Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Real Estate Acquisitions Manager, COM
Accenture
Toronto, ON-
Number of positions available : 1
- Salary To be discussed
- Published on October 17th, 2025
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Starting date : 1 position to fill as soon as possible
Description
You’ve Never Been Satisfied with “Good Enough.”
You want to make an impact, not just manage projects, but change how the world gets built. At Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects, you’ll do exactly that. You’ll help develop and deliver the factories, grids, transit systems, and public infrastructure that keep communities moving - and do it smarter, safer, and more sustainably than ever before.
You’ll work alongside people who think big and act bold - project managers, engineers, technologists, and strategists who blend real-world experience with digital innovation and AI. Together, we’re transforming how capital projects are planned, managed, and executed, creating a better way to build for the future.
Because “good enough” builds the past. You’re here to build what’s next, on a team that outperforms every norm.
Visit us here to learn more about Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects
- (Internal Title: Property Services III)
- This position will require periodic travel to assigned geographies.
- Evaluate, select, negotiate, and recommend acquisition structures for approval.
- Ability to negotiate effectively across private owners, municipalities, and institutions.
- Investigate land use processes within strategic locations to understand and develop an execution plan to deliver zoned or entitled land to downstream teams.
- Manage alternative acquisition structures for land including tasks which can range from site identification and critical offsite requirements to municipal collaboration for pre-construction work.
- Coordinate with development, engineering, construction, project managers and legal teams amongst others, to enable evaluation of acquisition targets.
- Project manage external suppliers including technical firms and utilities across projects.
- Manage multiple assignments across US and Canada.
- Provide input into the long-term delivery strategy to drive real estate acquisitions that support the Microsoft Cloud transformation.
- Spearhead risk analysis and crafting presentations for scenarios and opportunities where such strategies are viable and beneficial.
- Research and coordinate opportunities to secure land by comprehensively understanding current land use and navigating the conversion process through zoning/entitlement.
- Accelerate market growth through proactive engagement with pre-construction activities in the NORAM regions.
- Shape and deliver on a strategy to improve and expand our infrastructure in various North American (NORAM) markets.
- Develop close working relationships with internal as well as external stakeholders.
- Evaluate property solutions within standards and guidelines, engage with municipalities, identify pre-closing off-site solutions needed to deliver capacity, and drive impact for the client infrastructure portfolio.
- Onsite at Client site: The work location for this role is onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery and cultivate our client relationships.
- With all our roles, there is some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work/life needs.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Real Estate, Project Management, or related field AND 3+ years relevant experience
- 10+ years site selection, real estate, or entitlement experience
- 5+ years’ experience in transaction history in an industrial or commercial or data center real estate operation with a national footprint leveraging a combination of internal and external resources.
- Eligibility to work in the US and Canada
- Holding recognized certifications with relevant professional associations such as IRWA, OPPI, etc.
- Ability to meet Client, customer and government security screening requirements.
- Knowledge of the real estate transaction process.
- Experience with real estate options and zoning and easement related processes.
- Ability to effectively communicate internal process requirements to various audiences (e.g. internal and external stakeholders).
- A track record of coordinating high quality projects in an atmosphere where speed, flexibility, frugality and heavy workload are the expected norm.
- Previous experience managing complex and multi-party contracts.
- Thorough understanding of the entire Property Acquisition and expropriation process.
- Detailed knowledge of Real Estate or Property, Development, or Infrastructure.
BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:
- Proficiency in construction methods
- Proven capability to lead the Property Acquisition strategy for a project element or medium-complexity project
- Experience in development projects including heritage, planning policy, and approvals
- Strong people skills and confidence to effectively engage with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Expert grasp of infrastructure projects
- Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
- Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities
- Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)
- Expert ability to work collaboratively in a structured, disciplined, multi-disciplinary technical environment
- Adept at resolving issues and maintaining effective working relationships
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