Manager, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Weyerhaeuser • Seattle, WA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Acquisitions & Divestitures (A&D) Manager provides high impact support to the A&D team within Weyerhaeuser’s Corporate Development organization. A&D, together with the Portfolio Strategy & Investment (PSI) and Portfolio Analytics (PA) team is responsible for managing Weyerhaeuser’s industry-leading portfolio of assets, including data analytics, strategy development, asset valuation, and implementation of value-accretive transactions. The team partners across Weyerhaeuser’s Timberlands, Strategic Land Solutions, and Wood Products businesses to optimize capital and deliver the most value from every acre of our 11-million-acre portfolio. The A&D, PSI and PA teams are strengthened by diverse perspectives from backgrounds in forestry operations, marketing, economics, corporate finance, law, investment banking, data science, geospatial analysis, and real estate. This is a unique opportunity to join a dedicated team of industry professionals with demonstrated success in end-to-end portfolio management of a world-class timber and forest products portfolio. Over the last five years, this team led over $1.9 billion in strategic transactions, increasing cash flows and total portfolio value across multiple asset classes. Portfolio management is a constant process of analysis and improvement that the A&D Manager will contribute to meaningfully. The A&D Manager brings a passion for complex project coordination, market intelligence, and working among a high-performing team. The successful candidate is someone who enjoys learning new skills and building new relationships, and a proactive problem-solver who functions well in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. At Weyerhaeuser, we are relentlessly focused on developing our people, read more about our vision and values here.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Forestry, Finance, Environmental Science, Real Estate or a related field.
• 5+ years in Forestry, Natural Resource, or other real property-based management or investments.
• Commitment to Weyerhaeuser Values: Safety, Integrity, Citizenship, Sustainability, and Inclusion.
• Experience working with project teams in a cross-disciplinary environment.
• Comfortable constantly learning and rapidly assimilating feedback.
• Critical thinker who is highly curious and a creative problem-solver with demonstrated ability to collaborate, act with urgency, and be accountable.
• Results oriented, highly organized, and able to efficiently manage concurrent projects and prioritize to meet competing deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Comfortable working independently and able to translate strategic guidance into tactical solutions.
• Ability to develop innovative solutions to continuously improve tools and processes.
• Adept in Excel, proficient in Power Point and Word.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate degree in Business or Forestry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Track, summarize, and prepare regular updates on team performance, market intelligence, and transaction status to support decision-making and strategic alignment.
• Serve as the first point of contact for Investor Relations, Enterprise Planning, Tax, Legal, and Accounting for project status and detail.
• Support the team with the continual process of identifying and evaluating acquisition and divestiture candidates consistent with portfolio strategy.
• Assist deal leads in the execution of acquisition and divestiture transactions, including tracking property data assessment, underwriting coordination, due diligence management, and closing activities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across an internal network of key business partners.
• Develop deeper transactional and valuation skills through intentional cross-training and development.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Support personal volunteerism
• Sponsor a host of diversity networks
• Promote mentoring
• Provide training and development opportunities
• Company’s 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.
• Paid vacation for up to 3 weeks to use during your first year of employment.
• Paid holidays (eleven per year, providing a total of 88 hours)
• Paid parental leave for all full time employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager