Global Head of Technical Marketing, Data Center & Cloud

Equinix; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 182,000 - 341,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix is seeking a Senior Director, Technical Marketing to provide strategic direction for technical marketing initiatives across colocation, networking, AI and cloud technologies. You will mentor a multidisciplinary team and align with product management, engineering and sales to drive revenue growth.

You will lead cross‑functional collaboration, build world‑class content, and represent Equinix as a thought leader at industry events. This is a senior leadership role with global impact.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in technical marketing, product management, or related roles within the data center, networking, or cloud industry.
• Proven track record of leadership and team management, with experience leading and developing high‑performing, distributed technical marketing teams.
• Leadership and coaching skills to build a high performing technical marketing organization.
• Talent attractor who recruits, trains, and retains exceptional technical marketing talent with a diversity focus.
• Deep expertise in colocation, networking, and cloud technologies, with a strong understanding of industry trends, market dynamics, and customer needs.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts and business value propositions to diverse audiences.
• Strategic thinker with a results‑oriented mindset and a passion for driving innovation and excellence.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills, with the ability to build consensus and drive cross‑functional alignment.

Responsibilities

• Market Insights: Stay abreast of industry trends, market dynamics, and customer needs in the colocation, networking, and cloud sectors.
• Content Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive content strategy, including whitepapers, solution briefs, presentations, webinars, and other collateral, to effectively communicate the value proposition of Equinix's solutions to customers and partners.
• Sales Enablement: Collaborate closely with sales leadership and GTM Readiness team to develop sales enablement programs on technical content and tools, equipping sales teams with the knowledge and resources needed to effectively articulate the benefits of Equinix's solutions and drive revenue growth.
• Thought Leadership: Represent Equinix as a thought leader and subject matter expert at industry events, conferences, and customer meetings. Build strong relationships with industry influencers and stakeholders to enhance Equinix's visibility and credibility in the market.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product management, technical sales, marketing, and other cross‑functional teams to ensure alignment on product positioning, messaging, and go‑to‑market strategies.
• Grow Equinix’s Data Center Services and Digital Services businesses, especially for multi‑cloud networking software, AI, sustainability and next‑gen data center efforts.
• Lead the Technical Marketing team globally for key deliverables, including whitepapers, validated design guides, integration best‑practice documents, demos, meetups and hackathons, competitive assets like battle cards and bake‑offs, and speaking at industry events and conferences.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/Business

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

Equinix is seeking a Senior Director, Technical Marketing to provide strategic direction for technical marketing initiatives across colocation, networking, AI and cloud technologies. You will mentor a multidisciplinary team and align with product management, engineering and sales to drive revenue growth.

You will lead cross‑functional collaboration, build world‑class content, and represent Equinix as a thought leader at industry events. This is a senior leadership role with global impact.