Site Acquisitions Lead

Summary:

The Site Acquisition Lead will report to the Sr. Site Acquisition Project Manager to develop and maintain relationships with wireless carrier project managers, legal firms, municipal and local governing boards, client external affairs, back office administrative support, utility companies, site acquisition vendors and staff with the purpose of applying, negotiating, zoning, permitting, and obtaining approvals for AT&T modification projects.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Track and manage lease amendments, execution of agreements and deliverables with site acquisition, vendors and staff.
• Populate SAI web tracker and provide status updates to the project manager or client.
• Initiate and attend necessary meetings/calls with client, site acquisition and/or vendors to keep approvals on schedule using early problem resolutions and within client’s ongoing expectations.
• Reading and interpreting documents such as agreements, title reports, easements, zoning by-laws, building codes, conservation, historical, non-disclosure. Indemnification, surveys, and addresses any other approval that a governing body may require for the construction and use for AT&T modification projects.
• Oversee site acquisition vendor(s) Purchase Order Requests processing, tracking and invoice approval
• Confirming the dully authorized signatory is correct on all required documentation.
• Review, approve and submit lease submission packages to ensure the client and SAI standards are met.
• Manage Risk Management process with client when applicable.
• Manage and track the Business Terms Approval (BTA) and legal review.
• Working with the client external affairs office to inform and help resolve issues
• Track and manage leasing, compliance, zoning and permitting milestones, application submissions and deliverables with site acquisition, vendors, legal and staff with cycle times as provided by the Client.
• Review zoning and permit applications to ensure client’s requirements are met and appropriate for the approvals sought.
• Maintain, manage and track accuracy of in scope and out of scope services to ensure client & SAI financials are current.
• Upload completed documents to SAI and Client’s document repositories.
• Manage Client legal firms as directed by Client.
• Any other task to manage the leasing, compliance and entitlement process that maybe required.

Skills and Experience:

• Must have 3-5 years’ experience with wireless site acquisition and/or commercial real estate. Legal experience a plus.
• Strong understanding of contracts, terms used in the negotiation of tenant leases.
• Strong understanding of zoning bylaw and permitting requirements with applicable governing boards and agencies for telecommunications facilities.
• Excellent time and project management skills and able to balance multiple tasks simultaneously; strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal and negotiation of leases with tenants and landlords on wireless leases.
• Team player with strong sense of responsibility and self-motivated.
• Must be able to and have experience in influencing people and processes in order to secure on time, deliverables and on budget of our projects.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Adobe.

SAI offers competitive salary and a full benefits package including medical, dental, life and disability insurances, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan and paid time off.

SAI is an equal opportunity employer.