Corporate Strategy Manager, Equinix
$139-176k
Salary range dependent on candidate location. Plus bonus
Digital infrastructure company
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Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$139-176k
Salary range dependent on candidate location. Plus bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's Degree or higher from an accredited institution
- 5-6+ years’ professional experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, investment banking, or private equity
- Candidates whose professional experience includes 2-3+ years at a leading strategy consulting firm or in corporate strategy at a large enterprise are preferred. Technology industry experience preferred but not required
- Experience in driving work within an enterprise-level strategic planning process
- Repeated experience building complex financial models, forecasting corporate performance and decision implications across multi-year horizons at large enterprises (e.g., Fortune 500, Forbes Global 2000). Preference for experience with capex intensive industries
- Proven track-record in framing and leading project management of cross-functional strategy initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to assess strategic initiatives, challenge initiative owners constructively, and drive execution feasibility
- Strong influencing skills, including building stakeholder relationships with senior leaders and demonstrated ability to shape strategic direction without direct authority
- Proven track record in providing novel and innovative solutions to complex or difficult strategic issues
- Ability to independently draft and present client deliverables, recommendations, and communications strategies
- Deep analytical, problem-solving, and data-centric decision-making capabilities
- Self-motivated with a demonstrated ability to drive work through ambiguity in a dynamic, results-oriented environment
What the job involves
- You will be a key contributor in shaping and directing the execution of Equinix’s enterprise strategy
- Partnering closely with the Chief Strategy Officer and the executive team, this individual will focus on the translation of the long-term strategy into a clear, actionable, and measurable multi-year strategic roadmap
- We are looking for an all-star contributor to the Corporate Strategy team with experience in cross-functional strategy formulation and strategic planning at large enterprises
- You will work closely with key leaders across all functions within Equinix and support the executive team’s strategy agenda across short and long-term horizons
- This will involve identifying and managing key trade-offs in how we chart and act against our most promising growth levers at an enterprise level
- This role works at the core of Equinix as part of the Corporate Strategy team
- This is a fast-paced, high-growth team tasked with leading change in the way Equinix maps its company strategy through a critical inflection point in our industry
- We are looking for smart, independent, and creative thinkers who are driven team players with a desire to deliver impact across Equinix
- Our team is filled with thoughtful problem solvers who enjoy helping each other achieve and develop
- We embrace diversity in thought and are committed to providing an equitable work environment
- Shaping enterprise strategy
- Connect the dots across long and short-term enterprise-wide strategies to drive coherent choices; requires an in-depth understanding of Equinix’s market position and growth levers across multiple time horizons
- Support the Corporate Strategy team and adjacent functions in designing and implementing improvements to the enterprise-level strategic planning process
- Act as a key thought partner to the CSO and functional leaders, contributing insights on business, technology, and operational strategy
- Work collaboratively across functions and regions to prioritize and manage a portfolio of critical strategic initiatives on an on-going basis
- Managing strategic decisioning
- Serve as a strategic advisor to senior executives, providing thought leadership and constructive challenge to optimize business initiatives
- Oversee financial and business performance analysis, ensuring data-driven decision-making and setting of clear KPIs
- Work closely with other central corporate functions to establish and manage efficient communications and discussions with the executive team on critical strategy topics
- Defining the enterprise operating plan
- Collaborate with central functions to build, maintain, and leverage financial models to make key strategic decisions and integrate implications into long-term forecasts
- Synthesize long-term market forces and short-term strategic decisions to continuously evaluate growth drivers
- Monitor execution performance against strategic decisions and assumptions to diagnose potential challenges and recommend course corrections
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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