Project and Program Manager

Project and Program Manager

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.

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day Community Engagement program activities and workstreams.
• Maintain program trackers, action plans, timelines, risks, issues, decisions, and follow-ups.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders across Sustainability, Communications, Public Policy, Regulatory Affairs, Real Estate, and GDC.
• Schedule and manage meetings, prepare agendas, capture notes, track action items, and follow up with stakeholders.
• Collect and consolidate information from multiple teams for Monthly Business Reviews (MBR), leadership reviews, and governance meetings.
• Prepare executive-ready PowerPoint presentations, leadership communications, reports, and meeting materials.
• Support implementation and adoption of the Community & Regulatory Risk Assessment Tool.
• Coordinate training, office hours, user support, and stakeholder communication related to the tool.
• Track tool adoption, completion rates, feedback, and implementation progress.
• Document lessons learned and identify opportunities for process and tool improvements.
• Track budgets, spending, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts.
• Maintain accurate reporting and audit-ready documentation.
• Monitor progress against annual goals, deliverables, and key milestones.

Must-Have Skills

• Demonstrable project, programme, or operations management experience.
• Strong experience managing complex, cross-functional projects.
• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, risks, and dependencies.
• Strong organizational and attention-to-detail skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong PowerPoint skills and experience creating executive-level presentations.
• Strong Excel skills for tracking, reporting, and data analysis.
• Experience maintaining project/program trackers and reporting dashboards.
• Experience coordinating meetings, governance forums, and leadership reviews.
• Experience tracking budgets, spend, commitments, or forecasts.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders and influence teams without direct authority.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, and preferably Copilot.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience in sustainability, community engagement, public affairs, corporate affairs, regulatory affairs, infrastructure, real estate, or data centers.
• Experience with risk management or risk assessment programs.
• Experience implementing or rolling out a new technology/tool or process.
• Change management and user adoption experience.
• Experience with training, stakeholder enablement, and office hours.
• Experience with Power BI, SharePoint, or Smartsheet.
• FP&A, budget management, financial reporting, or forecasting experience.
• Experience with due diligence or stage-gate approval processes.
• Experience working in a global matrixed organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrable project, programme, or operations management experience.
• Experience working in a complex, cross-functional, matrixed environment.
• Strong communication, organization, and presentation skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills.
• Experience preparing executive communications and leadership presentations.