Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

We are a fast-growing global company with 20 years of continuous growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of 10,000+ companies, including 2,100 networks and 3,000+ cloud and IT service providers in 32 countries spanning six continents.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Job Summary

Responsible for program delivery of multiple related projects and builds effective relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• The ability to work in a fast-paced, high-energy environment and to deliver business value outcomes for assigned initiatives

• Strong leadership skills, self-starter and motivate team members

• Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written, ensuring that both functional and technical stakeholders are adequately informed

• The capability to manage expectations and influence across cross-functional stakeholder groups

• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving capabilities

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives for delivery lifecycle

• Ability to manage multiple scrum teams and empower teams to organize and deliver utilizing Scrum, Kanban at scale

• Track and report execution metrics for Scrum Teams such as velocity/cycle time and consolidate for product/program-level view

• Ability to mature agile practices within the team as a servant leader / coach

• Assisting with internal and external communication while providing transparency

• Support the Product Owner and Development Team to report on KPI’s identified for the initiative

• Facilitate ceremonies for Scrum Teams such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Review, Daily Standup, and Scrum-of-Scrums

• Lead teams to identify areas of improvement and drive action items to realize continuous improvement goals

• Support Scrum Teams with external interruptions by managing inbound requests from stakeholders through defined processes ensuring adherence to agile best practices

• Remove impediments and seek leadership support to enable team success when necessary

• Ability to influence, negotiate and communicate at all levels of the organization

• Lead Steering Committee meetings with Sr. Leadership and C-level executives to provide an all-encompassing program status update

• Facilitate cross-functional project meetings to meet deliverables and dependencies

• Document, coordinate, and manage cross-team dependencies

• Provide transparency on the health of initiative through reporting at regular cadence

• Manage and work with 3rd party vendors, and partners to drive cross-business unit dependencies

• Ability to take on new task as requested

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or related filed, or equivalent experience

• Strong and demonstrated experience executing in an Agile and Hybrid environment

• 6 + years experience as a Scrum Lead/Project Manager

• Will be responsible for working projects as a Scrum Lead or Project Manager

• Experience work Sales Projects, specifically channel sales projects for a Digital Services Team

• Demonstrated experience leading complex, technical projects

• Ability to interact professionally and confidently with colleagues at all levels, including senior and executive management with clear and confident communication and presentation skills

• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team

• Five plus years of experience as a Scrum Lead in an enterprise software context

• Deliver 100% of project scope to quality standards within agreed upon schedule and budget

• Excellent facilitation skills with a focus on achieving consensus when viewpoints diverge

• Facilitate Scrum process and make Teams more effective using Scrum framework

• Knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework, Kanban, Large Scale Scrum, Disciplined Agile Delivery, or other agile scaling framework

• Deep understanding of the enterprise software development lifecycle including agile transformations, DevOps mindset, and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment

• Understanding of methods to adjust team behaviors and actions to align to an agile mindset

• Proficiency in servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

• Strong communication, interpersonal, and mentoring skills

• Ability to adapt to a changing environment

• Self-motivation and the ability to stay focused as priorities and team needs change

• Team player with the ability to work well in a fast-paced professional and international environment

• PMI-PMP/Scrum Master certification from a recognized entity

• Additional Information Technology certifications and affiliations a plus

• Experience using Atlassian application suite (Confluence, JIRA)

• Background working with Datacenter technologies

• SAFe Certification

Experience/Education/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

• IT project management experience and at least 5 years in an Agile environment with application development and COTS implementations

• PMI-PMP/Scrum Master certification from a recognized entity

• Additional Information Technology certifications and affiliations a plus

Other Desired Experiences

• Experience using Atlassian application suite (Confluence, JIRA)

• Background working with Datacenter technologies.

• SAFe Certification

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you need assistance in applying for an open position, you may send an email to Staffing@equinix.com. Please provide your contact information and let us know how we can assist you.

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.