People Business Partner Director

Equinix; Texas; On-site; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix is seeking a Director, People Business Partner to partner with the global GTM (Customer Revenue) organization and leadership. The role sits within the People Team, advising executives on talent strategy, workforce planning, and organizational design to drive business outcomes.

The role leads global people initiatives, supports a new operating model, and champions a data-driven, agile people-centric approach to enable growth, leadership effectiveness, engagement, and enterprise impact.

Job description

• The Director, People Business Partner will be a strategic partner to our go-to-market function (Customer Revenue organization) and leaders
• This role will directly support our Global Partner organization
• This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team during the time of rapid transformation and building a new operating model
• As a member of the People Team, the Director, People Business Partner will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leaders and their leadership teams to define the talent strategy, shape business objectives, build high performing teams, and optimize the organization
• Leads business change and global people initiatives, and drives engagement across the organization
• Leads transformational work that improves organizational effectiveness, organization design, organizational capability, and talent management
• The People Business Partner challenges conventional thinking, cultivates a values-driven culture, and champions innovation by integrating technology, people, and process
• Brings deep HR and business expertise with a strong focus on delivering business value, designing agile people-centric solutions, enabling new ways of working, and creating meaningful enterprise impact
• Partner directly with senior go-to-market leaders to build and execute the people strategies that accelerate business performance
• Lead complex organizational transformations associated with growth, restructuring, and new operating models, owning implementation plans and ensuring agreed actions are followed through
• Serve as a trusted advisor on organizational design, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness, succession planning, and talent strategy
• Build the annual talent plan, using data, market insights, and business context to forecast workforce risks, opportunities, and the people changes needed to influence executive decision making
• Drive strategies that strengthen leadership capability, team effectiveness, employee engagement, and culture, and facilitate leader-led action planning on engagement, organization health, and workforce metrics
• Partner across Integrated Talent Solutions, Total Rewards, Workforce Insights, and People Experience, and champion a strong service delivery model across the broader People Team, to deliver on the talent strategy
• Coach executives and leadership teams through change, ambiguity, and organizational growth
• Anticipate future talent and capability needs in a rapidly evolving technology landscape, including AI-enabled ways of working
• Influence outcomes through credibility, business acumen, and strong relationships rather than formal authority
• Role models Equinix values and the attributes of the desired culture—fostering inclusion, trust, and a growth mindset—and drives culture transformation through leadership

You think like a business leader first and an HR leader second You are comfortable working through ambiguity and helping others do the same You can translate business strategy into practical talent actions You have a bias for action and focus on outcomes over process You quickly build credibility with senior executives and are viewed as a trusted advisor You challenge leaders when needed while maintaining strong partnerships You bring a systems-thinking mindset and understand how talent, organization design, leadership, culture, and business performance connect Proven experience supporting leaders at the Executive level, preferably in go-to-market functions Broad depth of experience across all HR concentrations Excellent ability to source, synthesize and interpret data and context to tell a story and influence decision makers Experience with change management, executing of global HR programs Experience leading organizational design, change management, and organizational effectiveness preferred 15+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience as an HR Business Partner supporting executive leaders Experience leading a large-scale and complex transformations within large global organizations Experience working in a fast-paced environment with a bias towards action and solutions in line with business goals Experience supporting a global Go-to-Market organization, preferably with a specific focus on a Sales or Channel organization