Director, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Director, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ 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.  A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. 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.We are actively seeking a talented, experienced, Technology Program Manager to lead our Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) technology work. This person will work primarily with IT to integrate platforms from our Mergers and Acquisitions across the Globe.  We are looking for a leader who will manage relationships with functional stakeholders, vendors, the engineering team to help us prioritize our work, and monitor and manages risks and ensure a successful integration outcome. A successful person in this role will demonstrate though leadership, problem-solving, and organization to enable our team’s success and foster a culture of innovation, excellence & collaboration in addition to the core competencies necessary to manage complex integration programs.If you are ready to help steer and lead Equinix forward in spreading the impact to our employees and our business, we are excited to talk to you!ResponsibilitiesProject Planning and ExecutionProven experience in building integration implementation plans from disparate sources of information, aligned to strategy and goals of mergers and acquisitions.Ability to proactively identify dependencies, communicate and create mitigation plans to ensure successful execution of the integration plan.Providing active participation & representation within cross-functional Integration workstreams.Manage transition between program phases and ensure deliverables have met and signed off according to establish standards.Play an active role to manage risks, issues and mitigation and escalate where necessary.Share thought leadership to mature and create process efficiencies where needed.Communication and Stakeholder ManagementProvide leadership, coordination, and cross-functional communication to ensure achievement of objectives and timelines.Communication and reporting within IT functional track, and cross-functionally as required through the Program Channels.Provide leadership and actively participate on meetings, sending agendas, defining, and communicating meeting objectives, to ensure follow through, follow up and closure of critical action items.Engagement with the appropriate stakeholders, to maintain alignment on program.Build relationships by creating trust through partnership and successful execution.Present to program steering committees making detailed, prioritized recommendations, facilitating discussions, and driving decision making.Ensure stakeholders understand the impact of changes introduced by the project.Risk & Issue ManagementPrepare and manage the project Risk Management Plan.Develop and maintain regular risk assessments and risk mitigations plans.Timely escalation and resolution of complex project-level issuesResource and Budget ManagementForecast and track project budget and resource requirements.Work with the Portfolio Manager to ensure program initiatives are correctly resourced and funded.Work with the portfolio manager to resolve resource conflicts and budget mismatches.M&A ResponsibilitiesManage interfaces to enable requirement delivery for track with appropriate reviews and sign off.Support functional communication and change management.Prepare program level reporting decks and commentary as needed.Facilitate interactions and communication between the engineering team and our business stakeholders, and vendors.Cultural awareness and sensitivity in engagements and interactions.Ability to take on new task as requested.Skills & QualificationsA Bachelor or Master STEM Degree; Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field.A minimum of 7+ years of overall Program/Project Management with at least 3+ years of proven experience in Mergers and Acquisition Programs, managing multiple high performing multi-function teams required.Demonstrated experience leading successful large, complex, high-value strategic technology M&A work, executing in an Agile and Hybrid environment required.Experience using Project Management tools (Confluence, JIRA, Smartsheet etc.) required.Other Professional qualifications, such as PMP (Project Management Professional), PMI-ACP (Agile Certified) required.Prior experience must demonstrate the ability to work and drive clarity in a changing and ambiguous environment.Strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and organizational skills, demonstrated through delivery of large, complex acquisition programs.Practical and hands-on approach to delivering outcomes.Experience with building strong working relationships across teams and stakeholders.Strong executive presence and thought leadership to influence decisions to drive successful project outcomes.Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, globally distributed environment.Great communication and cross-team collaboration.Knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework, SAFe Certification a plus.Expertise in one or more project management Agile methodologies desired.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.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.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.