailed schedules from inception to completion.  

• Develop schedule mitigation strategies, reporting on schedule issues and critical tasks to management, analyzing schedule sensitivity and risk, alerting on issues and recommending solutions for schedule issues and high-risk areas.  

• Coordinate with all segments and functional organizations to ensure the execution system is in alignment with the organizational processes and goals through the tactical management of the integrated master schedule.  

• Establish and maintain standard detailed project delivery schedule templates with key milestones identified. 

• Through coordination with other segments, monitor, analyze, and provide direction on the general health, risks, and progress of the schedule. 

• Advise management of the status of work in progress, critical need by and delivery dates, and potential delays to committed dates. 

• You should enjoy working under pressure and deadlines, with the ability to manage ambiguity and uncertainty, while driving clarity. 

• Ability to work across organizational boundaries to build alignment and drive closure on issues and result.