Project and Program Manager

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global digital infrastructure company seeks a Project and Program Manager to oversee program delivery and manage cross-functional relationships. The role requires extensive IT knowledge, particularly in data center operations and cybersecurity, along with strong stakeholder management skills. You will be responsible for tracking progress, managing budgets, and ensuring high-quality standards across various projects.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of Mergers & Acquisitions experience.
• 8+ years of technology project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage program delivery of multiple work tracks to meet integration goals.
• Track progress toward milestones and manage budgets and risks.

Skills

Project Management

Negotiations

Performance Tracking

Effective Communication

Stakeholder Management

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira

Confluence

SmartSheets

Job description

Job Description

Project and Program Manager

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. This commitment is foundational to our core values and vital to our success.

Job Summary:

Under limited supervision, the candidate will be responsible for program delivery of multiple related work tracks and functional area deliverables to meet overall integration goals and timelines. They will use program and organizational strategic goals to align and prioritize the program team workloads. The role involves managing cross-functional relationships and dependencies between IT and other business functions.

The candidate will utilize extensive knowledge of IT and cybersecurity systems, along with their knowledge of acquisition integration, to deliver projects on time while ensuring high-quality standards. They will promote the use and development of standards and guidelines in personal and team efforts.

The role includes managing team members, leads, and resource managers, tracking progress toward milestones, managing budgets and risks, and producing progress reports with risk escalations as needed.

Essential Skills:

• Project & Program Management, negotiations, performance tracking, and reporting.
• Schedule creation, tracking, and maintenance.
• Mergers and acquisitions experience.
• In-depth knowledge of IT infrastructure, especially data center operations.
• General knowledge of cybersecurity systems, practices, and methodologies.
• Ability to manage multiple work streams simultaneously.
• Experience overseeing UAT and similar pre-deployment testing cycles.
• Management of projects/deliverables in ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, SmartSheets.
• End-to-end ownership of risk identification and management, including RAID log management and escalations.
• Budget tracking, management, and reporting.
• Effective communication, presentation, and meeting management skills.
• Self-starter capable of acting as a single point of contact for all project/program needs.
• Strong stakeholder management skills to develop relationships, understand needs, and set expectations.

Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of Mergers & Acquisitions experience.
• 8 or more years of technology project management experience across various project types and delivery methods, including:
• IT infrastructure deployment, upgrades, or lifecycle management.
• Cybersecurity scanning and remediation.
• Software development and deployment.
• Organizational change management experience.