Global Lease Administration Lead

THE ROLE:

The Global Lease Administration Lead will own AMD’s global lease administration operating model across corporate real estate and data center portfolios, including lease data integrity, document governance, critical dates, billing and payment controls, operating expense reconciliations, compliance, reporting, and continuous improvement throughout the agreement lifecycle.

This leader will oversee traditional office, lab, and R&D leases as well as data center leases, colocation agreements, master service agreements, service orders, capacity reservations, and related power and service-level commitments. The role partners with Global Real Estate, Data Center Strategy & Acquisition, Infrastructure, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Procurement, Tax, Treasury, EHS, and regional teams to translate complex contractual terms into accurate payments, timely notices, enforceable obligations, recoveries, and actionable portfolio insights.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Global Lease Administration Leadership & Operating Model

• Own the global lease administration strategy, governance, controls, service standards, and operating model across corporate real estate and data center agreements.
• Build and lead scalable internal and outsourced teams with clear roles, escalation paths, quality standards, workload allocation, and service expectations.
• Establish global playbooks, SOPs, abstraction standards, approval workflows, and handoffs from transaction execution through administration and operations.
• Lead and develop lease administration professionals and manage third-party providers through measurable outcomes, business reviews, and corrective actions.
• Foster a culture of accuracy, ownership, responsiveness, confidentiality, and continuous improvement.

2. Corporate Office, Lab, & R&D Lease Administration

• Maintain the authoritative lease repository and administration system for leases, amendments, subleases, licenses, assignments, terminations, guarantees, and supporting documents.
• Oversee accurate lease abstraction covering premises, term, rent, escalations, operating expenses, taxes, insurance, deposits, letters of credit, options, notices, restoration obligations, and landlord/tenant responsibilities.
• Own global critical-date management for expirations, renewals, expansions, contractions, termination rights, rent reviews, notices, and other milestones.
• Oversee rent and occupancy payments, invoice validation, coding, approvals, accruals, prepaid rent, deposits, and landlord statements with Finance and Accounts Payable.
• Direct CAM, operating expense, tax, and utility reconciliations, including audits, disputes, overpayment recovery, and credits.
• Track insurance certificates and other lease compliance requirements.
• Support forecasting, annual planning, cash flow projections, portfolio reporting, renewals, exits, subleases, and dispositions.

3. Data Center & Colocation Lease Administration

• Administer data center leases, colocation agreements, master service agreements, service orders, capacity reservations, powered-shell/build-to-suit agreements, amendments, and related commercial schedules.
• Govern data center-specific terms including power commitments, ramp schedules, reservation fees, minimum commitments, take-or-pay exposure, consumption, demand and energy charges, PUE, cross-connects, remote-hands charges, deposits, guarantees, and expansion rights.
• Maintain milestone and obligation registers covering provider delivery, ready-for-service dates, access, commissioning, acceptance testing, rent commencement, phased capacity, renewals, contractions, and termination rights.
• Validate provider invoices against contracted capacity, utilization, tariffs, metering, PUE, escalation terms, service orders, and approved charges; coordinate issue resolution with internal teams and providers.
• Administer SLAs for power, cooling, incident response, maintenance, and delivery; track deficiencies and pursue contractual credits, abatements, liquidated damages, and other remedies with technical teams and Legal.
• Monitor committed versus installed/utilized capacity, stranded-capacity risk, upcoming ramps, renewal exposure, provider concentration, and associated financial exposure.
• Translate data center commercial obligations into operational controls, dashboards, executive reporting, and transaction close-out packages.

4. Data Center Subtenant & Guaranteed Lease Oversight

• Administer data center subleases, licenses, service agreements, and occupancy arrangements with CSPs, affiliates, and approved occupants, including billing, reconciliations, compliance, onboarding, and offboarding.
• Monitor compliance with agreements and underlying lease obligations, including payment, use, power/capacity limits, insurance, access, security, operations, reporting, and end-of-term requirements.
• Report material subtenant and guarantee exposure, defaults, cure status, receivables, concentration risks, and mitigation actions to senior leadership.

5. Lease Accounting, Financial Controls & Audit

• Partner with Finance and Corporate Accounting to provide accurate, timely lease data supporting ASC 842 and, where applicable, IFRS 16.
• Maintain auditable support for commencement, modifications, reassessments, impairment indicators, terminations, payment changes, incentives, and other accounting-impacting events.
• Align with Corporate Accounting on SOX controls covering lease setup, amendments, critical dates, payments, reconciliations, access, change management, and evidence retention.

6. Systems, Data Governance, Analytics & Transformation

• Own business requirements and data governance for lease administration platforms, document repositories, workflow tools, integrations, and reporting.
• Establish global data definitions, required fields, validation rules, approvals, role-based access, retention standards, and exception management.
• Develop dashboards for critical dates, payments, reconciliations, commitments, capacity ramps, SLA credits, data quality, controls, provider performance, and portfolio risk.
• Use analytics, workflow automation, and governed AI-enabled tools to improve speed, accuracy, issue detection, and decision support while maintaining human review of material contractual and financial decisions.
• Lead system implementations, migrations, data remediation, process redesign, and change management across regions and functions.

7. Stakeholder, Provider & Executive Leadership

• Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for lease administration and post-execution commercial governance across corporate real estate and data center agreements.
• Partner with transaction teams to transition signed agreements into administration, accounting, operations, and payment processes with complete documentation.
• Lead landlord, provider, broker, consultant, and outsourced service-provider relationships involving administration, reconciliations, compliance, and escalated commercial matters.
• Provide senior leadership with concise, decision-ready reporting on obligations, financial exposure, milestones, recoveries, provider performance, data quality, and control effectiveness.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Progressive experience in commercial real estate, lease administration, asset management, portfolio operations, or a related field, including leadership of complex multi-site or multinational portfolios.
• Direct experience administering data center or colocation agreements, including power/energy charges, capacity commitments, delivery milestones, SLAs, credits, and operational obligations.
• Experience building or scaling teams, outsourced relationships, global processes, governance, and service delivery standards.
• Strong knowledge of commercial leases, abstracts, amendments, notices, operating expense reconciliations, payment controls, compliance, and risk mitigation.
• Working knowledge of ASC 842 and embedded-lease considerations, with the ability to partner effectively with Corporate Accounting.
• Advanced analytical and financial skills, including Excel, enterprise dashboards, lease administration platforms, IWMS, workflow tools, and document management systems.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and problem-solving skills in a global, fast-changing environment.
• Ability to manage confidential information and multiple material deadlines with exceptional accuracy and judgment.
• Experience in semiconductor, hyperscale cloud, technology, data center provider, or other mission-critical infrastructure environments.
• Experience with global data center portfolios, high-density AI/HPC deployments, wholesale colocation, powered shell, build-to-suit, or phased capacity delivery.
• Experience developing and administering SLA compliance and recovery programs for late delivery, outages, availability, and other service deficiencies.
• Experience with enterprise process transformation, technology adoption, AI-enabled workflows, data governance, and SOX/regulatory reporting.
• Ability to provide visibility and control over data center capacity commitments, delivery milestones, provider performance, and financial exposure.
• Track record of creating consistent global processes, service levels, executive reporting, and improving cycle times, data quality, and stakeholder satisfaction.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Real Estate, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience