Principal Technology Program Manager, Equinix

Network & Infrastructure Engineering

$143-235k

Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Sunnyvale, CA

Digital infrastructure company

Job no longer available

Digital infrastructure company

1001+ employees

B2BCommunicationSaaSCloud Computing

Job no longer available

$143-235k

Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Sunnyvale, CA

1001+ employees

B2BCommunicationSaaSCloud Computing

Company mission

To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

This requires someone that has successfully transformed a global network operations center from waterfall to agile dev/sec/ops that will enable us to adapt to the needs of our customers quickly and efficiently
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field of study or equivalent work experience
7+ years of Project/Program Management experience, in software product development environments for large, global organizations
3 years of experience with Agile or other program management methodologies
PMP Certification strongly preferred
Experienced coordinating with organizational leaders
Adept using Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Excel, and PowerPoint
Ability to work across time zones on a global scale, as needed

What the job involves

The Equinix Network & Infrastructure Engineering (N&IE) team is transforming to an agile/srum method of operation to standardize for how we globally deploy and provide operations support of our core network architecture
In this new role, you will work cross-functionally to drive, define, prioritize, and execute, upon efforts in support of our company goals and those of the N&IE
This is an Individual contributor role reporting to the Vice President, Network Modernization, Architecture and Platform
Establish, define, and track against program goals, KPIs, roadmap, and detailed plans ensuring alignment and coordination with stakeholders and team participants
Clearly communicate progress, change, and status updates to senior leadership
Influence and work through others where direct reporting relationships do not exist
Organization skills that mitigate against human error and drive continual improvement
Effective collaboration with cross-functional, cross-organization teams to assemble project plans, secure commitments on deliverables, and lead the resolution of blocking issues
Work with product and engineering management to advocate for priorities, clarifying needs and value and securing commitment from teams across the organization, setting timelines, and leading cross-functional teams from design through delivery
Drive operational process improvements across multiple teams and functions, to ensure transparency to program and team goals, commitments, risks, and deliverable quality
Identify and develop solutions to impediments or bottlenecks that pose a risk to the program success and communicate any trade-offs that may result from these solutions
Ability to map dependencies and relationships between projects and teams, coordinating work across disparate teams
Leverage data to identify, define, and prioritize tools, automation, and data that would yield improved and more efficient customer value
Work across time zones on a global scale, 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

Led by a woman

9% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Trustpilot (2.5)

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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