Project and Program Director

Equinix; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital infrastructure is seeking a senior professional to manage large-scale business transformation programs. The role involves strategic planning, stakeholder management, and risk mitigation, requiring extensive experience and a strong educational background. Join a diverse team committed to delivering impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience preferred.
• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Managing Successful Programs Practitioner certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develops strategic business cases for complex global transformation programs.
• Manages stakeholder expectations and builds strategic relationships.
• Delivers large-scale, complex global cross-functional business transformation programs.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Resource Management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Managing Successful Programs Practitioner certification

Job description

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners, and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences, and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

A career at Equinix means collaborating on work that impacts the world and being surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in various directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment, which is foundational to our core values and vital to our success.

Job Summary

Delivering structured and agreed transformation programs in collaboration with impacting and impacted stakeholders. Acts as the interlock between globally deployed transformational initiatives and regional deployment project teams and leadership.
Responsible for the interlock between operations and large-scale, impactful global business transformation programs. Builds strategic relationships and delivery programs in collaboration with global and regional program management organizations, stakeholders, and leadership.

Responsibilities

Planning

• Develops strategic business cases and plans for large-scale, complex global cross-functional business transformation programs that contain multiple high-profile, business-critical dependencies and risks.

Stakeholder Management

• Works predominantly with leadership to manage stakeholder expectations and build strategic relationships.

Communications

• Coordinates with the organizational change management function to deliver global communication and transformational programs as planned.

Risk Management

• Advises regional and global operations leadership on risk mitigation and proactively adjusts programs to ensure successful delivery. Acts as an interlock.
• Provides counsel from senior leaders within Equinix to analyze complex problems and recommend actions.

Project/Program Delivery

• Responsible for delivering large-scale, complex global cross-functional business transformation programs with multiple dependencies and risks.

Resource Management (people, finances, etc.)

• Liaises with company-wide teams of program managers and resources (e.g., SMEs) to deliver large-scale global programs.
• Sets functional leadership agendas, manages communications, oversees projects, and maintains leadership team cohesion.
• Leads committees and transformational program progress updates, adapting content and style for different audiences.
• Acts as a spokesperson and support for operational excellence transformational programs.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience preferred.
• Diploma or Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Managing Successful Programs Practitioner certification preferred.

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