Senior Director of Business Operations, Equinix
$160-273k
The above salary is for positions in San Francisco, CA / Bay Area. + Bonus
Digital infrastructure company
Job no longer available
Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$160-273k
The above salary is for positions in San Francisco, CA / Bay Area. + Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field
- Proven experience in business operations, strategy, or management consulting, preferably in a leadership role
- Masterful at working and influencing cross functionally, managing stakeholders at all levels
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and make informed decisions
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with C-suite leaders and cross-functional teams
- Experience with process optimization methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) is a plus
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively
- Familiarity with technology and tools used for business operations and analytics
What the job involves
- The Senior Director of Business Operations is a pivotal role responsible for ensuring that Equinix delivers on strategic objectives, optimizes day-to-day operations, and maintains an effective operating rhythm
- This role will leverage data-driven insights to drive operational efficiency and strategic alignment while overseeing the implementation and execution of key strategic programs
- This leader will build organizational capacity, up-leveling everything they touch such that things work better even after they are no longer involved
- This role reports into the Equinix Business Operations Office, with a direct line to the VP, Operating Model
- Operating Rhythm: Leads the Equinix rhythm of the business ensuring we are executing effectively, at pace, towards our strategy
- Strategic Leadership: Collaborate with functional business operations leaders and C-Suite executives to align operational initiatives with business strategy and objectives
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with functional business operations leaders to understand their needs, gather insights, and drive collaborative solutions
- Information Synthesis: Analyze and synthesize complex data and information to provide simple, clear and actionable recommendations and insights
- Growth mindset: Drive operational excellence through identification and execution of opportunity areas that create efficiency, remove obstacles, or create improved processes and approaches to the business
- Performance Metrics: Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to gauge the success of operational initiatives and business performance
- Change Management: Lead change management efforts by advocating for operational excellence and fostering a continuous improvement culture
- Project Management: Oversee the execution of key projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and within budget
- Communication: Develop a consistent scaled strategic narrative, synthesizing major communication decisions between senior management and the broader organization, and ensuring strategy and priority alignment
Our take
Equinix is a veteran player in the digital infrastructure market, connecting industry-leading organizations in finance, manufacturing, retail, transportation, government, healthcare, and education.
The company provides a range of services within the categories of digital, support, data center, and interconnection, with capabilities including, for example, simplifying hybrid cloud deployments or securing on-site deployments. It has an extensive range of partners, granting its clients access to a vast range of industry-leading technologies atop its own offerings.
With a wide global presence, Equinix has secured a path to continued success by its ability to keep abreast of developments in the space. The company is comfortably positioned to remain a robust and leading player across multiple growth avenues and can be expected to make more smart developments and partnerships in the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Equinix employees receive excellent health care and counseling plans that vary by country to ensure the well-being of you and your family. We offer paid vacations and holidays and encourage community involvement year-round via volunteer opportunities
- Spending time with your loved ones and taking care of your family are important. Equinix provides a range of country-specific programs that ensure you have the resources needed to thrive and manage your family’s needs
- Equinix offers different programs to help you build your financial security, make charitable donations and seek additional education. In many countries we also offer a flexible employee stock purchase plan
Company values
- Seek something bigger - Come drive meaningful change as part of the world’s trusted, leading digital infrastructure company. Together, our work enables innovation that enriches our work, life and planet
- Challenge assumptions - Bring your unique perspectives and contributions to help us make bold decisions, become aware of biases and remove any barriers that still exist
- Want to unlock your potential - Achieve, learn, adapt and be comfortable building a fulfilling career. We are here to help you unlock your potential
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Articles
Leadership
Charles Meyers
(President & CEO (Not Founder))Former Senior Associate at Booz Allen & Hamilton, President and COO at BellSouth.net, and VP of Business and Corp Development at Internet Security Systems. Before becoming CEO of Equinix, they were a Senior Technology Executive and Fitness Entrepreneur at Life Restorations LLC and Group President of Messaging and Mobile Media at VeriSign.
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