Construction Cost Analyst

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind the cloud. CO+I is?responsible for delivering over 200 Microsoft web portals, Live and Online Services around the world including infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high-energy Construction Cost Analyst to help build the network that powers the world's largest online services.?

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Responsibilities

• Deliver timely and insightful data for Leadership reporting while offering valuable insights for strategic decision-making

• Provide meaningful support for annual capital planning by conducting analysis of historical data, project costs, and resource allocation

• Develop, maintain and advocate the use of interactive dashboards that provide real-time insights into construction project data

• Application of analytical techniques to conduct data analysis on diverse construction related data

• Work collectively with partner teams within Project Controls & construction to enhance data-driven decision making and align efforts to drive improved project and portfolio performance

• Implementation of predictive analytics by using historical data to predict and analyze what will happen in the future

• Accept responsibility for managing substantial volumes of construction-related data and ensuring data integrity

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

• OR equivalent experience.

• 2+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft,customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

• OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

• 5+ years' experience in a construction project management execution or project

• 1+ year(s) experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).

• Construction industry experience with a background in project controls functions managing complex, multi-group, multi-disciplinary projects.

• Ability to build collaborative relationships and develop support from a wide variety of stakeholders including cost management and scheduling teams, design and engineering managers, construction managers as well as finance partners, software engineers and various levels of executives.

• Proficient communication, presentation, and analytical skills.

• Proficient problem-solving and critical thinking skills, with demonstrated commitment to data-driven decision-making and program management skills

• Experience with Project Management platforms as an owner, General Contractor (GC), or consultant controls role with responsibility to deeply understand and analyze cost and schedule project performance in either an owner's role, or for an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) or general contractor.

• Demonstrative ability to generate descriptive and predictive insights from data via analytic methods. Applied understanding of project controls principles combining cost and schedule impacts to projects, cost management, estimating, scheduling and change control.

• Advanced experience with production applications such as MS Office (Specifically Excel), SharePoint, Visio, Python?

• Team player, self-driven and good in high pressure situations.

Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,800 - $238,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

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