Program Manager, Equinix
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Digital infrastructure company
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Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- An ability to communicate effectively, form partnerships and influence and drive stakeholders (both internal and external) is a requirement for this position
- Bachelors degree in construction, engineering, business, financial or related field
- Extensive experience of real project delivery, preferably in data center development
- Experience in managing multiple projects and coordinate with internal staff and external consultants, vendors and other stakeholders
- Must be detail orientated, with accurate input and proof reading skills
- Must be able to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Must have strong business acumen and commercial outlook
- Must have strong written and verbal communication skills
- Must have strong sense of accountability, ownership and urgency
- Must have strong IT skills, particularly with PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook with some experience of Microsoft Project/Primavera, or equivalent, preferred
What the job involves
- A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact. You’ll work across teams, influence key decisions, and help shape the path forward. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work
- The primary focus of the role is program management of the wider design & construction & commercial functions as it relates to the approval of major expansion construction projects throughout the EMEA Region
- Support the Global Design & Construction team to perform as an industry-leading function
- Coordinating construction / design / commercial functions through pre-construction process, including providing governance around peer/onward reviews, culminating in business case approval
- Working with Corporate Development and the local businesses to define business needs / strategy and manage project pipeline
- Creating scalable processes for tracking progress towards on-time delivery of projects, particularly deliverables necessary for business case approval gateways
- Scheduling out activities and project/deliverable tracking on a project by project basis culminating in a number of different deliverables including business cases
- Organising communications with stakeholders (such as design / construction / commercial, external consulting & contracting partners, asset management, real estate, legal) by acting as reference point for team
- Work with Construction Manager, Design Manager, Commercial Manager to ensure alignment and to find creative ways to optimise the projects, and helping coach/train the teams for efficient approval process
- Support due diligence and site selection and acquisition efforts
- Support the preparation of key deliverables for presentation to senior management as part of business case approval
- Assist project schedule reviews with construction managers and senior management
- Assist continuous improvement initiatives and develop best practices, including:
- Lessons Learned – oversee the process of capturing and disseminating lessons learned
- KPI – oversee the management and reporting at a regional, and maybe global level
- Software – assist with the software selection and implementation for global process optimization
- Assist training and development of in-house teams on project management mechanisms and best practices
- Report status, successes, challenges and key activities to senior management
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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