Project Manager

Equinix; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix in London is seeking a Program Delivery Manager for Emerging Talent to lead internship, apprenticeship, and traineeship programs across EMEA. Based in London, you will coordinate with HR, Talent Acquisition, hiring managers, and external partners to ensure programs run on time and on budget.

You will manage onboarding, scheduling, events, and reporting, delivering a positive candidate experience while tracking milestones, budgets, and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven program or project management experience delivering programs end to end, on time and on budget.
• Hands-on experience running internship, apprenticeship, or traineeship programs (or similar early-career programs).
• Strong organizational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and stakeholders at once.
• A clear, confident communicator who works well across HR, hiring managers, and external partners.
• Comfortable tracking data and budgets and reporting on progress.
• Based in London with the right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Run the day-to-day delivery of internship, apprenticeship, and traineeship programs across EMEA, keeping each one on track from kickoff to completion.
• Coordinate onboarding, inductions, scheduling, training sessions, and program events for participants.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers on intake, placements, and start dates.
• Work with universities, apprenticeship bodies, and external training providers to keep programs running smoothly.
• Make sure delivery meets local labor, education, and apprenticeship/traineeship requirements across EMEA countries, with support from HR and Legal.
• Capture lessons learned and improve program playbooks and processes each cycle.

Skills

Program management

End-to-end delivery

Stakeholder management

Budget tracking

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Program Delivery Manager, Emerging Talent - Contract

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.

About the Role

Equinix is looking for a delivery-focused Program Delivery Manager to run our internship, apprenticeship, and traineeship programs across EMEA. This is a hands-on, execution-led role: you will make sure each program runs smoothly from start to finish — onboarding, scheduling, events, participant support, and reporting — ensuring programmatic talent is enabled through the employee lifecycle and business teams get the support they need.

Based in London and working within Equinix’s Integrated Talent Solutions (ITS) team, you will coordinate across HR, Talent Acquisition, hiring managers, learning enablement teams, and external partners such as universities and training providers to deliver programs on time, on budget, and in line with local requirements across EMEA markets.

What You’ll Do

Program Delivery & Coordination

• Run the day-to-day delivery of internship, apprenticeship, and traineeship programs across EMEA, keeping each one on track from kickoff to completion.
• Coordinate onboarding, inductions, scheduling, training sessions, and program events for participants.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers on intake, placements, and start dates.
• Work with universities, apprenticeship bodies, and external training providers to keep programs running smoothly.
• Make sure delivery meets local labor, education, and apprenticeship/traineeship requirements across EMEA countries, with support from HR and Legal.

Participant & Stakeholder Experience

• Act as the main point of contact for participants, giving them a positive, well-supported experience.
• Keep managers and mentors informed and equipped to support their interns, apprentices, and trainees.
• Gather feedback throughout each program and act on it to improve delivery.
• Track milestones, attendance, budgets, and completion against plan.
• Maintain simple dashboards and status reports that show progress and outcomes.
• Flag risks and issues early, and drive practical fixes to keep delivery on schedule.
• Capture lessons learned and improve program playbooks and processes each cycle.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven program or project management experience delivering programs end to end, on time and on budget.
• Hands-on experience running internship, apprenticeship, or traineeship programs (or similar early-career / emerging talent programs).
• Strong organizational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and stakeholders at once.
• A clear, confident communicator who works well across HR, hiring managers, and external partners.
• Comfortable tracking data and budgets and reporting on progress.
• Based in London with the right to work in the UK.

Nice to Have

• Professional working proficiency in French or German (alongside fluent English) to support delivery across EMEA markets.
• Experience delivering programs across multiple EMEA countries and navigating local apprenticeship/traineeship frameworks.
• Familiarity with HR, Talent Acquisition, or early-careers processes and systems.
• A project or change management certification (e.g., PRINCE2, PMP, or Agile/Scrum).