Senior Director, Digital Optimization
U.S. Bank
AEM
Land Acquisition Director – Industrial
Bisnow
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Atlanta • Florida, North Carolina, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $175,000 - $225,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Source and acquire industrial land sites across the East Coast.
- Build and maintain relationships with brokers, landowners, municipalities, and tenants.
- Structure, negotiate, and close land acquisition deals.
- Partner with internal teams on permitting, construction, and build-to-suit projects.
- Manage sites through construction and position them for leasing and/or sale.
- Leverage tenant and brokerage relationships to secure build-to-suit opportunities.
- Stay ahead of market trends and identify high-potential industrial locations.
- Operate with a “hunter” mentality — proactively creating opportunities and closing deals.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in land acquisition, industrial development, or commercial real estate.
- Strong broker, tenant, and landowner relationships in industrial markets.
- Proven track record of sourcing and closing land/development deals.
- Entrepreneurial, hands-on approach — comfortable “in the dirt” doing the work.
- Strong financial and deal-structuring skills.
- Experience managing sites through construction and lease-up.
- Competitive, driven, and motivated by upside and exponential growth opportunities.
Benefits
- Flexibility to work on multiple deals simultaneously
- Entrepreneurial platform that allows successful professionals to act as developers within a well-capitalized, vertically integrated company.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
land acquisitiondeal structuringsite managementconstruction managementfinancial analysisnegotiationmarket analysisleasingcommercial real estateindustrial development
Soft skills
relationship buildingentrepreneurial mindsetproactive approachcompetitive drivemotivationhands-on work ethiccommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingstrategic thinking
