Senior Energy & Transmission Program Manager

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I)  team is responsible for the full lifecycle of Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, spanning site selection, development, and operations. Our global footprint includes more than 400 datacenters in 34 countries, supported by over 165,000 miles of fiber optic cable. These facilities form the backbone of Microsoft Azure and are central to our commitment to reliable, secure, and sustainable digital infrastructure. As part of the  CO+I Energy Team in Asia Pacific  , you will join a team of professionals responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and delivering strategic energy projects. The candidate will manage a portfolio of activities to identify and execute energy opportunities to advance Microsoft’s datacenter growth, in line with strategies to leverage sustainability, time to market and economic value in order to solidify Microsoft’s leadership in providing infrastructure for the globalDigital + AI economy. In the  Power Transmission area , you will partner Regional Energy PMs to manage technical transmission requirements across the region. Main responsibilities would be to indicate  global coordination and knowledge sharing : serving as the point of contact for collaboration with the global team, ensuring lessons learned, best practices, and market intelligence are effectively shared across regions. Second, partnering with Regional PMs to provide transmission expertise support, ensuring consistency and driving strategic outcomes where appropriate. In addition, you will be required to act as Energy Program Manager - where the responsibilities include managing Data Center (DC) power interconnection and energy supply contract development with utilities and third party energy suppliers in certain geographical markets. In particular the candidate will also manage and drive development internally and externally around certain sustainability programs (eg. Carbon-Free Energy goals). 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: Partner with Regional PMs to pragmatically manage transmission requirements across APAC and develop trusted relationships with key external stakeholders, e.g. Transmission & Distribution operators, regulatory bodies, data center associations, energy technology OEMs, third-party engineering diligence firms, to influence the development of new grid codes. Represent Microsoft in external working groups on grid codes. Serve as the point of contact (POC) for the global team, ensuring lessons learned, best practices, and market intelligence are effectively shared across regions. Provide transmission expertise support to Regional PMs—advising on grid connection, grid code, and transmission requirements. Support internal impact assessment of grid connection and transmission requirements on data center design and delivery.  As an Energy PM  for assigned project Support datacenter power interconnection and energy supply with th utilities and third-party suppliers, in line with APAC capacity, cost, and sustainability objective Lead and Partner with globally distributed internal stakeholders on site selection and energy project development, (e.g. grid connection, distributed energy, carbon-free energy) – including development of internal business cases and portfolio management tools. Participate in due-diligence and contract negotiations with colocation providers to secure fair and cost-effective energy terms based on Microsoft energy lease principles. Collaborate with Energy related stakeholders to develop innovative partnership strategies to meet Microsoft’s ambitious infrastructure development, cost optimization and carbon reduction goals. Track energy market trends, policy, and regulations relevant to Microsoft’s APAC datacenter growth, and partner with internal and external stakeholders on