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Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.
Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams. We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving challenging problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills and try new approaches, as we grow our product portfolio with new software and network architecture solutions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.
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Job Summary
The Network Platform Engineering (NPE) team is specialized in design, build, and operate Equinix's next-generation programmable network infrastructure, create APIs, orchestration services, and monitor systems that empower both internal and external users to engage with our digital infrastructure in more agile, creative and efficient ways than ever before. We serve as the critical interface between technology teams while supporting the Network Modernization program and providing the foundation for all network services. Our work focuses on vendor-agnostic interfaces, emerging technologies, and TCO optimization.
In this role, you will drive strategic roadmap initiatives focused on new product offerings and network modernization. Partnering cross-functionally, you will drive alignment, define priorities, and execute programs that support both company-wide objectives and NPE goals. You will oversee the delivery of high-complexity, enterprise-level technology programs, ensuring effective execution, cross-team collaboration, and strategic alignment using established methodologies and tools.
You will report to the Senior Manager, Technical Program Management, Network Platform Engineering.
Responsibilities
- Scope, plan, and track multiple large-scale technical projects against program goals, KPIs, roadmap ensuring alignment and coordination with stakeholders and team participants
- Effective collaboration with cross-functional, cross-organization teams to assemble project plans, secure commitments on deliverables, and lead the resolution of blocking issues
- Clear communication of projects progress, change, and status updates to leadership
- Ability to map dependencies and relationships between projects and teams, coordinating work across disparate teams
- Resolve cross-functional issues and manage external dependencies
- Identify impediments or bottlenecks that pose a risk to the program success and communicate any trade-offs that may result from these solutions
- Work with product and engineering management on priorities, clarifying needs and value and securing commitment from teams across the organization, setting timelines, and leading cross-functional teams from design through delivery
- Lead PI Planning to align priorities, timelines, and dependencies across cross-functional teams, ensuring successful objective execution
- Identify project improvement areas and action items for improvements
- Design and deliver program reporting tools and insights
- Work across time zones on a global scale, as needed
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field of study or equivalent work experience
- Proven years of Project/Program Management experience, in software product development environments for large, global organizations
- Proven years of experience with Agile or other program management methodologies
- PMP Certification strongly preferred
- Experienced coordinating with organizational leaders
- Proven project management experience, preferably in IT infrastructure deployment, with strong knowledge of server technologies and deployment processes
- Adept in Agile Methodologies, Jira, Confluence, Miro, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to work across time zones on a global scale, as needed
Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
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