Italy Senior Real Estate Transaction Manager, GOES EU Real Estate

Amazon is looking to hire an experienced Transaction Manager to join the Real Estate team and play a critical role in driving the EU Network expansion and optimization across Italy. This role will identify, undertake due diligence and secure sites for logistics facilities across Italy to provide flexibility and optionality for the current launch plan for both growth for Amazon Operations and future proofing the existing network. It will involve partnership with other Amazon teams both within Real Estate, and outside, involving a strategic analysis of the existing network to determine the optimum real estate solutions. The role will report up through the Head of Real Estate Italy and be based in the Milan corporate office. Italy and EU travel will be required.

In this role, you will ensure the timely completion of new Real Estate transactions including lease agreements, BTS, option agreements, conditional land purchases for self-development and investments/existing building acquisitions. This includes working with stakeholders in defining the requirements, commercial and legal negotiations, technical due diligence, in-depth financial analysis of property transactions, underwriting analysis including developer appraisals, exit scenarios, assisting in the presentation of deals to leadership and project management to completion. You will be expected to navigate through complexity and ambiguous environments to deliver strategic, cost-effective property options for occupation by Amazon operations in the current launch plan.

• Key job responsibilities
• o Manage the deal flow of multiple transactions simultaneously
• o Use your extensive network and experience to source new opportunities from a range of external brokers, land owners, public bodies and developers.
• o Management of negotiations with landlords, agents and lawyers.
• o In-depth knowledge of the property development process including site assembly, securing acceptable permitting, financing, cost planning and industry investment profiling.
• o Communicate expectations, requirements and status of deals to key business partners – both internal and external.
• o Single threaded owner of all commercial aspects to ensure the exchange and completion of property contracts consistently and reliably to meet programme expectations.
• o Closely collaborate with multiple teams inc. Amazon operations, launch & expansion, network planning, legal, finance, public policy, pre-construction and design and construction groups to deliver highly successful projects.

• A day in the life
• Closely collaborate with multiple teams incl. Amazon Operations, Network planning, Legal, Finance, Public Policy, Pre-construction and Design and Construction, Asset Management and Lease Administration groups to deliver projects according to business need and priorities.

• About the team
• Real Estate sets the standard for innovative and sustainable real estate solutions, providing Amazon with optimized, cost-effective sites while creating value for employees, customers and communities.

• We pursue the possible. Data informs us, but innovation drives us. In a competitive market, we find opportunities others miss. We move at Amazon speed. We secure sites early and self-develop to control timing and costs, without compromising safety. We optimize the entire network. Every decision considers labor, efficiency, and total cost across all fulfillment operations.
• We build lasting partnerships. We create positive economic impact while addressing environmental and community concerns. We own Amazon's operational future. Through foresight and action, we secure the right sites at the right price, measuring success by speed, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness.

Basic qualifications

• - Bachelor's degree, or MBA in management, business administration, economics, engineering, marketing
• - Speak, write, and read fluently in Italian and English at C1 level or above
• - Relevant experience in real estate transaction and/or development within an industrial, commercial, and/or data center environment

Preferred qualifications

• - Experience engaging with regulatory agencies in permit applications or equivalent
• - Experience in commercial tasks or environments, or experience communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including colleagues and leadership
• - Knowledge of general AI tools

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The minimum gross base salary for this position is listed below. The base salary listed corresponds to working on a full-time basis. For part-time hours, the salary will be pro-rated.

Amazon reserves the right to offer a higher salary and/or level, depending on the candidate's skills, competencies, and experience. Amazon's package may include a sign on payment. In addition, the candidate may be eligible to participate in a restricted stock unit scheme operated independently by Amazon.com Inc. in USA.

Your recruiting team will share final salary and any restricted stock unit scheme if applicable, depending on skills and requirements.

In addition to statutory benefits, and those applicable to the relevant CBA, company supplementary benefits may apply subject to further terms.

Milan, ITA - 70,000.00 EUR Annually