Hybrid Vice President, Data Center Construction

at Equinix

• Job title: Vice President, Data Center Construction
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $230,000 - $374,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Redwood City, United States

About the role

• Vice President leading design strategy and innovation for Equinix data centers in the Americas. Collaborating with global teams to ensure industry best practices in construction management.

Responsibilities

• Overall leadership and strategy implementation
• Set and optimize end-to-end design strategy, structure, and process for all projects globally
• Adept at balancing intense short-term pressures with overall long-term strategy or goals
• Analyze and direct the application of emerging industry best practices, tools, and methods to enhance product design solutions, working closely with internal stakeholders and stakeholders
• Lead, structure, and develop a best-in-class team and process for design execution and innovation globally
• Shape a collaborative, transparent, and entrepreneurial culture, in tandem with the corporate leadership team
• Lead and motivate diverse teams around shared vision and change story in line with aggressive growth prospects
• Support key construction programs and initiative implementation
• Design decision-maker for GDC globally. Leads the formulation of standards and best practices for the design of all Equinix data centers – Retail and Hyperscale product sets
• Leads and manages Innovation & Development, Master Planning/Concept Design, Standards, and Technical Review teams and efforts globally
• Leads regional design teams to adopt and accommodate standards and best practices for design
• Providing local knowledge and insight to key stakeholders
• Collaborates with construction and procurement teams to effectively procure, install, and commission design solutions
• Collaborates with operations teams to ensure design standards and best practices with their requirements
• Nurtures regional design teams and the supporting supply chain on Equinix design standards and best practices
• Identify opportunities for process improvement
• Develops a roadmap for innovation, investigation of new products and services, and how they will be assimilated into standards
• Evangelizes Equinix’s designs and core design philosophies such as reliability, safety, sustainability, and cost-efficiency with internal and external customers and suppliers
• Develops and maintains support tools for the Design function globally
• Provides master planning/concept designs as part of Equinix’s investment planning, review, and approval process
• Thought leader and influencer within GDC
• Oversees detailed technical review process with regional design leads to ensure that project designs meet the global design standards and business case requirements
• Opines on proposed deviations to the standards or the requirements
• Leads the productization effort for all Major Capital Equipment (MCE) incorporated in design solutions, working closely with the MCE procurement organization
• Collaborates closely cross-functionally – Construction, Procurement, Operations, Sales, Product, Marketing, Corporate Development, etc. – to represent and develop all data center design requirements
• Meets with customers to understand and incorporate requirements

Requirements

• Extensive experience (15+ years’) experience in driving construction project strategy and delivery in a high-tech environment across data centers, semiconductors, biopharma and/or gigafactories in North America either buy-side (in above sectors) or supply-side (contractors delivering to this client base)
• Substantial track record of running similar-sized capex budgets (($X Billion/hundred millions) and span of projects (50+) and managing revenue or operating budgets for a global organization
• Deep knowledge of the core construction critical facility design engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, and control systems and of developing and applying design standard systems and processes
• Proven success in engaging successfully with an extended international supply chain to deliver large-scale builds
• Strong people management experience of driving results through their a similar-sized team (40+)
• Experience in presenting to and collaborating with C/E-suite level colleagues
• Deeply caring about technology, your craft, and the success of your team and the company
• Ability to clearly translate complex technical information for your audience will understand
• Ability to create, analyze, and evaluate management information to ensure time and accurate decision-making
• Ability to work seamlessly in a global business environment spanning diverse geographies and cultures.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program: An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees.
• 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.