Legal Director, Equinix
Commercial Contracts
$240-360k
+ Bonus
Office located in Redwood City, CA
Digital infrastructure company
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Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$240-360k
+ Bonus
Office located in Redwood City, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of relevant law firm or in-house experience, with at least five+ years of dedicated commercial transactions experience
- Experience as the point person responsible for negotiating and closing high-value, complex transactions
- Experience or familiarity with data centers and the colocation service industry
- Demonstrated ability to lead and have an outsized impact on stakeholders and clients
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and tactfully in person, in writing, and via electronic means with a variety of individuals, including opposing counsel, senior management, and business peers
- Demonstrated, expert-level leadership and organizational abilities that match the tone of a professional, prudent, and proficient team culture and sets an example for junior teammates
- Demonstrated ability to manage a demanding workload and remain agile in a fast-paced setting
- Demonstrated willingness to be open-minded, curious, listen actively, think creatively, and effectively participate in problem solving and to champion change
- Able to continuously learn, bring perspective and educate the team on new trends and developments
- Experience working in a global, culturally diverse company
What the job involves
- The One Legal team at Equinix seeks a Legal Director, Commercial Contracts in the Americas region (currently, Brazil, Canada, Chile Colombia, Mexico, Peru and the U.S. ) who will report directly to the Senior Director, Legal, Americas
- This will be an independent contributor role and will be responsible for managing complex customer-facing commercial contracts and negotiations, providing thought leadership relating to Global Contracts to our business, advising internal stakeholders and working cross-functionally to align and execute business and strategic objectives in a manner that supports the business objectives of Equinix
- Holistically understand One Legal and Company Strategy and be able to own a domain area as assigned by the Senior Director Americas or the VP Global Contracts
- Able to understand the impact of strategy and decisions on stakeholders, understand systems and tools and workflows within the legal team
- Take responsibility for their own and team’s well-being and morale and to actively model behaviors that drive team health and morale, including focusing on excellence, leadership and risk management
- Independently review, draft, and provide proactive transactional leadership as part of the senior leadership of the Global Contracts team
- This includes being accountable for team outcomes, assisting the Senior Director Americas and any other leaders assigned, leading through people, and sound advice and day to day management of high-value, complex commercial contracts, from inception through execution, to enable business objectives and mitigate legal and commercial risk
- Ensure contracts comply with applicable regulations and industry-specific standards and align with company policies
- Collaborate closely with internal clients and global stakeholders (sales, operations, finance, IT, InfoSec, etc.) to drive seamless contract negotiations and support company-wide, cross-functional initiatives and projects requiring commercial legal expertise
- Partner with commercial leadership to provide sound, risk-balanced, and pragmatic legal advice and strategic insights on technology issues, including AI, cloud services, cybersecurity, and data privacy
- Partner with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements in contract workflows and processes, enhancement of operational efficiencies, and implementation of best practices
- Navigate competing workflows, set appropriate priorities with clients, and deliver results within agreed timelines
- Keep up to date on industry trends and updates and perform a role as a thought leader
- Provide general legal support to the organization, including review and negotiation of licenses, supplier contracts, and other agreements
- Exercise reasonable and reliable judgment in a fast-paced environment
- Effectively and efficiently manage outside counsel and budgets as needed
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 HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
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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