Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Real Estate Acquisitions Manager, COM
Accenture
Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Real Estate Acquisitions Manager, COM
Job Description
- (Internal Title: Property Services III)
- This position will require periodic travel to assigned geographies.
- Evaluate, select, negotiate, and recommend acquisition structures for approval.
- Ability to negotiate effectively across private owners, municipalities, and institutions.
- Investigate land use processes within strategic locations to understand and develop an execution plan to deliver zoned or entitled land to downstream teams.
- Manage alternative acquisition structures for land including tasks which can range from site identification and critical offsite requirements to municipal collaboration for pre-construction work.
- Coordinate with development, engineering, construction, project managers and legal teams amongst others, to enable evaluation of acquisition targets.
- Project manage external suppliers including technical firms and utilities across projects.
- Manage multiple assignments across US and Canada.
- Provide input into the long-term delivery strategy to drive real estate acquisitions that support the Microsoft Cloud transformation.
- Spearhead risk analysis and crafting presentations for scenarios and opportunities where such strategies are viable and beneficial.
- Research and coordinate opportunities to secure land by comprehensively understanding current land use and navigating the conversion process through zoning/entitlement.
- Accelerate market growth through proactive engagement with pre-construction activities in the NORAM regions.
- Shape and deliver on a strategy to improve and expand our infrastructure in various North American (NORAM) markets.
- Develop close working relationships with internal as well as external stakeholders.
- Evaluate property solutions within standards and guidelines, engage with municipalities, identify pre-closing off-site solutions needed to deliver capacity, and drive impact for the client infrastructure portfolio.
- Onsite at Client site: The work location for this role is onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery and cultivate our client relationships.
- With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field AND 3+ years relevant experience
- 10+ years site selection, real estate, or entitlement experience
- 5+ years’ experience in transaction history in an industrial or commercial or data center real estate operation with a national footprint leveraging a combination of internal and external resources.
- Eligibility to work in the US and Canada
- Holding recognized certifications with relevant professional associations such as IRWA, OPPI, etc.
- Ability to meet Client, customer and government security screening requirements.
- Knowledge of the real estate transaction process.
- Experience with real estate options and zoning and easement related processes.
- Ability to effectively communicate internal process requirements to various audiences (e.g. internal and external stakeholders).
- A track record of coordinating high quality projects in an atmosphere where speed, flexibility, frugality and heavy workload are the expected norm.
- Previous experience managing complex and multi-party contracts.
- Thorough understanding of the entire Property Acquisition and expropriation process.
- Detailed knowledge of Real Estate or Property, Development, or Infrastructure.
BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:
- Proficiency in construction methods
- Proven capability to lead the Property Acquisition strategy for a project element or medium-complexity project
- Experience in development projects including heritage, planning policy, and approvals
- Strong people skills and confidence to effectively engage with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Expert grasp of infrastructure projects
- Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
- Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities
- Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)
- Expert ability to work collaboratively in a structured, disciplined, multi-disciplinary technical environment
- Adept at resolving issues and maintaining effective working relationships
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