Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft's cloud services. The team is responsible for designing, building, and operating our unified global datacenters, managing the demand planning and capacity utilization of our unified infrastructure, and responsible for all of the operations needed to run the physical infrastructure.
Land Strategy & Development Organization is part of Cloud Operations and Innovation and is responsible for Global Acquisitions of land. This role team is also responsible for real estate negotiations with respect to enterprise agreements and the program management, negotiation, and acquisition of non-fleet or strategic datacenters.
Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide. We are looking for a passionate, high energy individual to help build the network that powers the world's largest online
**Responsibilities**
Own and drive Strategic Projects which include the structuring and acquisition of Real Estate Assets.
+ Manages acquisition process and project delivery strategy and long-term road maps for multiple assignments.
+ Work with a team of existing professionals and multiple vendors to drive real estate acquisitions that support Microsoft Cloud transformation.
+ Responsible for all facets of due diligence and acquisition of Strategic Leases of datacenters as part of Azure strategy.
+ Experience with original/creative deal structure
+ Ability to consult, motivate and negotiate effectively with client groups, co-workers, employees, vendors, contractors to take desired action.
+ Provides input to long-term delivery strategy and incorporates requirements into the project execution plans.
+ Demonstration of success will be evident in the successful partnering with Azure and the Sales Orgs to complete these deals.
+ Partner with Finance, Networking, Capacity Planning, Datacenter Operations, and Sourcing teams. Coordination with global programs stakeholders and datacenter teams to capture new business requirements
+ Lead cross functional teams to evaluate, select, negotiate, and recommend acquisitions for approval
+ This position may require periodic travel.
**Qualifications**
**Required Qualifications:**
+ 15+ years combined experience with real estate acquisition and leasing
+ 10+ years experience with real estate brokerage or datacenter engineering
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Knowledge of datacenter design and operation
+ Knowledge of Utility Agreements and or real estate taxation is also a plus
+ Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills.
+ Strong organizational, time management, and planning skills.
+ Self-starter and resourceful
+ Experience successfully managing in a matrixed organization
+ Quick learner, adapt to change
+ Mastery in Office tools, including outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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