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Data Center Design Manager

Microsoft
$100,600.00 - $199,000.00 / yr
United States, Washington, Redmond
Jan 14, 2026
Overview

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the World's largest Cloud Infrastructures, responsible for powering all Microsoft online Products and Services as well as powering Microsoft's "Cloud First" mission. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide, and we are looking for passionate Senior Technical Program Manager, Datacenter Portfolio Managementto help achieve our mission.

If you want to have fundamental impact on how Microsoft's Cloud is deployed and operated, want to be involved with one of the most strategically important teams at Microsoft, possess effective technical and business acumen, leadership, creativity, and out of the box thinking then this job is for you!

We are looking for a Design Manager tomanage the engineering scope, schedule, and budget for greenfield, brownfield andretrofitengineering / designprojects. This position will manage internal and external resources for the delivery of the Datacenter building, power, cooling, telecom, and controls infrastructure to align with Microsoft Corporation datacenter capacity roadmap for the Americas.

The DatacenterDesign Managerwill be responsible for thefacilitation and deliveryof Microsoft's industry-leading datacenterdesigns including the development of innovative technology and advanced concepts from Site Due Diligence through design development,permitting,construction, and the turnover toOperations. This role will provide design management, technical direction, decision-making and overall leadershipfor our datacenter designs. To be successful in this role the candidate will overseethedelivery ofmultiple, concurrent,completeDatacenter designsolutionsaligned with the scopes, schedules,and budgetsof the projects. TheDesignManagerwill engage with key MS stakeholder groups withinMicrosoftas well as outside vendorswhospecialize in datacenter architecture and engineering.



Responsibilities

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.

  • Coordinatea team of architects, engineers and designers and deliver projects aligned with the defined scope, schedule, and budget.
  • Possess a proficiencyin commercial and industrial architecture andengineeringwith a primary focus on datacenter design.
  • Able to work with other technical and non-technical groups in a fast-pacedenvironment.
  • Must be a person of integrity,bemethodical, anddetailed-oriented


Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 2+ years experience in engineering, architecture, construction management, technical program management, OR equivalent experience.
  • 1+ year(s) of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Background Check Requirements:

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years of experience engineering, architecture, construction management, technical program management OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
  • 2+yearsof experience in project management,specific to design and construction for mission critical or datacenter environments.

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Technical Program Management IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.

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