Vice President of Colocation Products

Equinix; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinix is seeking a transformational Vice President of Colocation Products to lead the company’s largest and most strategically important business. The role owns strategy, lifecycle, profitability, customer experience, and operations across a 280 data center, 77 market platform with 10,500+ customers.

The executive will balance the installed base with emerging AI infrastructure needs, drive product modernization, and lead a global product organization to sustain growth, profitability, and

Qualifications

• 15+ years of leadership experience in product management, digital infrastructure, cloud platforms, data center services, networking, or enterprise technology.

Responsibilities

• Define the Future of Colocation and develop the long-term strategy for a portfolio serving enterprises, service providers, hyperscalers, and AI-native companies.
• Lead product vision, roadmap development, lifecycle management, market positioning, and strategic investment decisions.
• Own business performance for a $6.5B global portfolio growing at a 10–11% annual pace, and optimize returns on a multi–billion capital program.
• Partner across Product, Operations, Finance, Sales, and Technology to drive revenue growth, margin expansion, and disciplined capital deployment.
• Sustain growth and margin expansion across Equinix’s global colocation business while delivering industry-leading reliability.

Skills

Colocation

Cloud

Digital infrastructure

Networking

Executive leadership

P&L ownership

Product management

Education

Advanced degree in Business/Engineering/CS

Job description

• Equinix is seeking a transformational Vice President of Colocation Products to lead the company’s largest and most strategically important business
• Colocation represents $6.5B in annual revenue, the majority of Equinix’s $9.2B total, and is supported by capital investment running at a pace of approximately $5B annually, with roughly 90% directed toward growth and capacity expansion
• Reporting to the SVP of Infrastructure Products, this executive will own product strategy, lifecycle management, profitability, customer experience, and operational excellence across a platform spanning 280 data centers, 77 markets, and more than 10,500 customers
• The role requires a rare combination of product leadership, technology vision, operational discipline, and commercial acumen, balancing the needs of today’s installed base with the emerging requirements of AI infrastructure, high-density compute, and hybrid multicloud
• Define the Future of Colocation:
• Develop and execute the long-term strategy for a portfolio serving enterprises, service providers, hyperscalers, and AI-native companies
• Lead product vision, roadmap development, lifecycle management, market positioning, and strategic investment decisions
• Equinix is currently working with eight of the top ten AI model providers and four of the top five neoclouds, all of whom are actively expanding. This role shapes how that demand is productized
• Drive Growth, Profitability, and Capital Efficiency:
• Own business performance for a $6.5B global portfolio growing at a 10–11% annual pace, and help maximize returns on a capital program approaching $5B per year
• Partner across Product, Operations, Finance, Sales, and Technology to drive revenue growth, margin expansion, and disciplined capital deployment
• Equinix delivered 51% adjusted EBITDA margins in Q1 2026. This role helps sustain and extend that performance
• Deliver Industry-Leading Customer Experiences:
• Champion a customer-first approach that simplifies how customers design, purchase, deploy, expand, and operate infrastructure with Equinix
• Create a coherent experience across direct customers, channel partners, resellers, and ecosystems
• Lead Product Modernization and Innovation:
• Balance a large installed base with the introduction of new capabilities and infrastructure models
• Drive innovation while ensuring the reliability standard Equinix is known for, 99.9999%+ availability
• Evaluate emerging technologies and market shifts including:
• AI infrastructure and high-density deployments
• Liquid cooling, where Equinix grew deployments 50% in a single quarter
• Hybrid multicloud architectures
• Data center modernization
• Automation and operational simplification
• Build and Inspire a High-Performance Team:
• Lead a global product organization while influencing thousands of stakeholders across Product, Sales, Operations, DIO, and Customer Success
• Build a culture rooted in accountability, customer obsession, and operational excellence
• Success in This Role:
• Sustain growth and margin expansion across a $6.5B global business
• Define the next generation of Equinix colocation products and services
• Improve customer satisfaction, usability, and adoption across the portfolio
• Accelerate modernization while maintaining industry-leading reliability
• Simplify internal operations and drive business process optimization
• Build a product organization capable of capturing the AI infrastructure opportunity

Strong understanding of colocation, cloud, digital infrastructure, networking, or adjacent marketsExperience leading organizational and product transformationProven experience leading large-scale global products, platforms, or infrastructure businesses15+ years of leadership experience in product management, digital infrastructure, cloud platforms, data center services, networking, or enterprise technologyDemonstrated success owning significant revenue, P&L, product, or general management responsibilitiesExceptional executive communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholdersExperience in hyperscale cloud, digital infrastructure, data center, networking, or platform companiesGeneral management experience with responsibility for revenue growth and profitabilityAdvanced degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or related field