AI Strategy & Execution Partner

Equinix; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 177,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equinix Benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Job summary

Equinix seeks an experienced AI strategy and operations leader to partner with the Chief AI Officer, shaping the enterprise AI agenda across governance, adoption, and value realization. You will translate priorities into funded plans, strengthen executive decision-making, and enable the AI leadership team to operate effectively on a global scale.

The role requires independent judgment, practical AI fluency, and hands-on execution—from framing problems to delivering complex initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in strategy, business operations, consulting, Chief of Staff, product, data, AI, or related leadership roles.
• Strong understanding of enterprise AI and technology operating models, including generative AI, agents, shared platforms, adoption barriers, and AI economics and risk.
• Proven experience delivering complex initiatives across a large, global, matrixed organization, including resolving competing priorities and recovering work that is off track.
• Strong financial and analytical acumen, with experience in business cases, investment prioritization, budget planning, and benefits measurement.
• Experience personally developing executive communications, Board materials, and strategic plans that require limited revision and support consequential decisions.
• Experience partnering with C-suite executives through ambiguity and organizational change. Prior Chief of Staff experience is valuable; equivalent operating leadership experience is equally relevant

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the enterprise AI strategy, priorities, and investment roadmap, connecting internal transformation with Equinix's broader AI business and ecosystem strategy
• Develop decision briefs with clear recommendations, alternatives, financial implications, and risks. Provide candid advice and test the assumptions behind major proposals
• Assess emerging AI capabilities, competitors, and partnerships, distinguishing developments that warrant action from those that warrant monitoring
• Lead strategic initiatives and special projects from problem definition through delivery, establishing ownership and transitioning ongoing responsibilities to the appropriate teams
• Own the AI leadership team's operating rhythm, including planning, portfolio reviews, leadership meetings, and offsites. Structure forums around decisions, with clear owners, deadlines, and follow-through
• Drive portfolio visibility across priorities, dependencies, investment, and results. Work with Finance and business owners to validate value assumptions and distinguish realized benefits from forecasts

Skills

Strategic judgment

Execution discipline

Executive communication

Trust and discretion

Influence & collaboration

Learning agility

Calm leadership

Job description

Equinix seeks an experienced AI strategy and operations leader to partner with the Chief AI Officer, shaping the enterprise AI agenda across governance, adoption, and value realization. You will translate priorities into funded plans, strengthen executive decision-making, and enable the AI leadership team to operate effectively on a global scale.

The role requires independent judgment, practical AI fluency, and hands-on execution—from framing problems to delivering complex initiatives.