Site Acquisitions Manager

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional certification in Real Estate, Development, Management or Urban Planning or a related field.
- 5-10 years of commercial real estate transaction experience preferably in industrial/office development and leasing or related experience.
- Demonstrated real estate transaction negotiation and development skills. - Data centre development experience.
- International real estate experience in EMEA.
- Master's degree or equivalent professional certification in Real Estate, Development, Management or Urban Planning or a related field.

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The AWS Global Real Estate Team is looking for a Site Acquisitions Manager based in EMEA (Dublin, Frankfurt or London). In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape and execute on strategies to expand our Data Center portfolio and related infrastructure. You will help develop where we go, negotiate the business contracts and deliver the infrastructure needed to provide best in market Data Center projects.

Our Site Acquisitions Managers;
- Have a real estate, development, business, financial, strategic and technical background that enables them to drive engagement and develop strategic alternatives from inception to conclusion.
- Have the ability to negotiate multi-million dollar contracts for real estate and infrastructure transactions.
- Have the ability to think strategically about business, market, and technical challenges with the skill to build and convey compelling value strategy plans.
- Prepare, review and negotiate financial analysis of potential deal structures.
- Have strong negotiation abilities to include legal document review and negotiation in conjunction with legal counsel.
- Are willing and able to travel roughly 50% of the time both domestically and internationally.
- Have strong analytical skills with ability to provide big picture insights from multiple sources of data.
- Prioritize, manage time effectively and are self-starters.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.
You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Key job responsibilities
In this role you will:
- Negotiate real estate development transactions, from beginning to end including strategy development,business term negotiation and support full legal negotiation.
- Serve as a key member of the Site Acquisitions team in developing growth strategies for specific markets.
- Execute on the strategic plan while interacting with internal stakeholders (e.g. product teams,energy, fiber, design, construction, legal, tax, etc.).
- Understand the technical requirements of our engineering teams and developing solutions that meet the design and business targets.
- Have involvement in the full construction process to deliver all aspects of a project to include building, data center specific power, and all other site utilities.
- Prepare and present transaction summaries to the senior management team regarding progress, financial approvals and overall deal costs / benefits.
- Manage of multiple complex contract negotiations simultaneously.

About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.
You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
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