What are the responsibilities and job description for the Land Acquisitions Internship (Summer 2025) position at American Tower?
Job Description
The Team
We are seeking an Intern to join American Tower’s Land Acquisition team. The Corporate Development team fuels revenue and growth through value additive acquisitions, investments, partnerships, and other development opportunities. Day to day you will assist our team with responsibilities aimed at enhancing the Company’s portfolio. As an Intern, Land Acquisitions you will support our programs, teams, vendors, and cross-functional partners by executing a wide variety of real estate acquisitions tasks including deal intake, deal review, financial model and deal assumption verification, financial approval submission, origination prospecting and support, negotiator shadowing, and much more.
The Summer Internship at American Tower is a 12-week intensive program, running from May 2025 through August 2025. You will be introduced to key day-to-day processes and play a vital role as a valued team member. You will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful projects, receive mentorship from experienced professionals, and develop your skills in a supportive and dynamic environment, providing you with hands-on experience and valuable insights to prepare you for a successful career in the industry. This is a hybrid position.
Responsibilities
What You Can Offer Us
What You Need to Succeed
American Tower is a global digital infrastructure company serving customers through tower sites and other real estate solutions that support connectivity and opportunity, focused on achieving our vision of Building a More Connected World. Our success is rooted in the potential of our people and the power of local teams at our offices and sites across 25 countries.
We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a publicly traded (NYSE:AMT), Fortune 500 Company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The next decade will be an exciting time as we evolve our infrastructure to meet tomorrow’s needs and position our people to elevate their impact, their potential, and our shared success. Come grow your career with us!
For more information about how American Tower is building a more connected world, visit americantower.com.
American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, reproductive decisions, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
The Team
We are seeking an Intern to join American Tower’s Land Acquisition team. The Corporate Development team fuels revenue and growth through value additive acquisitions, investments, partnerships, and other development opportunities. Day to day you will assist our team with responsibilities aimed at enhancing the Company’s portfolio. As an Intern, Land Acquisitions you will support our programs, teams, vendors, and cross-functional partners by executing a wide variety of real estate acquisitions tasks including deal intake, deal review, financial model and deal assumption verification, financial approval submission, origination prospecting and support, negotiator shadowing, and much more.
The Summer Internship at American Tower is a 12-week intensive program, running from May 2025 through August 2025. You will be introduced to key day-to-day processes and play a vital role as a valued team member. You will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful projects, receive mentorship from experienced professionals, and develop your skills in a supportive and dynamic environment, providing you with hands-on experience and valuable insights to prepare you for a successful career in the industry. This is a hybrid position.
Responsibilities
What You Can Offer Us
- Intake and audit deals to ensure they align with set financial hurdle rates and necessary assumptions.
- Perform valuations for land and real estate acquisition opportunities through established financial models.
- Use our CRM tool to setup projects, enter data, generate approval requests, monitor milestones, and perform close-outs.
- Assist with identifying landlords and sellers to kick off origination opportunities.
- Participate in negotiator training, shadowing, and deal review with management.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You Need to Succeed
- Enrollment in a Bachelor’s degree program, preferably Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or Economics.
- An interest in the wireless tower industry, real estate, finance, or law.
- Strong organizational skills and a willingness to manage tasks in a high-volume environment.
- An ability to participate in professional meetings with employees at multiple levels.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Capable of working independently within the Microsoft Office suite, including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and basic Excel functions; Salesforce and Oracle skills are a bonus.
American Tower is a global digital infrastructure company serving customers through tower sites and other real estate solutions that support connectivity and opportunity, focused on achieving our vision of Building a More Connected World. Our success is rooted in the potential of our people and the power of local teams at our offices and sites across 25 countries.
We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a publicly traded (NYSE:AMT), Fortune 500 Company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The next decade will be an exciting time as we evolve our infrastructure to meet tomorrow’s needs and position our people to elevate their impact, their potential, and our shared success. Come grow your career with us!
For more information about how American Tower is building a more connected world, visit americantower.com.
American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, reproductive decisions, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
