Metro Quality Leader Vaasa

Overview

Microsoft Mission

"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."

Job Overview

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) delivers the infrastructure powering Microsoft's cloud services. The EMEA Data Centre Delivery (DCD) team leads the end-to-end Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) delivery of data centres across the region.

As the Quality Manager, you will be Microsoft's site quality lead for oversight and assurance of the General Contractor's quality delivery. The GC remains accountable for delivering the project in accordance with contract requirements, Microsoft standards, project specifications, approved submittals, applicable local codes, and agreed quality controls. You will verify that the GC's quality management system is active at the workface, identify and escalate quality risks, challenge weak controls, and ensure risks, defects, NCRs, and corrective actions are owned, visible at project level, and closed with robust evidence.

In this position, you will provide day-to-day Microsoft quality governance across CSA, MEP, equipment installation, workface protection, preservation, environmental controls, defect management, NCR/RCA/CAPA, commissioning readiness, and turnover documentation. You will use field observation, quality walkdowns, GC records, defect data, and project reporting to identify weak controls, emerging risks, and areas needing project-level intervention before issues move downstream into commissioning or operations.

The role requires a Quality Manager who can be visible in the field and credible in formal governance forums. You will need to balance practical construction quali