[Hiring] Senior Water and Wastewater Program Manager @Microsoft

Role Description

Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) delivers the global datacenter infrastructure capacity that powers Microsoft’s cloud platform. Within CO+I, the Land Development team enables cloud growth by delivering and pre-positioning real estate, land rights, and infrastructure access required to support datacenter development at scale.

Within Land Development, the Water Program team ensures on-time delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure and service capacity needed to build and operate datacenters. The Senior Water and Wastewater Program Manager partners across legal, design, construction, operations, utilities, and regulators to secure approvals and enable offsite wet-utility solutions that keep critical path milestones on track.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the identification of requirements and strategies for water and wastewater enablement across multiple datacenter projects.
• Define and resolve complex water and wastewater program issues.
• Conduct comprehensive due diligence and ongoing assessments through design and construction.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to develop integrated water and wastewater delivery strategies.
• Communicate key risks, mitigations, dependencies, and policies to internal stakeholders.
• Identify and drive innovative solutions to prevent or resolve delays.
• Develop agency engagement strategies and represent Microsoft in meetings.
• Own key strategic relationships and serve as a single point of contact for approvals.
• Lead development and continuous improvement of program tools, processes, and metrics.
• Educate project teams on water and wastewater requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field, AND 5+ years relevant experience OR 7+ years equivalent experience.
• Citizenship verification is required due to legal restrictions.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 10+ years experience in environmental or civil engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years experience in water and wastewater project planning and delivery.
• 5+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• Experience supporting datacenter or large industrial project development and permitting.
• Knowledge of water supply planning for large industrial projects.
• Knowledge of industrial wastewater discharge permitting programs.
• Demonstrated proficiency managing a portfolio of projects.

Benefits

• The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116,900 - $203,600 per year.
• Different pay ranges apply to specific work locations, such as USD $148,400 - $222,600 in the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.