Senior Director, Equinix
Technical Program Management Office
$220-360k
Salary shown for US and varies by location. For Canada: $202,000 - $302,000 CAD. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position
Digital infrastructure company
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Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
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$220-360k
Salary shown for US and varies by location. For Canada: $202,000 - $302,000 CAD. 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
- 12+ years in Technical Program Management, Engineering, or similar technical leadership
- Deep understanding of architecture, systems integration, and platform design
- Proven success delivering enterprise-scale modernization and platform programs
- Experience working with legacy systems, technical debt, and large-scale transformation
- Strong ability to translate digital strategy into actionable technical roadmaps
- Strategic thinker with strong technical aptitude
- Exceptional communicator across technical and business audiences
- Skilled in identifying risks, dependencies, and sequencing complex work
- Adept at removing obstacles and accelerating engineering delivery
- Builds credibility quickly with engineering leaders and stakeholders
- Highly organized, structured, and execution-driven
What the job involves
- This senior leadership role will build and elevate the Technical Program Management (TPM) function to drive the successful delivery of the company’s most complex, cross system technical initiatives
- As a senior leader in the Digital & Innovation organization, this role turns strategy into execution by orchestrating engineering, architecture, product, data, and security teams around clear, scalable technical plans
- The Senior Director will lead enterprise modernization programs, reduce technical debt, improve engineering velocity, and strengthen governance across the digital portfolio
- By aligning technical roadmaps to strategic priorities and enhancing transparency of risks, dependencies, and milestones, this role ensures the development of modern, stable platforms and digital capabilities that improve customer experience, accelerate innovation, and support long-term business growth
- Builds and leads a high-performing Technical Program Management (TPM) function, defining how complex technical programs are planned, governed, and executed
- Aligns Engineering, Architecture, Product, Data, and Security around scalable delivery frameworks
- Connects long term digital strategy to actionable, executable technical plans
- Inspires and develops high-performing teams, positioning TPM as a trusted, strategic partner
- Brings clarity amid ambiguity through structured prioritization and disciplined execution
- Champions engineering excellence with scalable architecture, rigorous planning, and quality delivery standards
- Removes organizational and technical barriers, enabling faster delivery and stronger cross-team collaboration
- Creates transparency and accountability through clear communication of risks, milestones, and outcomes
- Balances near-term delivery with long-term modernization and platform evolution
- Models collaborative, confident leadership in complex, high-stakes transformation programs
- Lead and evolve the TPM function to improve delivery predictability and engineering throughput
- Oversee complex technical programs including modernization, platform evolution, and digital capability build-out
- Manage cross-team dependencies, architectural constraints, and technical risks
- Improve visibility, reporting, and governance across engineering initiatives
- Ensure engineering capacity aligns with strategic priorities
- Ensure technical delivery supports simple, intuitive, scalable user experiences
- Partner with Product to sequence work that enhances digital experience quality
- Reduce technical debt that impacts customer-facing performance and speed
- Align program plans with customer-impacting priorities and release readiness
- Improve predictability and quality of customer-facing digital capabilities
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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