Senior Director Global Networks Design at Equinix in Redwood City, California

Job Description:

Senior Director Global Networks Design
About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the leading global interconnection platform and the world's largest data center provider. With 214 data centers on five continents and $5+ billion in annual revenue, we dream big and hire people who want to help us build a historically significant company.
Equinix connects the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In a digital economy where enterprise business models are increasingly interdependent, interconnection is essential to success. Equinix operates the global interconnection platform, sparking new opportunities that are only possible when companies come together.

Job Summary:
Responsible for Network (Service) Design, incorporating Consistency, Operability and Customer Success across the entire Equinix global ecosystem platform

Responsibilities:

Oversee day-to-day global network design and own the regional responsibility for geographical alignment
- Global lead on (High-level) Designs for operability and customer success
- Coordinate with Architecture and Product teams on networks (services) designs; roadmap, business drivers, operability and customer success
- Support Product roadmap to design products that are cost-effective, scalable, serviceable, available, secure and incorporates world-class features, performance and enhancements that meet global internal and external customer needs.
- Drive strategic planning and priorities for network design
- Plan and manage capital budget, prioritizing investments and projects that maximize business value
- Establish KPIs and metrics (capacity, budget, early-life-failures)
- Support complex customer issues and deliverables
- Simplify, standardize and optimize networks and (cloud) service designs for customer self-serve and full automation capabilities

Streamline operational procedures and processes
- Develop and maintain consistent Network (Services) Design standards for the engineering teams across geographies (in close relationship with Architecture and Products)
- Develops best in class processes for regional implementations (LLD) that ensures high availability, customer satisfaction and minimizes costs
- Drive improvements in operability and global scaling of designs

Lead diverse team
- Shape a collaborative, transparent, high-performance and entrepreneurial culture, in tandem with the Global Operations and Products leadership teams
- Motivate employees around shared vision and change story in line with product roadmap, plan and Global Network transformation
- Build and lead a team of highly, multiskilled professionals with unique network and IT skills and leads a regional organization (matrixed)

Knowledge and Experience:
- 10+ years demonstrated track record of network design/architecture and software driven network technologies; demonstrating strong thought leadership and cross functional management experience
- Well versed in the functional area of Network Design with a key interest in driving best practice and global consistency
- Experience optimizing in leading multi-cultural and multi functional teams- leading a professional organization through a period of rapid growth and business transition
- Adept at balancing intense short term pressures with overall mid to longer term goals

- Focus on execution and results - establishing high standards for performance, setting goals and developing plans, following through and holding people accountable for results
- Financial acumen
- Ability to provide strong global, multi cultural leadership, customer centric and effectively communicate direction, work cross functionally within Global Networks and key stakeholder organization.

Equinix is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability