About this role
Lease Delivery Program Manager
United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Dubai
Job description
Company and benefits
Job number
200059598
Date posted
Oct 18, 2026
Work site
3 days / week in-office
Travel
25-50%
Profession Real Estate, Facilities, & Construction
Discipline Construction Project Management
Role type
Individual Contributor
Employment type
Full-Time
Overview
Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team that plans, builds and operates the datacenter infrastructure that powers Microsoft’s global cloud services. CO+I delivers the secure, resilient and scalable infrastructure that enables customers, partners and businesses around the world to rely on Microsoft’s cloud platforms every day.
Within CO+I, Integrated Lease Delivery (ILD) leads the delivery of leased datacenter capacity. ILD brings together programme management, engineering, construction management, commissioning, safety, commercial governance, project controls and operational readiness to deliver capacity safely, predictably and at scale.
The Lease Delivery Program Manager (LDPM) is Microsoft’s accountable programme leader for leased datacenter delivery. This role leads complex, multi-disciplinary data centre construction and fit out programmes from lease execution through Ready for Service, Ready for Network Install, fit-out completion and turnover to Operations.
The LDPM creates one integrated delivery view across lease providers, Microsoft stakeholders and delivery partners, ensuring clear priorities, disciplined governance, proactive risk management and aligned decision-making.
If you want to have fundamental impact on how Microsoft’s Cloud is deployed and operated globally, want to be involved with one of the most strategically important teams at Microsoft, if strong technical and business acumen, leadership, creativity, and out of the box thinking are some of the skills you bring to the table - this job is for you!
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.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities
- Lead leased datacenter delivery programmes across multiple projects, tranches or sites.
- Integrate construction, engineering, technical infrastructure, commissioning, safety, commercial, project controls and operational readiness workstreams into one coordinated programme plan.
- Own programme-level governance, reporting, escalation, risk and dependency management.
- Act as Microsoft’s senior delivery interface with lease providers, contractors, consultants and internal stakeholders, including Engineering, End to End, Commissioning, Safety, Operations, Commercial, Legal, Procurement, Security and Network teams.
- Responsibility for the on time deliver of Microsoft milestones including: Ready for Service, Ready for Network Install, commissioning, fit-out completion and turnover milestones.
- Support commercial and contractual governance, including change control, delivery decisions and issue resolution.
- Promote a strong safety culture and ensure safe delivery remains central to programme decision-making.
- Manage a team of eternal