Vice President, Product Strategy
Company: Equinix, Inc.
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: June 10, 2021
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Job Description:
Vice President, Product Strategy Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, operating
210 data centersacross the globe andproviding 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. At Equinix, wehelp the world's digital leaders scale with
agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class
experiences, andtransform people's lives. 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
providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our
core values as a company and is vital to our success. Job Summary The Vice President of Product Strategy leads and orchestrates
the crafting of product and portfolio strategy for Equinix as it
builds its portfolio of software-driven infrastructure services.
This role reports to the Chief Product Officer and is a peer to
leaders of product management, marketing, architecture, engineering
and operations. The role will focus on programmatically developing,
socializing, articulating and advancing a clear platform strategy
for Equinix, and will also be responsible for conducting ad hoc
strategic projects, assessments and engagements as needed. This
leader has the right combination of industry/market context,
strategic framework and analytics skills, and depth in product
software engineering domains to lead cross functional strategy
work. This role will span both assessment of strategic market
investment opportunities as well as entry options across build, buy
or partner pursuits covering both near and longer term horizons.
He/she leads a small group of strategy professionals together with
an insights and analytics team to provide business insights for the
Product organization, propelling and advancing product trends
content in order to provide data and insights useful across a
variety of forums: public earnings, board, e-staff, functions,
products and regions. We are looking for candidates who think creatively about
strategy, are skilled in technology and market research and
analysis, and excel in translating between technical and
business/commercial domains. The role partners closely with
Corporate Strategy as an extended member of that team, and involves
deep exposure to Equinix executive management globally. This role
is highly cross-functional and requires collaboration and
co-creation with leadership across the business. Responsibilities Develop and lead a strategy agenda that advances the roadmap for
Platform Equinix -- investigate and deliver fact-based points of
view on new market opportunities, product portfolio expansion,
partnership or acquisition candidates in the context of competitive
landscape and company assets and capabilities Strategically evaluate and drive alignment and decision making
around new opportunities working in collaboration across product
organization, other company functions and directly with executive
leadership Conduct both primary and secondary research with customers,
partners, analysts and other subject matter experts to
develop/validate deep understanding of evolving enterprise
needs Develop and present articulate and impactful research and
strategy recommendations to company leadership Continually communicate the product strategy across functions
and levels in the company and to external constituencies such as
industry analysts and media Stay current with industry trends as well as competitive moves
and proactively identify potential disruptions Represent Product in creating a technology capability M&A
agenda and support due diligence from product and customer point of
view Lead and manage a data-driven product insights and analytics
practice delivering actionable analysis to stakeholders across the
company Support and build a team of approximately 5-7 strategy and
analytics professionals Qualifications 15+ years of experience at a high growth tech company or
technology-focused enterprise in product management, strategy,
business operations or at a top management consulting company with
experience leading product and market strategy engagements Functional knowledge across Product design, management and
engineering and experience translating this to enterprise customer
needs Demonstrated understanding of cloud, networking, and/or IT
services landscape and technology domains Executive presence and demonstrated success building trusted
relationships with senior stakeholders and influencing and
collaborating in cross-functional environments Experience in managing and using data, analytics and reporting
to enable product insights and make business decisions Demonstrated experience building a thriving culture aligned to
Equinix values. Skills and Attributes Effective global leader who can build relationships across the
organization and balance tradeoffs between global expectations and
local conditions Proven quantitative, analytical and conceptual problem-solving
skills combined with business acumen Strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate key market and
technology trends that will create opportunities for future growth
and value creation A collaborator, with an entrepreneurial mindset but the
sophistication to work cross-functionally in a larger global
corporate environment Effective communicator with sufficient business acumen and
operational experience to advise and influence the most senior
executives across the company Mentally agile to move seamlessly between disruptive, long-range
strategic planning, and support for current quarter initiatives at
headquarters or within the regional organizations Leadership capabilities to recruit great people and to develop
team member skills for strategy work as well as broader
leadership Equinix is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race,
religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a
qualified individual with disabilities.
Keywords: Equinix, Inc., Sunnyvale , Vice President, Product Strategy, Other , Sunnyvale, California
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