Director IT, Enterprise Applications, Data Center Operations at Equinix in Frisco, Texas

Job Description:

Director IT, Enterprise Applications, Data Center Operations

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 210 data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

At Equinix, we help the world’s digital leaders scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences, and transform people’s lives. Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams.

We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving challenging problems and give them opportunities to hone new skills, and try new approaches, as we grow our product portfolio with new software and network architecture solutions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Why Equinix 

As a recognized global leader in its industry, Equinix employs dedicated, driven experts who take pride in their work. When you choose to work for Equinix, you’re not just selecting a job, you’re embarking on a career. You’re not just working for a company; you’re joining a vital, global team.

This IT Director, who will partner with our Data Center Operations organization, is a senior-level, strategic business partner who shares ownership for both business strategy and business value results. The role owns senior-level relationships and serves as a single point of focus between IT and Equinix Operations organization managing all of their transformation programs. This is achieved by stimulating, surfacing, and shaping demand for capabilities and assets, in addition to ensuring that the potential business value from those capabilities and assets are captured, optimized, and recognized

The technology landscape is moving and shifting faster than ever.  In order for Equinix to keep pace we need to ensure that our Digital Technologies are transforming in a way that enables our business to succeed in the evolving digital world and that we continue to meet customer, channel and employee expectations with new technologies.  As such, we need to bring in new talent with fresh perspective in technology, mindset, innovation to enable a necessary shifts in technology while shifting the mindset and culture within their organizations to embrace new ways of thinking and working
 

Responsibilities

• Leadership role that owns the business engagement with the Operations organization and is responsible for all IT execution in support of and in service to the Transformations programs under the Operations organization




• Leads the creation of the technology vision, roadmap and delivery in support of the Operations organization and it’s technology needs




• Takes full accountability across the lifecycle of technology (plan, design, implement, support)




• Enable simplified processes and lead implementation of new digital solutions to enhance delivery speed and product quality




• Promote and practice a change-oriented mindset to invigorate transformative initiatives and ensure successful implementation across teams




• Define and implement new operating model changes to accelerate digital transformation e.g., agile




• Develop and maintain effective relationships with key business stakeholders on how IT systems capabilities can solve their business problems




• Translate stakeholder business needs into technology requirements and push for business process clarity where needed




• Develop cohesive strategy for enterprise apps and identify opportunities to drive strategic consistency across groups




• Ensure enterprise apps strategy remains in line with organizational strategic goals and objectives




• Maintain external network to gain strategic market insights and stay current on tech trends

Qualifications: 

• 15+ years in IT discipline requiring direct management of applications systems, personnel, and budget OR 15+ years managing, owning and delivering applications systems, preferably in tech industry with a global team




• Experience leading technology transformation, particularly in customer enabling applications




• Experience leading an organization through an agile transformation and/ or through cloud migration




• Experience implementing and supporting an enterprise-wide customer and employee enabling systems




• Exceptional ability to collaborate with business stakeholder teams to align on cross-functional processes




• Excellent problem-solving ability to understand business stakeholder needs, drive prioritization, and deliver systems




• Ability to provide thought leadership, think strategically and effectively communicate vision and influence across the organization




• Ability to be execution-driven and results-oriented to ensure strategy translates to outcome

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 a qualified individual with disability.