Microsoft Looking For E2E Scheduling PM at Redmond, WA Full Time

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 Scheduling PM will be the Team’s specialist for schedule management via our EPPM 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.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:
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 a strong 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

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
Expert user of MS Project, with at least 5 years of experience in the tool

2+ Years of experience with Data Analysis.

3+ years of Proven success in leading schedule development/management on a portfolio of medium to large scale projects

Familiarity with CPM methodology

Familiar with PowerBI platform

Creative problem-solving skills and collaboration across global teams within and outside the organization

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