About the role

Director of Data Product Management at Equinix shaping data strategies and AI roadmap. Collaborating with engineering and data science to drive product strategy and business impact.

Responsibilities

Build the product strategy and roadmap; own key products.
Develop the Data and AI product strategy for GMPO, aligned to business goals and prioritized against real constraints.
Lead development of a unified Product 360 view that integrates customer firmographics, behavioral data, product usage, and transaction history.
Develop graph-based views of customer network topology to identify optimization opportunities, redundancy gaps, and capacity planning needs.
Develop business cases, drive prioritization and resource allocation to deliver highest-ROI outcomes; say no when needed and make the case for it.
Partner with engineering as a technical peer.
Work side-by-side with engineering and data science leadership to evaluate technical options, identify technical tradeoffs, estimate effort, and make architecture recommendations where applicable.
Review and assess data models, pipeline designs, and system architectures; identify risks and tradeoffs before they become problems.
Drive business impact through stakeholder partnership.
Build trust-based relationships with senior business stakeholders by understanding their strategy, pain points, and how data and AI solutions can help.
Manage through transition and complexity.

10+ years of professional experience, including 6+ years in product management for enterprise data platforms, reporting and analytics products, or AI/ML products.
Prior hands-on technical experience as a data engineer, software engineer, or data scientist.
Deep fluency in SQL and data modeling - you can look at a schema and identify problems, evaluate query performance, and discuss normalization tradeoffs.
Track record of partnering with engineering leadership as a technical peer, not just a requirements-passer.
Proven ability to drive prioritization, make tradeoffs, and push back on stakeholders when needed.
Strong communication skills; able to simplify complex technical concepts for business audiences.
Experience operating in a highly cross functional, global business.

Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members.
Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future.
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.
Canada Core Benefits: You may enroll in healthcare coverage that is designed to complement the provincial healthcare system, along with life, disability and optional benefit plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members.
Retirement: You may also enroll in Equinix-sponsored retirement or savings plans: Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax-Free Savings Plan (TSFA).
Vacation and Paid Holidays: Equinix offers both vacation and personal time, along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.