Property Acquisition Manager

Connexa; Auckland; Vor Ort; NZD 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health & Life Insurance

Marram Community Trust access

Zusammenfassung

Connexa is seeking an experienced Acquisition Manager to lead nationwide telecommunications site acquisitions across New Zealand, collaborating with farmers, landowners and commercial partners to secure signing agreements and planning consents for rapid deployment.

You will coordinate with deployment engineers and external consultants, driving multiple projects in parallel while maintaining schedules, budgets and risk management.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in property, planning or law or equivalent site acquisition experience.
• Experience managing site acquisition processes and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of the Resource Management Act or equivalent regulatory framework.
• Strong negotiation and documentation skills for leases and related agreements.
• Proven track record delivering multiple projects on schedule and within budget.
• Excellent communication and ability to influence outcomes.

Aufgaben

• Lead end-to-end acquisition of telecommunications sites across New Zealand.
• Identify and evaluate site opportunities balancing technical, commercial and regulatory factors.
• Manage multiple concurrent site acquisition projects in parallel.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and risk mitigation for site delivery timelines.
• Collaborate with deployment engineers, RF/design teams and external consultants.
• Coordinate site visits and maintain project status updates and reporting.

Kenntnisse

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Project management

Site acquisition

Communication

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in property/planning/law

Tools

MS Office

GIS software

Jobbeschreibung

We are looking for an experienced Acquisition Manager with telecommunications site acquisition experience to join our fast-growing team in central Auckland.

• Modern new offices near Victoria Park

• Collaborative, fun & inclusive team

• Fast-growing business

Connexa is New Zealand’s leading mobile tower infrastructure company, driven by a mission to enable a more connected digital future for Aotearoa New Zealand. We do this by designing, building and managing mobile sites across the country for telecommunications providers (like Spark and 2degrees) to expand their coverage efficiently and sustainably. Our tower portfolio of 2,400 covers Mangōnui to Bluff and is the largest in New Zealand.

Kiwis’ mobile data use has increased dramatically in recent years and demand for mobile services continues to grow. The Connexa team is focused on ensuring Aotearoa is keeping up with this increasing demand, both today and into the future, with a forward build commitment of towers for our customers over the next eight years to support the required growth in coverage and capacity.

Working at Connexa will challenge you, broaden your horizons and give you the opportunity to make your mark on a totally new segment of New Zealand’s telecommunications industry.

The Role:

As the Property Acquisition Manager, you’ll be responsible for the selection and acquisition of suitable telecommunications sites across a diverse range of landscapes throughout New Zealand. You will be dealing with a wide range of people from farmers through to commercial property owners. You will ensure the timely acquisition of signed property agreements and planning consents in the quantity and at the rate required by the business to enable delivery of Connexa ’s expansion plans.

We’re building a great culture at Connexa together, and your role will play a key role in that.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end acquisition of telecommunications sites across New Zealand, from site identification through to secured access rights for deployment.

• Identify and evaluate potential site opportunities, balancing technical, commercial, planning, and stakeholder considerations to achieve optimal acquisition outcomes.

• Manage multiple concurrent site acquisition projects, ensuring that sites are delivered to the business on time and within budget

• Lead stakeholder engagement and issue resolution activities, proactively identifying and mitigating risks that may impact site delivery timelines or project outcomes.

• Work directly with a wide group of internal subject matter experts (e.g. deployment engineers, RF engineers, design engineers) and manage external consultants (e.g. Property Agents and RMA specialists) and assist in all aspects of project.

• Coordinate and attend site visits and technical team visits during the site selection process.

• Monitor acquisition performance, maintain accurate records and reporting, and provide timely updates on project status, risks, and opportunities.

Your strong background in property, acquisition and stakeholder management will set you up for success along with:

• A bachelor's degree in property, planning or law; and/or an equivalent combination of education and site acquisition experience in the wireless telecommunications industry; or other demonstrated project management experience

• Experience of each part of the site acquisition process, with the ability to drive performance of a wider team of subject experts in parallel

• Confidence in the negotiation of leases and associated documents

• A working knowledge of the Resource Management Act

• Excellent communication skills, able to simplify complex issues and influence outcomes.

• A track record of success in a team environment in the complex delivery of multiple projects

• Excellent computer/reporting skills, including a high level of proficiency with MS Suite, GIS spatial systems and other database/project management tracking tools.

• Outstanding organisational skills and the ability to multi-task and work effectively with limited supervision.

Rewarded with a competitive remuneration package, Health & Life Insurance & access to Marram Community Trust. If you are ready to bring your telco expertise to a role with national impact, this is your opportunity to help build the infrastructure that keeps New Zealand connected.

You will join an ambitious team in a business that is growing fast, solving complex problems and creating tangible value for customers, communities and the wider telecommunications ecosystem.