Manager, Land Rights Acquisition

Manager, Land Rights Acquisition

The Manager, Land Rights Acquisition is a senior field-facing leadership role within Quanta Infrastructure Services Group (QISG), reporting directly to the Director, Land & Environment PMO (PMO). This role serves a dual mandate: as a Regional Lead, the Manager holds primary accountability for client relationships, team performance, and portfolio oversight within a defined project portfolio; and as a functional specialist, the Manager oversees all aspects of land rights acquisition strategy – including preparing pursuit materials and costs, managing acquisition project managers assigned to discrete projects, overseeing Quanta operating companies (OpUs) and/or teaming partners performing land rights scope – across transmission, substation, and related infrastructure projects.

A key pillar of this role is to bring consistency to project execution, to protect project schedules, and continually leverage cutting edge project execution strategies and reporting to keep Quanta's craft labor constructing.

This individual operates as a trusted partner to the utilities and clients within their portfolio, developing deep familiarity with local regulatory environments, landowner dynamics, and project requirements. The Manager translates the Director's strategic direction into actionable field execution, while surfacing ground-level insights back to PMO leadership. The role is critical to ensuring that land rights activities are completed safely, compliantly, on schedule, and in a manner that reflects the highest standard of landowner and stakeholder relations.

• Regional Leadership & Client Relationship Management — serve as the primary Land point of accountability for major utility clients within an assigned geographic region, building deep familiarity with each client's organizational structure, acquisition preferences, and reporting requirements
• Acquisition Strategy Development & Implementation — design and lead the end-to-end acquisition strategy for each project, including pursuit document preparation, staffing framework, and oversight of OpUs and third-party agents performing landowner engagement and field acquisition work
• OpU & Teaming Partner Oversight — oversee land rights scope execution from OpUs and teaming partners across the regional portfolio, including scope management, schedule milestones, change management, and cost management
• Staffing, Workload Planning & Team Leadership — manage staffing and workload distribution across the regional team, serving as escalation point and mentor for project-level staff
• Quality Oversight & Compliance — ensure land rights deliverables meet contractual, regulatory, and QISG quality standards across all active projects in the region
• Project Controls Integration & Reporting — embed land rights acquisition milestones into integrated project schedules and report portfolio status to the Director, PMO
• Estimating, Risk Management & Proposal Support — work with the PMO Director to develop estimates, risk registers, and proposal content for project pursuits
• Dispute Resolution & Operational Liaison — serve as primary liaison and dispute resolution authority between construction OpUs, vendors, and teaming partners, mediating scope conflicts and field-level issues to protect schedule and budget integrity

• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Business, Law, Urban Planning, Environmental Sciences, or a related field; equivalent professional experience considered
• 10+ years of progressive experience in land rights acquisition, right-of-way, or real estate, with a strong preference for utility, transmission, or energy infrastructure project experience
• Demonstrated experience negotiating and executing easements, ROW agreements, and other land access instruments across multiple property types and ownership structures
• Working knowledge of title research, appraisal principles, condemnation law, and eminent domain proceedings across one or more states
• Experience managing acquisition agents, title vendors, and third-party service providers in a project delivery environment; ability to hold vendors accountable to KPIs, deliverable…