Senior Project Manager, Equinix
xScale Finance
CA$139-209k
Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position
Digital infrastructure company
Be an early applicant
Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$139-209k
Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of project management experience, with significant exposure to leading PMOs or project portfolios in corporate development, Joint venture/M&A or capital markets
- Demonstrated experience in establishing project management best practices and governance
- Proven track record of executive stakeholder management and communication
- CPA qualification or equivalent professional accounting designation is highly preferred
- Experience collaborating with external advisors, including investment banks, legal counsel, tax advisors, and consultants
- Advanced proficiency with planning and portfolio management tools (e.g., Smartsheets, Microsoft Project, Jira)
- Project Management certification required
What the job involves
- The Senior Project Manager leads the xScale Finance PMO, establishing best practices, governance frameworks, and standards for project delivery
- This role is accountable for the overall project portfolio, resource planning, and executive-level stakeholder management
- In addition to these leadership responsibilities, the Senior Project Manager directly manages and executes high-impact finance initiatives across joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and capital market projects, ensuring successful delivery from initiation through completion
- Provide leadership and ensure best practices, methodologies, and governance are consistently applied within the xScale Finance PMO
- Oversee the entire project portfolio, ensuring strategic alignment, prioritization, and resource optimization
- Drive resource planning and allocation for the project portfolio, proactively addressing constraints and capacity issues
- Support project managers in ensuring consistency and excellence in project delivery and standards
- Ensure frameworks for project tracking, reporting, and risk management applied consistently across all projects
- Manage relationships and communications with senior leaders’ stakeholders, providing regular updates and insights
- Manage end-to-end delivery of strategic xScale JV finance projects, ensuring structured planning, disciplined execution, and timely completion of milestones
- Coordinate project activities for joint ventures, refinancing, and capital markets transactions, working closely with treasury and capital markets teams
- Maintain project governance and tracking mechanisms, ensuring decisions, deliverables, and dependencies are documented and monitored
- Lead due diligence activities across financial, tax, legal, and operational workstreams
- Develop and maintain project plans, budgets, timelines, and risk registers
- Communicate project objectives, progress, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders, including executive-level reporting
- Apply advanced project management methodologies and tools (e.g., PMP, PMI, PRINCE2)
- Plan and manage cutover activities to ensure seamless transitions and readiness for transaction close
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 HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Adaire Fox-Martin
(CEO & President)Prior to becoming CEO of Equinix in 2024, Adaire spent nearly 3 years at Google in various roles, including Head of Google Ireland and President of Google Cloud Go to Market. She also spent nearly 14 years at SAP and over 18 years at Oracle Corporation.
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