Acquisition Director

APWireless; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company is seeking a full-time remote Acquisition Director in Alberta, Canada. The successful candidate will negotiate cash payments with cell tower landlords, engaging over the phone and through travel. Ideal candidates have 3-5 years of sales experience in finance or real estate and must be fluent in English. They should also possess strong negotiation and relationship-building skills. The role offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and substantial travel opportunities.

Benefits

100% Employer paid benefits (medical, dental, vision)

Vacation, sick leave, and holiday time

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of sales experience in finance, real estate, or telecom.
• Fluency in English required, both oral and written.
• Ability to travel up to 70% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and offer cash payments to cell tower landlords.
• Research acquisition leads and make outbound calls.
• Manage a pipeline in the CRM system.

Skills

Sales process closing

Relationship building

Negotiation skills

Problem-solving

Multi-tasking

Education

Graduate degree in Business or Finance

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

We're seeking a full-time, remote Acquisition Director based in Alberta, Canada to join our Sales team. In this role, you’ll take the lead in negotiating and offering lump-sum cash payments to public and private cell tower landlords for the assignment of future rental income from their sites. The ideal candidate is highly driven, skilled at following up on leads, and experienced in negotiation, with a comfort for a high degree of travel. You’ll engage landlords over the phone and via email as well as travel (60%-70% of your time), either personally or through your team, making a direct impact on our business growth.

Primary Responsibilities

• Research and compiles list of prospective customers for use as acquisition leads, based on information within our data base, information generated by one’s own market knowledge to enhance that information and other sources
• Makes outbound calls and lead follow-up calls to potential and existing customers by telephone, mail, and e-mail to build rapport with prospective landlords and acts as an advisor and subject matter expert, negotiate, qualify leads, and acquire rents
• Originates and acquires wireless infrastructure assets
• Performs market research activities to enhance lead quality
• Utilizes CRM system to manage pipeline and create lead activities & uploads transaction documents in M-Files
• Delivers on monthly/quarterly/annual goals as required
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending sales training meetings (and providing valuable input); reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices
• Provide ongoing pipeline support to see deals through to full legal completion, working hand in hand with underwriting, legal departments etc.
• Ad-hoc responsibilities as assigned by manager
• Engage in continuous, ongoing training to educate oneself in all aspects of the acquisition process so that you can be an advisor to telecoms site owners by understanding the varying and necessary legal, financial, taxation structures etc.
• Work with customers professional advisors (solicitors, accountants etc.) to safely see deals through to full legal completion

Education

• Graduate degree in Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Experience

• 3-5 years of sales experience in finance, real estate, telecom, lease negotiation, site acquisition or similar
• Fluency in English is required (both oral and written)

Experience

• 3-5 years of sales experience in finance, real estate, telecom, lease negotiation, site acquisition or similar

Technical Skills

• Prior work experience with a CRM system and associated dashboard and reporting functionality
• Microsoft Office proficiency (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint), internet and database management)

Soft Skills

• Proven ability to drive sales process to a close
• Highly motivated self-starter with strong leadership and relationship building skills
• Ability to develop rapport and act as a trusted advisor
• Demonstrated ability to work through regulated companies’ procedures to contract for Infrastructure services
• Organized and detail orientated
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment under tight deadlines
• Strong negotiation and closing expertise with a proven track record

Physical Requirements

• Ability to travel a high percentage of time (up to 70%) to meet with clients

What We Offer

• 100% Employer paid benefits - medical, dental, vision
• Vacation, sick and holiday time
• Training and development opportunities

Salary Range

CA$65,000 - CA$90,000 annual base + commission

Please note, the pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, department budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.

Diversity Statement

We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability. HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.