Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 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 leadership role at Equinix means you will drive and collaborate on work that impacts the world. 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.
SVP, Interconnection Products & Services
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 leadership role at Equinix means you will drive and collaborate on work that impacts the world. 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.
The Senior Vice President of Interconnection Products & Services will own and execute the combined digital and physical interconnection portfolio. With end-to-end responsibility for Equinix's interconnection offerings, this role emphasizes integrating interconnection capabilities to form a unified, scalable product experience and shift the focus from product-defined point capabilities to recognizing interconnection as a core capability.
This SVP will leverage product engineering capabilities to drive engineering excellence, reduce redundant development efforts, and enable product and software innovation within the interconnection domain. Collaborating cross-functionally, they will play a central role in expanding Equinix’s interconnection strategy, driving ecosystem synergies, and advancing a unified Retail-Hyperscaler value proposition to enhance customer network effects and ensure an innovative, digitally empowered customer experience.
Responsibilities
- Product vision and strategy: set and execute a cohesive, digitally oriented strategic vision for Equinix’s interconnection portfolio, consolidating legacy digital services and aligning products to Equinix’s broader corporate and market objectives.
- Unified interconnection strategy: activate customer network effects by converging interconnection offerings across digital and physical products, leveraging ecosystem synergies and integrated retail-hyperscaler value to drive scale and seamless connectivity.
- Lifecycle management: oversee the full product lifecycle, from ideation to market delivery, with a focus on unified interconnection capabilities and high standards of scalability, security, and quality.
- Profitability and growth: drive profitability and growth of interconnection products by optimizing portfolio alignment with Equinix’s financial goals and expanding engineering excellence within the product.
- Cross-functional collaboration: partner closely with sales, marketing, engineering, and operations to ensure consistent execution across the product roadmap and effective collaboration across product functions.
- Digital customer experience: enable digitally empowered, software-enabled customer and service provider interactions to enhance enterprise and partner visibility, interaction, and product consumption.
- Market insights and roadmap prioritization: leverage market research and customer insights to inform product development, prioritizing goals that balance near-term objectives with scalable long-term growth.
- Architecture and engineering excellence: oversee network architecture design within the interconnection portfolio, ensuring engineering excellence, efficiency, and avoidance of duplicative development efforts (e.g., unified IP address management, control plane for network).
- Resource and budget management: optimize budgets, resources, and timelines to support efficient project execution and alignment with interconnection strategy goals.
- Innovation and R&D: drive continuous innovation and product evolution through focused research and development, converging current interconnection capabilities into a streamlined, customer-centered portfolio.
- Performance metrics: establish and track KPIs to monitor success, using data to refine strategy and inform leadership on performance outcomes and adjustments.
- Business simplification: streamline support for interconnection products to enhance operational efficiency and simplify customer engagement across offerings.
- Team leadership: build and lead a high-performance team focused on agile development, engineering rigor, and strategic impact, promoting a culture of innovation within the interconnection ecosystem.
Qualifications & Experience
- Extensive experience at a high growth tech company leading a large-scale product management organization
- Strong commercial acumen and experience of leading in a heavily matrixed organization.
- Executive presence and demonstrated success building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and influencing and collaborating in cross-functional environments
- Demonstrated experience building a thriving culture aligned to Equinix values
- Expert communicator with clear business acumen and operational experience to advise and influence the most senior executives across the company
- Leadership capabilities to recruit talent and building a high-performance team
- Deep background in commercial and financial management
- Knowledge of legal and regulatory considerations that may impact the monetization process.
- Strong interpersonal skills to foster collaboration among diverse stakeholders, ensuring alignment of goals and strategies.
- Ability to creatively solve problems with limited resources and input, comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment
- Foster the culture of agile development in a fast-paced environment with continuous product development and deployment
- Be an inspirational leader who empowers teams
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 disability.
The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
- San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $342k - $428k - $514k per year
- California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $307k - $384k - $461k per year
- Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $292k - $365k - $438k per year
Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.
This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.
As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:
USA Benefits eBook
Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
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.
The United States targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
- San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $342k - $428k - $514k per year
- California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $307k - $384k - $461k per year
- Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $292k - $365k - $438k per year
Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.
This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.
As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:
USA Benefits eBook
