Program Director jobs in United States

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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.

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. Use program and organizational strategic goals to align and prioritize the program team workloads. Manage cross-functional relationships and dependencies between IT and all other business functions.

They will utilize an existing extensive knowledge of IT and cybersecurity systems in addition to their knowledge of acquisition integration to deliver on time while ensuring high quality control standards are met. The candidate will promote the use and development of standards and guidelines in execution of personal and teamwork efforts.

Manages team members, leads, and resource managers in accurate tracking of progress toward defined milestones. Utilize budget management and forecasting alongside risk management to ensure project success. Using this data, they will produce timely and accurate progress reporting which includes risk escalation as needed.

• Project & Program Management, negotiations, performance tracking and reporting.
• Schedule creation, tracking, and maintenance.
• Mergers and acquisitions experience
• In-depth knowledge of IT infrastructure, with specific knowledge around 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 with RAID log management and escalations management.
• Budget tracking, management, and reporting.
• Communications, presentation, and meeting management.
• Self-starter that acts as a single point of contact for all project/program needs.
• Strong stakeholder management skills in developing relationships, understanding needs, and setting expectations.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2-5 years Mergers & Acquisitions experience
• 8 or more years technology project management with a varied background of project types, and delivery methods, including but not limited to:
• Cybersecurity scanning and remediations.
• Software development and deployment