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Senior Land Acquisition Manager

Microsoft· Real Estate Portfolio Management
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Hybrid (Redmond), Hybrid (San Antonio), Hybrid (Atlanta), Hybrid (Washington D.C.), Hybrid (Phoenix)$116.9k - $203.6kfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior position in Microsoft CO+I Cloud Infrastructure Acquisition responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and closing strategic land transactions to enable cloud growth and market entry, leading a regional acquisition team and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.

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.
  • Build, lead, and develop 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 5+ years relevant experience OR 7+ 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:Site selectionNegotiation
Nice to have:Regulatory risk managementStakeholder leadership

Benefits

  • 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
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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