Senior Project/Program Manager

Equinix is one of the fastest growing data center companies, growing connectivity between clients worldwide. That’s why we're always looking for creative and forward-thinking people who can help us achieve our goal of global interconnection. With 200 data centers in over 24 countries spanning across 5 continents, we are home to the Cloud, supporting over 1000 Cloud and IT services companies that are directly engaged in technological innovation and development. We are passionate about further evolving the specific areas of software development, software and network architecture, network operations and complex cloud and application solutions.

At Equinix, we make the internet work faster, better, and more reliably. We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving hard problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills, try new approaches, and grow in new directions. Our culture is at the heart of our success and it’s our authentic, humble, gritty people who create The Magic of Equinix. We share a real passion for winning and put the customer at the center of everything we do.

As the Senior Project and Program Manager for the Strategic Alliance team, you will be leading delivery of new and changed products and services at Equinix. You will collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry and enjoy a competitive package, extraordinary benefits, and a creative and diverse work environment.

Job Summary
 

• Planning Providing inputs into strategic business cases.  Planning large scale and/or complex programs.  Will be leading multiple functional teams (internally and externally) to deliver strategic business cases, terms of reference (TOR), high-level milestones.

• Project/Program Delivery Lead the Core Team and oversee all effort required for each project this role is responsible for, developing and delivering detailed project plans.  Ensure all activities are successfully delivery on time, within scope, within budget and at the level of quality agreed to with the Project Sponsors and Steering Committee. Provide coaching to team members and more junior project resources.

• Stakeholder Management Working extensively with internal and external global stakeholders and likely working with government/governance bodies to build effective relationships.  Provide prepared to present weekly updates to these Key Stakeholders such as RAIDs, key decisions, work stream RAG status.

• Communication Leads communication across the core project team, with key stakeholders and governing bodies.  Coordination with the Change, Communication and Learning lead on change impacts, delivery approach and training/coaching of the change. Presentations to executive level stakeholders.

• Issue & Risk Management Has responsibility for performing and managing the issue and risk management efforts overall for each project this role is responsible for.  Applies lateral thinking and analysis to solve complex problems when necessary and escalates appropriate based on the agreed to escalation process and governance model.

Qualifications

Required

• 10-12 yrs. overseeing 2-4 projects and potentially project managed simultaneously.




• 8+ years of project/program management experience in mid-size (5k employees minimum) to large size companies, implementing projects with budget from $1M - $5M or greater and significant people, process and technology changes and aggressive timelines.




• 2-3 years HR program management experience working with workday design &implementations in 2 or more of the following areas-Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Compensation, Benefits and/or Workforce Analytics.




• Experience working in companies with diverse technology landscapes with multiple systems integrations.




• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.




• Demonstrated success in highly rapid and fluid business environments.




• Highly competent in facilitating meeting with many functional areas represented and taking notes live.




• Strong language skills both written and spoken.




• Able to work in agile technology environment and possessing and creative solutioning skills.

Preferred

• 8- yrs. leading programs reporting directly to Executives (VP) and above, preferably with experience presenting to VPs/Executives.




• Global experience preferred.




• Master’s degree preferred.




• Certification(s) in project management, quality management, agile methodology and/or six sigma preferred.

Key Requirements

• Relevant project and program management samples will be required during the interview process. If none are available, will be asked to provide mock-ups.

Equinix is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.