Senior Easements Program Manager

Cloud Operations and Innovation (COI) delivers the global datacenter infrastructure capacity that powers Microsofts cloud platform. Within COI the Land Development team enables cloud growth by delivering and pre-positioning real estate land rights and infrastructure access required to support datacenter development at scale.

Easements to support the delivery of datacenter capacity are increasingly prevalent and complex. The Senior Easements Program Manager leads end-to-end execution of easements and related real estate instruments (power water fiber access and other critical infrastructure) to keep development and build milestones on track across a fast-moving multi-stakeholder portfolio. This role partners closely with Land Development Managers Acquisition Managers Engineering & Design Utilities Fiber Construction and Legal as well as external parties (utilities landowners public agencies and consultants). We are seeking someone with extensive program and transaction leadership experience along with a demonstrated ability to drive results and build scalable repeatable processes that enhance speed quality and risk management.

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• Drive cross-team delivery of power water fiber access and other easements required for datacenter development and infrastructure delivery.
• Lead negotiations and commercial terms with landowners utilities public agencies and other counterparties to secure timely execution.
• Project-manage external land/ROW suppliers and consultants; set scope priorities timelines and quality expectations and remove blockers.
• Partner with internal and external legal counsel to streamline drafting review approvals and signature workflows to meet critical deadlines.
• De-risk easement delivery by engaging early in site diligence (e.g. title/ALTA review inputs constraints identification and market/authority research) and coordinating mitigation plans.
• Own stakeholder communication and reporting: track milestones risks dependencies and decisions; provide clear executive-ready updates.
• Drive standardization and continuous improvement: create repeatable playbooks templates and automation/controls to improve predictability and reduce cycle time.

Required Qualification:

• Bachelors degree in Business Management Real Estate Project Management or related field AND 5 years relevant experience. OR 7 years equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:

• This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically this position supports United States federal state and/or local US government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement and as a condition of employment classified as Microsoft Confidential the successful candidates citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.

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.

Preferred Qualification:

• 10 years of experience in infrastructure real estate delivery right-of-way and/or easement acquisition and negotiation across multiple utility/infrastructure types.
• 5 years of datacenter development utility delivery or large-scale linear infrastructure experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent transactions negotiations and manage stakeholders prioritize effectively and deliver results under time pressure.
• Experience working in a large matrixed organization and/or across multiple geographies.
• Familiarity with route engineering constraints for fiber water and power projects.
• Experience with project scheduling tools (e.g. Microsoft Project) and process automation/standardization.
• Proficiency with Microsoft tools (Outlook Excel PowerPoint Word SharePoint) and comfort tracking workflows and reporting milestones.

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Real Estate Portfolio Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $116900 - $203600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $148400 - $222600 per year.

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position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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