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Data Center Operations Management-Change Manger

Microsoft Corporation

Milwaukee, WIJob$84–169K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$84–169K/yr
Location
Milwaukee, WI
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Microsoft Cloud Background Check

Job overview

The Microsoft Datacenter Project Manager supports field operations leadership in delivering strategic initiatives at the campus level. The role provides project governance and direction, supports estimation and financial planning, monitors project progress, and coordinates schedules across stakeholders. It also supports campus communications and performance reviews while helping ensure projects meet budget, schedule, service-quality, safety, and customer-experience objectives.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Program GovernanceProject EstimationBudget ManagementROI CalculationsProject Delivery StrategyProject SchedulingProject Status ReportingStakeholder NegotiationChange ManagementChange ControlDatacenter ProcessesDatacenter ToolingITIL Foundation

Qualifications

High School Diploma or Equivalent and 1+ Year Industry Experience or 2+ Years Industry Experience and College Coursework5+ Years Production Environment Experience5+ Years Datacenter Processes and Tooling Experience3+ Years Change Control ExperienceTechnical College Degree or Certification in Listed Fields or Equivalent Work ExperienceMicrosoft Cloud Background Check

Full job description

Overview

As a Microsoft Datacenter Project Manager (DCPM), you will support the field operations leadership team to operationalize all strategic initiatives consistently at campus level, ensure financial planning and performance reviews in accordance with rhythm of the business calendars and manage scheduling conflicts with stakeholders.

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I DCPM, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.

Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.

With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

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

Responsibilities:

  • Be accountable to provide program governance, leadership, and direction for all projects at the campus level to ensure projects are planned and executed on budget and schedule.

  • Support the DC Project Manager’s with project estimation, budget management, ROI calculations, formulate project delivery strategies while establishing milestones and schedules.

  • Maintain and report project status, monitor progress, and act as an escalation point ensuring achievement of intended outcomes.

  • Support the Campus Director with Field Employee communications including town halls, organizing listening sessions, and local campus level communications.

  • Liaise with the Data Center Operational Efficiencies team to ensure campus level financial planning and performance reviews are conducted in accordance to the rhythm of business fiscal calendars and objectives.

  • Support the field operations leadership teams to operationalize all strategic initiatives consistently and effectively at the campus level.

  • Identify and manage scheduling conflicts working with stakeholders to negotiate implementation dates and schedules across IT, CE, and Facilities teams.

  • In alignment with management priorities, hold self-accountable for the end-to-end service quality, completeness, and resulting customer experience (including but not limited to availability, safety, security, customer service). Support escalation of issues to appropriate owner.

  • Embody our culture and values .

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma or equivalent AND 1+ year(s) industry experience with a focus in change management processes

  • OR 2+ years industry experience and college course work with a focus in change management processes

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.

While not required, we also look for the following Preferred Qualifications :

  • 5+ Years’ experience in a 24x7x365 production environment or related experience

  • 5+ Years’ experience in datacenter processes and tooling or related experience

  • 3+ Years’ experience in change control processes

  • ITIL Foundation Certification

  • Technical College degree or certification in Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, Electrical- or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent work experience

Data Center Operations Management IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,400 - $168,800 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 $118,800 - $186,600 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. (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html)

How this job compares

Set against the 22,583 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$84–169K/yr
  • Wisconsin median$99–166K/yr216 salary ranges
  • US median$107–175K/yr14,491 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $127K, is 6% below the Wisconsin median midpoint ($135K) — in the middle half of Project Manager salary ranges in Wisconsin.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 577 open Project Manager jobs in Wisconsin and 22,583 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Wisconsin
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 19,346 postings).
Education
11,619 of the 22,583 open Project Manager jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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