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Site Integration and Deployment Director

Microsoft· Data Center Operations Management
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Dublin, Ireland, London, United Kingdom, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Madrid, Spain€106.3k - €188.8kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Leadership role in delivering core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft’s cloud services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and Bing. Leads site integration, operational readiness, network and edge operations, and AI infrastructure deployment within Data Center Operations for the EMEA region.

Responsibilities

  • Create and champion a culture of safety, security, availability, quality, and compliance across data center operations.
  • Lead, coach, and support teams while demonstrating Microsoft’s culture, values, and leadership principles.
  • Attract, develop, and retain diverse talent, creating an environment that supports individual growth, collaboration, and career development.
  • Build an inclusive environment where differing perspectives are valued and team members are empowered to contribute.
  • Establish clear priorities and accountability while enabling teams to successfully deliver against business and operational objectives.
  • Champion continuous improvement and positive organizational change across areas of accountability.
  • Create an environment that encourages collaboration, curiosity, learning, and knowledge sharing.
  • Contribute to regional and global improvement programs and apply lessons learned and best practices to strengthen operational performance.
  • Identify opportunities to improve processes, tooling, quality, efficiency, reliability, and customer outcomes.
  • Lead the integration and operational readiness of new data center sites as they transition from design and construction into operations.
  • Partner across engineering, construction, commissioning, deployment, and operations teams to support successful site delivery.
  • Help drive excellence in data center design standards, construction, commissioning, capacity utilization, and operational readiness.
  • Ensure newly launched facilities transition effectively into the field operations portfolio.
  • Identify integration risks and work across teams to establish appropriate mitigation and resolution plans.
  • Support the delivery and readiness of core network infrastructure for new and existing data center locations.
  • Provide leadership across network infrastructure installation, device deployment readiness, hardware troubleshooting, and improvements to processes and tools.
  • Lead large-scale network and infrastructure transformation programs from planning through completion with focus on quality, schedule, cost, and operational readiness.
  • Support Edge Data Center Operations to maintain safety, security, governance, reliability, and infrastructure services across the region.
  • Lead teams responsible for end-to-end deployment of AI infrastructure and equipment within Microsoft data centers.
  • Establish governance across deployment programs, including risk and issue management, program communications, stakeholder alignment, and executive reporting.
  • Partner across technical, engineering, deployment, and operations organizations to support successful delivery of AI infrastructure.
  • Drive consistent execution while identifying and addressing risks that could impact deployment, operational readiness, safety, quality, or customer outcomes.

Qualifications

  • Extensive leadership and management experience within production, mission-critical, data center, infrastructure, technology, or comparable operational environments.
  • Significant experience managing complex vendor relationships, commercial agreements, contracts, or operating partnerships.
  • Demonstrated experience leading, directly managing, and influencing diverse and multidisciplinary teams across complex organizations.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, build alignment across stakeholders, and deliver meaningful business and operational outcomes.
  • Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing teams.
  • Strong knowledge of physical IT infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, capacity, data center racks/enclosures, or structured cabling.
  • Knowledge of Critical Environment infrastructure concepts (electrical distribution, power systems, cooling, mechanical infrastructure).
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate and influence effectively across technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
  • Strong understanding of financial management, budgeting, cost management, and forecasting.
  • Experience applying project or program management principles within complex technical or operational environments.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Telecommunications, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills

Required:Leadership and people managementVendor and contract managementCross-functional program managementFinancial management
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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