Lease Business Analyst

Overview

Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (MCO+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 someone to help build the network that powers the world’s largest online services.This is a high-visibility role where you will collaborate directly with a diverse set of stakeholders to define, measure, and improve the success of the Real Estate Datacenter Lease organization. The Lease Business Analyst will be responsible for centralized collection and reporting of organizational data to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of data used for decision-making, financial planning, and executive reporting. The role partners closely with Lease Acquisition teams, Finance and Engineering teams to support incoming data requests from the Lease team, consistency in reporting operational efficiency, cost transparency, and performance accountability across leased data center assets.

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Measurement: Partner with Lease leadership team to define and evolve the framework for measuring program health and operational performance. Establish clear, standardized KPIs; design effective reporting mechanisms; and implement consistent performance monitoring cadences.

Performance Analysis & Insights: Analyze key lease and operational metrics to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities. Translate findings into actionable insights that support deeper analysis, financial modeling, and strategic decision-making.

Financial Metric Quality & Governance: Own the validation and quality assurance of operational and financial metrics, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with underlying financial systems and assumptions.

Executive Reporting & Communication: Develop concise, data-driven narratives, dashboards, and presentations for senior Operations leaders. Clearly articulate analytical findings, emerging issues, and recommended actions to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Strategic Thought Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to Lease and Operations leaders by delivering data-informed recommendations related to capital investments, operational optimization, and strategic prioritization across the Lease organization.

Analytics & Tool Enablement: Leverage advanced Excel and business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker) to build scalable analyses, dashboards, and reporting solutions that connect operational performance to financial outcomes.

Data Infrastructure & Tooling Support: Support cross‑functional teams in defining process and tooling requirements, enabling effective rollout of new systems, enhancements, and data products that strengthen operational execution.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field, AND 3+ years relevant experience. OR 5+ years equivalent experience.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field AND 5+ years portfolio management, real estate, or office management experience OR 7+ years equivalent experience. 
• Demonstrated experience managing KPIs and conducting financial metric validation or quality assurance.
• Demonstrated Excel skills; experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, etc.).
• 5 years of experience in performance management, operations analytics, financial analysis, or business operations.
• Experience in data centers, mission-critical facilities, industrial real estate, or other asset-intensive environments.
• Demonstrated analytical skills with the ability to connect operational performance to financial outcomes.

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Real Estate Portfolio Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 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 $123,500 - $206,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.