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Lease Delivery Program Manager

2026-01-28

United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Dubai +2 more

3 days / week in-office

<b>Overview</b><br><p>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.</p><p>Within that space, Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) team is the engine that powers our cloud services. Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than one hundred datacenters and one million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts, who work tirelessly to support digital services for more than one billion customers and twenty million businesses in over ninety countries worldwide.</p><p>With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, and the overarching Microsoft mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, we have ambitious plans to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing and ever-increasing business demands that position Microsoft as a world-class provider. Underpinning these business imperatives, our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.</p><p>To help us achieve our objectives, growth, and transformation, we are seeking a <strong> Lease Delivery Program Manager</strong> to support the <strong>Lease &Land Team </strong> within CO+I.</p><p>Within CO+I, we are accountable for the delivery of our cloud infrastructure, which has scaled significantly in the past five years, through building our own data centers and leasing data centers through third parties. Due to the scale and pace of our growth, we are exploring new and exciting ways to manage and develop our business.</p><p>We are seeking a seasoned Program Manager to play a pivotal role in supporting our Microsoft CO+I Lease and Land portfolio. The ideal candidate will possess in-depth knowledge of the executed datacenter lease agreements and contracts, combined with strong expertise in datacenter construction and risk management throughout the project lifecycle. This role requires close collaboration with the datacenter lessors and internal Microsoft teams and taking ownership of project risk escalations to ensure clear communication and successful project and program delivery.</p><p>The role will also be instrumental in supporting the development and implementation of portfolio-wide strategic initiatives and programs, with a focus on streamlining processes, enhancing development and analytics capabilities, and enabling business scalability</p><br><br><b>Responsibilities</b><br><ul><li>Throughout project delivery, acts as the main Microsoft representative from the lease team to manage risk with lessor leadership and ensuring clear communication throughout the entire project lifecycle, including datacenter construction, fit-out, and integration.</li><li>Works closely with internal Microsoft teams (e.g., Construction, Engineering, Operations, E2E, Legal, Finance, Safety) to align program activities with the company's vision and goals.</li><li>Monitors and tracks program data related to risk, schedule, KPIs, processes, and policies. Regularly reports on program progress concerning scope, risk, schedule, standards, and budget to Lease & Land leadership.</li><li>Participates in and provides guidance during scheduled meetings with datacenter lessors and other program stakeholders. Coordinates meetings and activities to support program execution and resolve issues.</li><li>Represents Microsoft as a safety advocate, ensuring compliance with safety standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., OSHA or equivalent).</li><li>Analyzes safety metrics provided by lessors and communicates results to leadership to drive accountability and action.</li><li>Assists in developing and implementing risk mitigation strategies, while tracking progress through metrics, dashboards, and scorecards.</li><li>Leverages best practices to identify and recommend cost-effective solutions, applying influence, strategic thinking, and negotiation skills to support successful project delivery.</li><li>Identifies and scopes opportunities to develop new programs and improve current ones. Identifies and provides solutions to root problems, defines the program strategy, gathers program requirements, identifies resource needs, creates the project plan and targets, and works across teams to align.</li><li>Improves operations of existing programs by applying industry methodology, defining complex program issues, assessing various scenarios, and selecting the optimal scenario to resolve issues.</li></ul><br><br><b>Qualifications</b><br><ul><li>Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field AND relevant experience.</li></ul><p>While not required, we also look for the following<strong> </strong><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></p><ul><li>Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field AND Portfolio Management, Real Estate, or Office Management and OR equivalent experience.</li></ul><p><strong>Background Check Requirements: </strong></p><p>Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: </p><ul><li>Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li></ul><p>#COICareers | #EPCCareers | #DCDCareers</p> <br><p>This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.</p><br><hr><br><p>Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html"><b><u>requesting accommodations.</u></b></a></p>

