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Sub-Regional Cost Lead

Microsoft· Construction Project Management
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Hybrid (Boydton, VA), Hybrid (Chicago, IL), Hybrid (Redmond, WA), Hybrid (Manassas, VA)$130.9k - $277.2kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) EPC organization leads datacenter construction projects. The Sub-Regional Cost Lead will work with the DCD Project Manager to commercially manage data center construction projects across regional sites, ensuring financial and contractual protection and delivering cost control, reporting, and procurement coordination.

Responsibilities

  • Work alongside the DCD Project Manager to commercially manage all projects in the region
  • Provide on location commercial management to the projects to ensure that Microsoft are financially and contractually protected
  • Management of all commercial issues on all current, future and past projects and report on these issues through the Project Controls & DCD head office in Redmond on a regular basis
  • Commercial management of the GC from liaison with our procurement office on the RFP documents through to the final payments and agreement of the final accounts and paperwork
  • Detailed estimation of the project based on local design documents
  • Agreement of estimates with the GC at during design development and agreement of the GMP
  • Pay application assessment and approval for the GC, all equipment vendors and all project support consultants
  • Estimation of and commercial agreement of all change orders
  • Draft commercial detail of all funding requests
  • Review and agreement of all GC procurement of the subcontract packages including the approval of the LOAs (Letters of Authorization)
  • Commercial review of all disputes that may arise
  • Commercial management of all other program vendors including AE, Cx, Inspections, PMQS, QRA
  • Presenting proposals to head office for purchase order approval
  • Approving invoices for all project vendors
  • Final account agreement & closeout for all vendor accounts
  • Manage the QS firm contracted to provide commercial support in the region
  • Assist in the procurement of QS firm
  • Manage the resources allocated to the projects to ensure that they are appropriate in number and quality
  • Regular MBUs with the cost management firms
  • Cost Reporting: Work with the PMQS, GC and project controls to ensure that the full suite of cost reports are available for review by Redmond on a monthly basis
  • Provide the PER (funding) team all commercial support necessary to ascertain the required timing of the funding intervals and all commercial information needed to back up these funding requests
  • Design Team commercial support: From project kick-off through to final design provide commercial support on business cases, value engineering studies and change control as the design evolves from POR through to final design
  • Site selection support: Work with our site selection team in the region to provide constructability reports and site specific comparative estimates on candidate sites, and provide funding and PO support for this team
  • Commercial Process control: Review current commercial processes in the region and develop these into a commercial playbook and implement it
  • Embodies our culture and values in daily work

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years related experience OR equivalent experience

Skills

Required:Bachelor's degree in construction/project management related fieldCost managementProject controls and reporting

Benefits

  • Benefits and pay information available here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Last updated Aug 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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