Corporate Development Senior Manager, Strategy

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 250 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals. 

 

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.  

Corporate Development Senior Manager, Strategy

Job summary 

The Corporate Development Senior Manager, Strategy will be responsible for understanding and transforming Go To Market motions in the data center and digital infrastructure space; staying on top of competitor offerings and market trends, influencing product and business strategy / roadmap, product portfolio / feature specification, and helping leadership to make prioritization decisions. 

We are looking for a team member to help us drive the next wave of growth at Equinix by bringing deep GTM expertise, an understanding of the holistic customer lifecycle including; revenue, engagement, selling motions and optimization levers who can grow and become the go-to thought partner of senior leaders in our Customer and Revenue organization. 

This role will sit within the Transformation Office’s enterprise Strategy, Data and Insights team reporting to the Sr. Dir of GTM Strategy. As part of the team, you will be responsible for developing a long-term outlook for the business, supporting critical decision making, and ensuring Equinix maintains a strong competitive edge in strategy and execution. 

This role gives you a bird’s eye view of the entire company and the opportunity to work collaboratively across functions. This is a fast-paced, high-growth team - we are looking for smart, independent creative thinkers, who are driven team players and want to deliver impact across Equinix. Our team is filled with people who identify and solve problems, and who enjoy working together and helping each other achieve and develop. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. 

 

Responsibilities 

Strategic 

• Partner with GTM leadership and BU/Functional Leadership Teams & cross functional peers to translate Equinix Enterprise Strategy into a GTM roadmap, set of initiatives/business cases to deliver value for Equinix’s customer 

• Engage with company leaders to obtain buy-in for cross-functional projects, including planned outcomes, strategic narratives and linkages to enterprise strategy

• Gather and analyze large amounts of information; develop compelling and insightful strategic recommendations for leadership, focused on GTM strategy, customer experience, operational efficiency 

• Strategy presentations: CEO and board material creation 

Initiative Management 

• Design and lead (when applicable) high profile cross-functional initiatives 

• Make critical decision-making proposals and outline complex strategic initiatives across the business 

• Drive internal consulting projects focused on new markets/products, growth initiatives, transformation and profitability / efficiency / effectiveness improvements 

• Monitor strategy execution to align outcomes with strategic intent and benefit realization

Customer Analysis and Strategic Positioning 

• Drive recommendations on how to engage with strategic customers, based on the analysis of customer footprints and deployments with Equinix

• Independent challenger, providing thought partnership to key stakeholders in relevant areas of expertise

• Responsible for strategies to win new customers and grow existing customer base

• Help set business priorities based on emerging industry and market trends

• Make recommendations to the executive team on business opportunities and proactively provide answers/insights to key business strategies

• Spearhead opportunities for increased customer engagement

 

Qualifications 

• 5+ years’ experience in product strategy, marketing, or business development at a data center or technology company preferred 

• Work experience in or consulting for SaaS, Software Defined Infrastructure, netw