Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft's cloud services and our team is focused on delivering high quality infrastructure to support cloud operations. 

As Microsoft’s Cloud business continues to mature, the acquisition and development of our owned, designed and constructed Data Center facilities will scale to meet the demands of our customers. Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) will be developing and executing strategies to deliver owned and developed sites alongside our leasing team, to scale our business into the future. 

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

The Real Estate Acquisitions Manager, based in the United States, will report to the North American (NORAM) Regional Director, and play a pivotal role in leading efforts to acquire land, even prior to zoning being in place. This entails spearheading risk analysis and crafting presentations for scenarios and opportunities where such strategies are viable and beneficial. 

Responsibilities include researching and coordinating opportunities to secure land by comprehensively understanding current land use and navigating the conversion process through zoning/entitlement. Additionally, the role involves accelerating market growth through proactive engagement with pre-construction activities in the NORAM regions.  

This is a unique opportunity to make a significant contribution and impact to one of the largest data center portfolios.  You’ll have the opportunity to help shape and deliver on a strategy to improve and expand our infrastructure in various North American (NORAM) markets.  

You’ll develop close working relationships with internal as well as external stakeholders, evaluate property solutions within our standards and guidelines, engage with municipalities, identify pre-closing off-site solutions needed to deliver capacity, and drive impact for the Microsoft infrastructure portfolio.  You should also have a demonstrated ability to drive results related to complex contracts from business and technical perspectives. 

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