Data Center Acquisition Specialist

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Microsoft Full time

About the Role

Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the driving force behind Microsoft's cloud services. Our team focuses on delivering high-quality infrastructure to support cloud operations.

As Microsoft's Cloud business continues to evolve, the acquisition and development of owned, designed, and constructed Data Center facilities will scale to meet customer demands. Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) will develop and execute strategies to deliver owned and developed sites alongside our leasing team, driving business growth.

The Infrastructure Planning & Acquisition (IPA) team is responsible for acquiring and planning Data Center Infrastructure needed to build out Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. As part of IPA, the Land Acquisition Team delivers and pre-positions Data Center real estate needed to build out Microsoft's cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

The Land Acquisitions Manager within the global land acquisition team plays a pivotal role in leading efforts to acquire land, sometimes even before zoning is in place. This involves delivering and pre-positioning Data Center real estate needed to build out Microsoft's cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities include researching and coordinating opportunities to secure land by comprehensively understanding property characteristics of land inventory through brokers and regional relationships with developers, institutions, government entities, as well as internal teams.

This role entails accelerating market growth through proactive engagement with pre-construction activities in your respective regions. You'll have the opportunity to shape and deliver on a strategy to improve and expand our infrastructure in various markets.

Key Qualifications

  • Demonstrated ability to negotiate complex contracts from business and technical perspectives.
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations.
  • Ability to recognize and communicate real estate, technical, and construction requirements.
  • Bachelor's Degree in business, finance, economics, engineering, or related fields.
  • Positivity, especially in the face of ambiguity and dynamic project requirements.
  • Proven track record of positively influencing teams and their leaders.
  • Ability to connect and engage with all teams at all levels.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office tools.

Job Requirements

  • Evaluate, select, negotiate, and recommend acquisitions for approval.
  • Ability to negotiate effectively.
  • Manage the acquisition process for land within assigned geographies, including the management of cross-border teams formed of multiple client groups, co-workers, contractors, and vendors.
  • Coordination with development, engineering, construction, project managers, and legal teams amongst others, to enable evaluation of acquisition targets.
  • Manage multiple assignments.
  • Provide input into the long-term delivery strategy to drive real estate acquisitions that support the Microsoft Cloud transformation.
  • Ability to travel internationally, at times with short notice.

Benefits and Perks

  • Industry-leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Opportunities to network and connect

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