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Senior Director, Public Interconnection

Equinix
United States, Texas, Frisco
6160 Warren Parkway (Show on map)
Jun 17, 2025
Who are we? Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, operating over 260 data centersacross 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. Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams. We hirehardworking people who thrive on solvingchallengingproblems 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 providingan equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success. 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 leadership role at Equinix means you will drive and collaborate on work that impacts the world.We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providingan equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success. Role Description: The Senior Director, Public Interconnection, will lead the business for the Public Interconnection Portfolio. They will lead product management and partner with engineering in designing, implementing, and managing public connectivity solutions that facilitate secure, high-performance data transfer between customer environments and the data center's infrastructure and between different customer environments. This team will leverage product engineering capabilities to drive product excellence, reduce redundant development efforts, and enable product and software innovation within the interconnection domain. Collaborating cross-functionally, they will play a central role in expanding Equinix's interconnection strategy, driving ecosystem collaborations, and advancing a unified value proposition to enhance customer network effects and ensure an innovative, digitally empowered customer experience. The leader will be responsible for leading the strategy and operations of public interconnection services within Equinix. This role focuses on developing and managing secure, high-performance connections between data centers and other networks, ensuring seamless data exchange and business continuity for clients. Key Responsibilities: Product vision and strategy: Set and execute a cohesive, digitally oriented strategic vision for Equinix's interconnection portfolio, consolidating legacy digital services and aligning products to Equinix's broader corporate and market objectives. Unified interconnection strategy: Activate customer network effects by converging interconnection offerings across digital and physical products, leveraging ecosystem partnerships and integrated retail-hyperscaler value to drive scale and seamless connectivity. Life cycle management: Oversee the full product life cycle, from ideation to market delivery, with a focus on unified interconnection capabilities and high standards of scalability, security, and quality. Profitability and growth: Drive profitability and growth of interconnection products by optimizing portfolio alignment with Equinix's financial goals and expanding engineering excellence within the product. Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with sales, marketing, engineering, and operations to ensure consistent execution across the product roadmap and effective collaboration across product functions. Digital customer experience: Enable digitally empowered, software-enabled customer and service provider interactions to enhance enterprise and partner visibility, interaction, and product consumption. Market insights and roadmap prioritization: Leverage market research and customer insights to inform product development, prioritizing goals that balance near-term objectives with scalable long-term growth. Architecture and engineering excellence: Oversee network architecture design within the interconnection portfolio, ensuring engineering excellence, efficiency, and avoidance of duplicative development efforts (e.g., unified IP address management, control plane for network). Resource and budget management: Optimize budgets, resources, and timelines to support efficient project execution and alignment with interconnection strategy goals. Innovation and R&D: Drive continuous innovation and product evolution through focused research and development, converging current interconnection capabilities into a streamlined, customer-centered portfolio. Performance metrics: Establish and track KPIs to monitor success, using data to refine strategy and inform leadership on performance outcomes and adjustments. Business simplification: Streamline support for interconnection products to enhance operational efficiency and simplify customer engagement across offerings. Team leadership: Build and lead a high-performance team of +/- 10 employees focused on strategic product development while promoting a culture of innovation within the interconnection ecosystem. Skills, Experience, & Qualifications: Extensive experience at a high-growth tech company leading a large-scale product management organization. Strong commercial acumen and experience in leading a heavily matrixed organization. Executive presence and demonstrated success in building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and influencing and collaborating in cross-functional environments. Demonstrated experience building a thriving culture aligned with Equinix values. Expert communicator with clear business acumen andoperational experience to advise and influence the most seniorexecutives across the company. Leadership capabilities to recruit talent and build a high-performance team Deep background in commercial and financial management. Knowledge of legal and regulatory considerations that may impact the monetization process. Strong interpersonal skills to foster collaboration among diverse stakeholders, ensuring alignment of goals and strategies. Ability to creatively solve problems with limited resources and input, comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment . Foster the culture of agile development in a fast-paced environment with continuous product development and deployment. Be an inspirational leader who empowers teams. Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form. Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law. Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form. Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.