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Principal Design Manager

Microsoft 🇯🇵 Tōkyō, 1, Marunouchi 1, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

Full-time Senior

The Design Manager will oversee the engineering scope, schedule, and budget for datacenter projects across the APAC region, managing internal and external resources. They are responsible for facilitating the delivery of datacenter infrastructure from site due diligence through design, construction, and operational turnover.

Responsibilities

  • The Design Manager will oversee the engineering scope, schedule, and budget for datacenter projects across the APAC region, managing internal and external resources. They are responsible for facilitating the delivery of datacenter infrastructure from site due diligence through design, construction, and operational turnover.

Requirements

  • Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, or a related field and possess at least 10 years of experience in mission-critical or hi-tech industry engineering. Proficiency in both English and Japanese is required, along with strong leadership skills and experience in design and construction procurement.

Key Skills

Design Management Engineering Architecture Project Management Leadership Communication Problem-solving Time Management Organization Budgeting Scheduling Resource Management Design Thinking Agile Scrum Japanese Language English Language

About Microsoft

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.

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