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Lease Construction Manager

2026-01-21

United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Dubai

3 days / week in-office

<b>Overview</b><br><div> </div><div><p>Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, responsible for delivering global online services with security, compliance, operational excellence, and smart growth. Within CO+I, the EMEA Data Centre Delivery (DCD) team leads endtoend EPC delivery of Microsoft data centres across the region. We are seeking a passionate, highenergy Lease Construction Manager (LCM) to help build and deliver the infrastructure that powers some of the world’s largest online services. </p></div><div><p>The Lease Construction Manager serves as Microsoft’s Employer’s Representative, overseeing the construction of one or more leased data centre projects across a metro or country. LCM is responsible for ensuring that the lease provider is complying with the MSFT requirements in the lease contract when delivering a project. This position requires strong communication skills, technical depth in data centre design and construction, and the ability to lead in a fast paced, highly technical environment. </p></div><div><p>This role is based near Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and relocation support is provided. </p></div><br><br><b>Responsibilities</b><br><div> </div><div><p>As a Lease Construction Manager, you are responsible for driving safe, high quality, predictable, and efficient delivery across all assigned projects. You will set clear and ambitious goals, ensure alignment with EPC regional OKRs, and proactively identify and mitigate risks. </p></div><div><p>The LCM will coordinate with Microsoft’s Subject Matter Experts (SME) and the Lease Providers to support the efforts of achieving Ready For Service for each lease data centre project. In managing the delivery of projects, this position aligns team objectives, business processes, vendor management strategies, and cross-group collaboration efforts. This role demands high judgment, negotiation skills, strong analytical capability, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary, highly technical teams. The LCM also provides support for regional DCD initiatives and must excel in both strategic planning and handson execution. </p></div><div><p>The Key Responsibilities of the LCM includes, but not limited to: </p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>The LCM will be a relentless advocate for managing a safe worksite. </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>The LCM will be responsible for identifying and managing stakeholder dependencies and construction deliverables and hand-offs with the following Microsoft teams: E2E (End-to-End), Security (DCPS), Data Center Engineering (DCE), Data Center Operations (DC Ops), Site Selection and Acquisition (SSA), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS). </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>The LCM will manage lease providers and support associated teams & partners in the delivering RFS “Ready for Service” </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>This position will require travel up to 50% of the time to data center sites </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Manage & support vendor contracts </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>The LCM will be responsible for ensuring regional goals of delivering capacity are aligned to business OKRs </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Identify and track KPI to help with improvement in delivery of RFS. Provide feedback and insight to leadership on areas of improvement </p></li></ul></div><div><p>Business Processes: </p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>To maintain the requirements stated in the lease contract using MSFT best practices </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Manage Lease Providers and associated internal partners to deliver RFS </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Drive deployment of solutions that can be socialized globally across MSFT DCD Organization. </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Facilitate decision-making to drive solutions, schedules, and manage change as required </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Apply influence, strategies and negotiation skills to identify options and recommend solutions <br> </p></li></ul></div><div><p>Communication: </p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Provide project single point of contact for project development and delivery </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Coordinate meetings and activities of Lease Providers and internal MSFT SME. </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Attend scheduled owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings, and report as necessary </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Report Project Progress on scope, schedule, and budget weekly or as required </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Provide weekly project status reporting to DCD standards </p></li></ul></div><div><p> </p></div><div><p>Accountability: </p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Responsible for managing the construction process of achieving RFS. </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Track lessons learned and identify improvements to share across groups </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Route RFS approval to all stakeholders and regional approvers </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Ensure lease provider’s compliance to lease agreement contract </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>Drive the business OKR for region capacity delivery goals </p></li></ul></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p> Assess resourcing and forecasting business needs to meet demands </p></li></ul></div><br><br><b>Qualifications</b><br><p>Required Qualifications</p><p>Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management or an equivalent engineering science OR significant related construction management experience in lieu of a degree. </p><p>Solid recent experience in construction management of large, complex projects involving large-scale mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) plants. </p><p>Strong Verbal and Written Communication Skills </p><p>Self-starter with demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and deadlines simultaneously </p><p>Ability to independently manage deadlines and support staff </p><p>Ability to influence cross-discipline teams </p><p>Construction Health & Safety Knowledge. </p><p>Ability to read and understand commercial lease agreements preferred </p><p>Additional or Preferred Qualifications </p><p>Strong understanding of maintenance and corrective break-fix planning on mission-critical infrastructures </p><p>Understand electrical engineering principles including breaker coordination studies, switch-gear sequence of operations, local electrical codes. </p><p><br>Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. </p><p>#COICareers </p><p>#EPCCareers </p> <br><p>This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.</p><br><hr><br><p>Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html"><b><u>requesting accommodations.</u></b></a></p>

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Integration and Technical Infrastructure Manager

