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Principal Land Acquisition Manager

Microsoft· Real Estate Portfolio Management
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Redmond, WA, Atlanta, GA, Phoenix, AZ, San Antonio, TX, Washington, DC$130.9k - $277.2kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) team sources, negotiates, and closes strategic land transactions to enable site readiness and expansion for Azure datacenters, leading regional acquisition strategy, deal execution, and stakeholder coordination.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the identification, evaluation, and acquisition of strategic land parcels across AMERS to meet Microsoft’s cloud growth needs.
  • Develop regional market strategies informed by business demand, competitive dynamics, and regulatory landscapes.
  • Negotiate complex real estate transactions, ensuring alignment with Microsoft’s financial, legal, and operational requirements.
  • Manage relationships with brokers, landowners, developers, and government authorities to accelerate deal execution.
  • Partner with internal teams (engineering, energy, community affairs, legal, finance) to ensure acquired sites can be advanced to development on schedule.
  • Establish and track portfolio-level metrics on deal velocity, pipeline health, and transaction risk.
  • Drive due diligence processes, ensuring proactive identification and mitigation of legal, zoning, and entitlement risks.
  • Represent Microsoft in market engagements, industry forums, and with government stakeholders to advance Microsoft’s position as a trusted, long-term partner.
  • Support leadership and development of a high-performing regional acquisition team, fostering collaboration and operational excellence.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field, AND 7+ years relevant experience. OR 10+ years equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements (Microsoft Cloud Background Check: required upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter).

Skills

Required:Land acquisition and strategyNegotiation

Benefits

  • Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Last updated Aug 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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