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Data Center Project Manager - Facility Operations

Microsoft· Data Center Operations Management
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Germany, Hessen, Frankfurt€65k - €106kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

The Data Center Project Manager, Facility Operations leads and coordinates long-term facility operations programs across multiple assigned datacenters, interfacing with Lease Providers and internal teams to plan, coordinate, and drive facility activities, risks, financials, and improvement initiatives. This is an individual contributor role with cross-functional leadership responsibilities within Microsoft CO+I.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a primary operational interface with Lease Providers across assigned datacenters.
  • Coordinate Lease Provider activities, operational reviews, open actions, risks, escalations, and service performance.
  • Coordinate Monthly Business Reviews with Lease Providers to support operational assurance, contractual compliance, and adherence to agreed SLAs.Drive long-term facility improvement initiatives and ensure identified actions are tracked through completion.
  • Prepare, manage, and forecast the operational facility budget for assigned datacenters.Identify upcoming financial requirements related to maintenance, facility improvements, projects, and operational activities.
  • Coordinate PO and funding requirements and track expenditure against planned budgets.
  • Partner with other managers to consolidate financial requirements for activities performed by their teams within the assigned datacenters.
  • Proactively identify financial risks, unplanned costs, and future funding requirements.
  • Develop and manage a portfolio of long-term facility operational projects, remediation activities, infrastructure changes, and improvement programs.
  • Identify recurring operational issues and translate them into structured improvement initiatives.
  • Track operational actions, risks, RCA findings, project commitments, and corrective actions through completion.
  • Drive continuous improvement in facility reliability, service quality, efficiency, and operational readiness.
  • Partner with Site Operations, Critical Environment, IT Management, Logistics, Security, and other teams.
  • Coordinate resources, dependencies, and priorities with respective People Managers without assuming line-management responsibility.
  • Provide a consolidated facility-level view of planned activities, operational dependencies, priorities, and risks.
  • Ensure facility projects and activities are coordinated with ongoing datacenter operations to minimize operational risk.
  • Promote a strong health and safety culture and ensure facility-related activities are planned with safety as a core priority.
  • Identify and escalate facility-related operational and safety risks and drive mitigation actions with Lease Providers and internal stakeholders.
  • Support incident follow-up, RCA actions, safety findings, and corrective and preventive initiatives.
  • Ensure facility projects and operational activities are coordinated in accordance with applicable safety, security, compliance, and change-management requirements.
  • Serve as a key escalation point for critical operational events affecting the assigned datacenters, including availability outside normal working hours when emergency support or coordination is required.
  • Manage facility operations programs across multiple assigned datacenters and maintain regular on-site presence based on operational priorities.
  • Travel frequently between datacenter locations to support Lease Provider engagement, operational reviews, projects, incidents, and other site-specific activities.
  • Ability to travel independently between datacenter locations is required; access to a vehicle is preferred.

Qualifications

  • Previous professional experience in datacenter operations or datacenter infrastructure is required, with a good understanding of facility operations, maintenance, operational risk, and service continuity.
  • Experience in project coordination and stakeholder management, with the ability to work across technical teams, managers, Lease Providers, vendors, and other partners without direct people-management authority.
  • Experience with operational planning and financial processes, including budget planning, forecasting, purchase orders, cost tracking, and driving actions or improvement initiatives to completion.
  • Valid driving licence recognized for driving within Europe are required; regular travel between assigned datacenters is expected, and access to a vehicle is preferred.

Skills

Required:Datacenter operationsProject coordinationStakeholder managementBudgeting & financial planningHealth, safety & risk management
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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