2026-01-21

United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Dubai

3 days / week in-office

<b>Overview</b><br><div data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">The Integration & Technical Infrastructure Manager (ITIM) will be responsible for executing Microsoft’s project design fitout (data hall and admin spaces) across data centre construction projects in the United Arab Emirates. Scope includes and not limited to mechanical, electrical, telecoms, security, CSA and network. </div><div data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">The ITIM will champion Microsoft’s Health & Safety, Quality, and Ethical standards, ensuring they are deeply embedded into all project activities. This role collaborates closely with Construction, Commissioning, Engineering, Safety, End-to-End and Operations teams to deliver safe, high‑quality, world‑class data centre builds across the region.</div><div data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">This is an onsite Project Management role with regional responsibilities and will require travel to multiple data centre sites within the UAE and, as needed, across the wider MEA region. This position will require travel up to 50% of the time to data center sites.</div><div data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)"> </div><div data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><strong>Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I)</strong></div><div data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Microsoft’s Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) organization delivers the secure, scalable, and high‑quality cloud infrastructure that underpins Microsoft’s global cloud services. CO+I manages the lifecycle of data centres—from site selection and design to construction, integration, operations, and sustainability.<br>In the UAE, CO+I plays a critical role in the rapid expansion of cloud availability zones and lease‑based capacity, ensuring safe, compliant, and predictable project delivery across a dynamic and fast‑growing region.</div><br><br><b>Responsibilities</b><br><div data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">The key competencies and responsibilities of the ITIM include, but are not limited to:</div><ul><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Align regional and metro‑level delivery strategies with local team objectives, business processes, vendor management approaches, and cross‑group collaboration requirements.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Serve as a relentless advocate for safe construction practices, supporting the Microsoft High‑Risk Activity (HRA) program and driving strong trade coordination models to enhance site safety and integration.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><div role="presentation" data-ogsc="">Coordinate internal Microsoft scope, resource planning, technical requirements, and schedules with Internal Stakeholders, General Contractors, Lease Providers, Vendors, and Suppliers to ensure streamlined and predictable execution.</div></li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Identify and document Microsoft scope boundaries to recommend the most effective delivery model.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Develop and manage project plans, linking them to major contractual and schedule milestones, and support corresponding financial approvals.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><div role="presentation" data-ogsc="">Project risk and issue management. Report on contractual and schedule milestones.</div></li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Represent Microsoft onsite, participating in day‑to‑day project management activities and overseeing progress, quality, and compliance.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Apply a growth‑mindset approach: identify process gaps, strengthen frameworks, and drive continuous improvement.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Hire, onboard, manage, and develop diverse technical and project resources in alignment with regional growth and delivery needs.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Identify and document local or regional safety issues, working‑hour restrictions, compliance requirements, or regulatory considerations that may influence project planning or execution.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Indentify and Manage stakeholder dependencies and deliverables with the following Microsoft teams: Fit out, Comissioning, E2E (End-to-End), Security (DCPS), Data Center Engineering (DCE), Data Center Operations (DC Ops), Site Selection and Acquisition (SSA), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS). </li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Manage lease providers, external consultants and suppliers.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Manage & support vendor contracts </li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Ensure metro goals of delivering capacity are aligned to business OKRs </li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Identify and track KPI to help with improvement in delivery. Provide feedback and insight to leadership on areas of improvement </li></ul><br><br><b>Qualifications</b><br><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><div data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Qualified candidates should have the following skills and experience:</div><ul><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent technical field.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Significant experience in IT infrastructure and/or construction‑related project management.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Direct onsite experience managing datacenter or mission‑critical construction projects (client‑side or contractor‑side).</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and deadlines within fast‑paced environments.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Experience leading large‑scale enterprise projects involving localized and virtual teams.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">RCDD or equivalent technical accreditation preferred.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Strong cross‑group collaboration and influencing skills with a track record of delivering through multi‑disciplinary teams.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Ability to work effectively within teams composed of full‑time employees and consultant partners.</li><li data-ogsc="rgb(0, 0, 0)">Demonstrated strategic thinking, process improvement capability, and delivery discipline.</li></ul></li></ul></div><div><p>#COICareers </p><div><p>#EPCCareers </p></div></div> <br><p>This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.</p><br><hr><br><p>Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html"><b><u>requesting accommodations.</u></b></a></p>

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