Senior Vice President Edge Infrastructure Services

Senior Vice President Edge Infrastructure ServicesEquinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 248+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.We are a fast-growing global company with 20 years of continuous growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of 10,000+ companies, including 2,100 networks and 3,000+ cloud and IT service providers in 32 countries spanning six continents – and counting! A leadership role at Equinix means you will drive and collaborate on work that impacts the world. 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. SummaryEquinix is looking for a highly effective Senior Vice President of Edge Infrastructure Services (EIS). The SVP is responsible for setting the product vision and strategy for EIS, which spans Network Edge and Equinix Metal, ensuring overall growth and profitability.Reporting to the EVP & General Manager of Digital Services, a newly formed software (product) business unit in Equinix, this leader defines how the company should be thinking about and pursuing such edge solutions for the future, while simultaneously driving the growth of the services. The SVP will ensure EIS development processes are scalable, secure, agile, consistent, fit for purpose and continue to evolve with Platform Equinix as technology changes. The leader will also be accountable for delivering on roadmap by partnering with product managers and business leaders to find product-market fit, building early business traction in the market and establishing a path to scale.The SVP EIS will prioritize and execute the roadmap with internal partners and customers and will evangelize infrastructure capabilities internally and externally.  The team of approximately 170 employees consists of product development, architects, Edge Infrastructure PM’s, Equinix Metal PM’s and Edge Infrastructure Engineering.ResponsibilitiesVision and strategyArchitect, build, operate and scale our Edge Infrastructure productsFull functional and product capabilities of our Edge Infrastructure products, ensuring customer trust (SLOs, security and performance) in our platformDrive recruiting of an outstanding team at all levels, including forming deep partnerships with talent and HR teamsBe an internal and external evangelist of our technology vision and cultureRun to business and technical targets with defined, transparent metricsHelp (senior) directors, senior managers, managers, and engineers grow their skills and experienceProduct and feature executionMeasure and improve the happiness of your engineering team members so that they can do the best work of their lives as part of EquinixImplement technical and process improvements that are causal to most critical needsParticipate and support a sense of psychological safety of the departmentDrive quarterly OKRs around company goalsDefine the agile project management processAccountable for product quality, security, and performanceWork across departments within the Digital Services BU, OCTO and CCROWork closely with senior leaders of Product Management to provide a consistent, successful interface between Engineering Development and Product ManagementRun product and customer experience performanceResponsible for leading and defining the E2E customer experience.  Identify and complete opportunities to simplify the customer experiencesDefine the expected financial, operational and customer experience performance of the Edge Services lines and ensure performance against these expectations.​Financial:  Monitor financial performance to ensure revenue and costs align to expected results​Operational:  Ensure products are being delivered and are performing within defined operational expectations.​Customer Experience:  Monitor, systematically assess, improve and simplify the overall customer and sales experience at both the Edge Services line levelsBackground and experienceLeadership qualitiesA transformational leader who excels at driving bold and meaningful change at scale and across multiple dimensions.Leads with a global mindset, across cultures, in a highly matrixed, relationship and consensus-driven environment.Cultivates Innovation: creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful. Fosters a climate where innovation can thrive. Encourages innovative risk taking and embraces failure as a part of innovationKnowledge and experience 15+ years of relevant experience in product management, data center Infrastructure and cloud interface design within the edge infrastructure arenaDrives business case development and lookback of ROI – previous P&L experienceAbility to navigate complexity and influencing within a matrixDemonstrable experience delivering GTM strategy and managing product solutions with multiple stakeholderSubstantive experience with building enterprise and customer solutions on public and/or private cloud environmentsUnderstanding of and experience in delivering products at scaleSkills and attributesExceptional ability to collaborate with business stakeholder teams to align on cross-functional processesExcellent problem-solving ability to understand business stakeholder needs, drive prioritization, and deliver systemsAdept at inspiring behavior change through motivating teams, planning initiatives, designating priorities, and being decisive when faced with ambiguityAbility to provide thought leadership, think strategically and effectively communicate vision and influence across the organizationAbility to be execution-driven and results-oriented to ensure strategy translates to outcomes Culture and valuesIt’s critical that the VP’s values resonate with the Equinix mantra of being “in service to” each other, to our customers, to our shareholders and to the communities in which we operate.An authentic, demonstrable commitment to Diversity & Inclusion, helping Equinix build a culture where every employee can confidently say “I’m Safe, I Belong and I Matter.”Other key characteristics desired: authenticity, humility, perseverance, drive.The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:San Francisco, CA / Bay Area:  $251,000 to $438,000California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state:  $251,000 to $438,000Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.More details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:https://equinixbenefits.us.newsweaver.com/icfiles/201/1002910/1057118/1171391/921bc962bf0e0352cb2d6c93/equinix%202023%20oe%20ebook_rev122022%20-%20final.pdfEquinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you need assistance in applying for an open position, you may send an email to Staffing@equinix.com. Please provide your contact information and let us know how we can assist you.Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.