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Regional Commissioning Manager

Microsoft Innovation Center
Phoenix, AZ Full Time
POSTED ON 11/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/16/2025
Overview

Microsoft Cloud Operations Innovation (CO I) is the team behind the cloud. CO I is responsible for delivering over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate individual to help build the network that powers the world’s largest online services.

The CO I Commissioning team is responsible for managing the end-to-end delivery of new data center capacity for CO I. Through development of leading program management and construction processes, this team is chartered with managing workflow across vertically and horizontally aligned project managers and virtual teams to successfully deliver multi-million-dollar, multi-year data center construction programs.

As a Regional Commissioning Manager, you will work with data center architects, engineers, construction managers, network engineers, data center operations teams and finance teams to streamline and improve data center capacity delivery. You will execute against scope, schedule, and budget to deliver the latest generation of data center technology to Microsoft’s Online Services. You shall be responsible for ensuring the project is commissioned in accordance with Microsoft's standards and directly manage the process for projects in the location region and support other Commissioning Projects in other Regions.

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.

This position is located in Phoenix, Arizona. Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidate will need to relocate and work 100% onsite.

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.

Responsibilities

Business Processes

  • Direct reports to the CO I Sub-Region Commissioning Lead 
  • Primary responsibility for assigned metro commissioning projects with secondary responsibility for other CO I commissioning projects for the region 
  • Create and/or maintain best practices to identify and incorporate quality and cost-effective solutions. 
  • Manage the contracted Commissioning Agent assigned to Data Center construction projects in the assigned metro. 
  • Development of Commissioning Procedures and Standards. 
  • Construction site inspections to review Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC) and commissioning process. 
  • Drive the project Commissioning process including scope and schedule. 
  • Travel required.  

Communications

  • Regularly reviews Construction Progress, QA/QC, Commissioning progress, issues, and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics to report to management. 
  • Coordinate meetings and activities of vendor project managers including integration of lessons learned. 
  • Manage client representatives and partners to define and align on scope, schedule, and budget. 
  • Attend scheduled owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings, and report as necessary. 
  • Report Project Progress on scope, schedule, and budget weekly or as required. 

Accountability

  • Responsible for developing, managing, and reporting on scope, schedule of the Commissioning Process for CO I Projects. 
  • Manage the Commissioning process for assigned metro projects. 
  • Reporting of the Commissioning process to management on a regular basis. 
  • Work independently in support of the CO I Program. 

Strategy and Development

  • Manage data center commissioning project delivery strategy in alignment with the CO I road map strategy. 
  • Refine practices/policies and develop methods/techniques for driving solutions including development of commissioning procedures. 
  • Provides input into a long-term delivery strategy and incorporates requirements into the project execution plans. 

Vendor Management and contract compliance

  • Provide Vendor oversight and performance management (Scorecard driven). 
  • Preparation of Requests For Proposal, Project Expenditure Reports, and other project approval tools & templates. 
  • Relocation required to defined location. Must reside within 50 miles of metro.

Other

  • Embody our Culture & Values
  • Relocation required to defined location. Must reside within 50 miles of metro.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 2 years technical engineering experience
    • OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 4 years technical engineering experience
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 5 years technical engineering experience
    • OR 12 years relevant technical engineering experience.
  • 2 years of experience with electrical and mechanical test equipment
Other 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

  • 5 years experience working on data center projects
  • Project Management
  • Construction Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC)
  • Able to develop and write detailed Commissioning Scripts 
  • Issue identification and resolution management 
  • Commissioning Certification 
  • OSHA 30 or equivalent qualification 
  • NFPA-70E 
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification 

Reliability Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 16, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

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