Property Specialist

Description

Job Summary: We are seeking a Property Specialist to join our Land Negotiation team, managing the national property contract portfolio and negotiating leases. Key Highlights: 1. Contract negotiation and property portfolio management. 2. Collaboration with internal and external departments. 3. Performance analysis and strategic support. We are seeking a Property Specialist to join American Tower’s Land Negotiation team. This team manages ATC’s national property contract portfolio, ensuring business continuity through contract renegotiation and renewal, as well as identifying land acquisition and investment opportunities across all ATC assets. On a day-to-day basis, you will focus on negotiating lease and property contracts, analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) and portfolio metrics, reviewing contractual documentation, and providing consistent support to internal stakeholders throughout the negotiation lifecycle. As a Specialist, you will collaborate with Legal, Finance, internal requestors, and external vendors to deliver efficient, compliant, and high-quality contractual transactions—ensuring portfolio accuracy and timely updates. Additionally, you will actively contribute to key projects and serve as the primary point of contact, utilizing designated systems extensively and engaging regularly with clients. Our Core Principles form the foundation of our culture, and we are focused on achieving sustained success by thinking long-term, leading with values, and creating value through decisions. Join us to grow your career! American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any 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, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Our vision is to enable wireless communication everywhere. American Tower provides the essential wireless infrastructure needed to support a connected world—outdoors, indoors, and in urban and rural locations. We are one of the world’s largest real estate investment trusts (REITs) and a leading independent owner, operator, and developer of wireless communications and broadcast real estate. Our global portfolio includes approximately 221,000 sites, with over 43,000 in the U.S., and is experiencing steady growth. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, American Tower has offices across the United States and in 25 countries worldwide. Our success is rooted in the potential of the people who make up American Tower and the power of local teams across our offices and sites in 26 countries. As a global leader in a dynamic industry, we are building a strong platform for continuous growth, empowerment, and success for every employee. American Tower’s success is built upon the talent, expertise, and potential of our employees. As a global company, we strive to harness the power of our global network to foster teamwork across our facilities and offices worldwide. Working at American Tower offers the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from diverse countries, backgrounds, and lived experiences. We invite you to live our ELEVATE value proposition: Elevate your impact: We help drive digital infrastructure globally. Our teams make a difference every day, helping build a more connected world. Elevate our potential: We offer many paths to explore personal and professional development. Our teams are inspired to expand their vision of what is possible. Elevate Our Shared Success: Our goal is to achieve peak performance—for our employees and our company. Our teams support each other daily through connections and collaboration so that we can grow together. * Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Law, or a related real estate field preferred. * Minimum 5 years of experience negotiating lease contracts required. * Advanced proficiency in Excel and Word required; Power BI knowledge is a plus. * Technical knowledge of real estate contracts, investment modeling, and telecommunications infrastructure is desirable. * Strong negotiation, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills required. Proficiency in English and/or Spanish is desirable. * Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly and effectively present ideas and recommendations. * Ability to work effectively and professionally with diverse functional groups and employee levels to achieve results. * Exceptional organizational skills; ability to multitask and meet deadlines through effective prioritization of duties and responsibilities in a dynamic environment. * Manage a lease contract portfolio, including analysis, renegotiation, renewal, and review of contractual terms and investment models. * Coordinate and oversee transactions executed by contracted vendors, ensuring compliance with timelines, documentation, and standards. * Review and recommend contractual clauses, manage portfolio documentation, and maintain updated information in systems (Oracle, Salesforce, and Siterra). * Prepare and manage service requests, contract drafts, amendments, and landlord interactions to support end-to-end negotiation processes. * Coordinate and structure projects, including cross-functional initiatives and system testing as an advanced system user. * Interact directly with legal departments to resolve complex cases. * Serve as subject matter expert on land negotiation processes, providing guidance and technical support to analysts and internal partners. * Lead comprehensive analyses to identify trends, risks, and optimization opportunities across the entire property portfolio. * Support strategic assessments and decision-making related to land acquisitions, divestitures, and long-term investment models. * Contribute to the development and improvement of internal policies, workflows, and systems. * Serve as the primary liaison for complex or high-impact negotiations involving intricate contractual challenges or the need to align multiple stakeholders.