Principal Technical Product Manager, Platform at Equinix in Sunnyvale, California

Job Description:

Principal Technical Product Manager, Platform

Equinix is undertaking its own digital transformation to build and offer digital services built on top of our best-in-class infrastructure that powers much of the cloud and the digital leaders of today and tomorrow. With our unique position in the market to bring together the cloud core and the edge through the ubiquity of our data centers and interconnection, our products are evolving to become the platform for platform companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc.

We are looking for an experienced technical product manager to help define the high-level vision and business rules from the end to end customer experience including digital acquisition and engagement to help support the growth and acceleration to building and offering these products and services.

This position will work closely with our Cross-Product Platform Business Services engineering team to define reusable components and capabilities that can be leveraged throughout all Equinix products and services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with technology teams to provide clear direction on Agile product backlog, epic and user story requirements, and feature delivery


• Define and write detailed business service functionality within Cross Product platform product requirements through personas and use case development


• Understands core product needs and cross-functional business-level services, can clearly define and groom product backlog items in terms of product, business, and customer/partner value, and is able to articulate the vision and goal for prioritizing those features


• Prioritize competing requirements including features, bugs, enabler work, and tech debt; working regularly with the scrum team to refine and add detail where needed


• Works with core product managers, business functional teams and platform engineering team to define deliverables for any given release within the product development lifecycle


• Drafts acceptance criteria and work with the team to refine and elaborate; Accepts user stories as done based on acceptance criteria and definition of done


• Lead definition of allowable configurations, writes test cases and executes UAT


• Identifies improvements to existing product processes; develops a strong understanding of processes and technology


• Completes ad-hoc assignments that assist in the development of platform strategy and roadmap


• Identifies and proactively includes correct stakeholders and communications effectively; Is able to manage stakeholder expectations within and/or across functions


• Develop relationships with stakeholders and understand their roadmap in order to advocate and influence our own platform roadmap


• Establish, communicate and monitor usage, activity and adoption metrics for platform initiatives and delivered capabilities

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of product management experience for technical products, SaaS-delivered cloud infrastructure, and services highly preferred


• 5+ years of hands-on product management experience throughout the entire product life cycle including inbound and outbound functions – ideation, evaluation, prioritization, development, go-to-market, launch, and growth within a software company


• Deep understanding and experience in microservices and APIs for functionality and usability


• Deep understanding of technology stack, architecture, and general software best practices


• Knowledgeable and experienced in SaaS, IaaS, PaaS products and services


• Operationally hands-on and experienced at leading a SCRUM team of UI/UX and engineers as a product owner for a technical product and features


• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, information systems or related field of study required


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact professionally at all levels including executives, customers, managers, and subject matter experts


• Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments and can track multiple, complex projects simultaneously

Desired Qualifications

• Master’s degree in software engineering or related field of study highly preferred


• Experience with developing software services based digital platform in an enterprise environment


• Experience in product management of a SaaS and or cloud infrastructure service

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.