Hybrid Program Manager, REIC PMO

at Equinix

• Job title: Program Manager, REIC PMO
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Program Manager managing design and construction projects in EMEA region for Equinix. Supporting initiatives, ensuring alignment across functions, and driving project success.

Responsibilities

• Support the Global Design & Construction team to perform as an industry-leading function
• Take the lead role in coordinating construction / design / commercial functions through pre-construction process, including providing governance around peer/onward reviews, culminating in business case approval
• Work with Corporate Development and the local businesses to define business needs / strategy and manage project pipeline
• Create scalable processes for tracking progress towards on-time delivery of projects, particularly deliverables necessary for business case approval gateways
• Schedule out activities and project/deliverable tracking on a project by project basis culminating in a number of different deliverables including business cases
• Organise communications with stakeholders (such as design / construction / commercial, external consulting & contracting partners, asset management, real estate, legal) by acting as reference point for team
• Work with Construction Manager, Design Manager, Commercial Manager to ensure alignment and to find creative ways to optimise the projects, and helping coach/train the teams for efficient approval process
• Support due diligence and site selection and acquisition efforts
• Support the preparation of key deliverables for presentation to senior management as part of business case approval
• Assist project schedule reviews with construction managers and senior management
• Assist continuous improvement initiatives and develop best practices, including: Lessons Learned – oversee the process of capturing and disseminating lessons learned
• KPI – oversee the management and reporting at a regional, and maybe global level
• Software – assist with the software selection and implementation for global process optimization
• Assist training and development of in-house teams on project management mechanisms and best practices
• Report status, successes, challenges and key activities to senior management

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in construction, engineering, business, financial or related field
• Extensive experience of real project delivery, preferably in data center development
• Experience in managing multiple projects and coordinate with internal staff and external consultants, vendors and other stakeholders
• Must be detail orientated, with accurate input and proof reading skills
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Must have strong business acumen and commercial outlook
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills
• Must have strong sense of accountability, ownership and urgency
• Must have strong IT skills, particularly with PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook with some experience of Microsoft Project/Primavera, or equivalent, preferred
• Ability to travel within EMEA as needed

Benefits

• Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.
• Equal Employment Opportunity: 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.