Succession Planning Leader

4 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Equinix Full time

**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.

Succession Planning Leader

**Job Summary**

As part of a wider transformation of Equinix’s OneHR team, and the Org and Talent team - a new key leadership role has been identified for a Succession Planning Leader. The key objective of this leader is to ensure a seamless transition of leadership, maintain organizational stability, and to foster a pipeline of talented individuals who can contribute to the long-term success of the company.

**Responsibilities**

Program Development
- Development Programs: Implementing programs to develop the skills and competencies of high-potential individuals, preparing them for leadership positions

Talent Identification & Assessment
- Talent Identification: Identifying potential leaders within the organization who have the skills and capabilities to take on executive roles. Partner with executive leadership in talent assessment and identification to ensure future needed skills and competencies are developed
- Leadership Assessment: Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential leaders to ensure a smooth transition
- Emergency Planning: Developing contingency plans for unexpected departures of key executives to ensure mínimal disruption to the organization

Insights & Trends
- Communication: Effectively communicating succession plans to key stakeholders, including the board of directors, employees, and shareholders
- Monitoring Industry Trends: Staying informed about industry trends, changes, and best practices in executive succession planning

Develop and execute global Succession Planning program:
Build and scale process-based capabilities
- Transformational leadership: constantly assess and adjust relative performance of function vs external emerging best practices ensuring adoption and best in class outcomes in talent management
- Drive global consistency: Develop consistent Succession processes and systems globally
- Enhance performance orientation by setting and measuring performance targets that are aligned with business outcomes
- Drive automation of analytics and processes: Identify and improve processes that can be automated, utilize AI or streamlined to enable scale, competitive advantage, and increase customer experience
- Define and codify critical processes: Identify and define critical processes in talent and succession to drive best practices and consistency

Foster an innovative and collaborative culture
- Create close relationships with key stakeholders (HR BPs, HR leaders, regional presidents, country managers, business unit leaders, executive team)
- Motivate employees and leaders around shared vision and change story in line with talent transformation and focus on growth and development of talent
- Shape a collaborative, transparent, and entrepreneurial culture, in tandem with the corporate leadership team

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor's degree or above - or equivalent experience. Strong experience leading in HR Executive, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Strategy or consulting engagements
- 3+ years of progressive experience in leading Talent Management solutions, ideally in a global environment
- Successful track record in designing and implementing practical solutions & programs to address organizational and human capital development needs
- Experience with complex, multi-dimensional projects, and proven success at building credibility quickly at all levels of the organization, including senior executives
- Experience leading and operating governance mechanisms in an organization using agile methodologies with a product mindset is strongly preferred
- Experience in mid-size, matrixed and multinational organizations

Skills and Attributes
- Thought leadership, collaboration, and influencing skills to establish/maintain excellent working relationships with multiple cross functional partners
- Hands-on leader who is authentic and able to inspire others to be their best through leadership and coaching
- Proactive and creative thinker who can provide strategic thought leadership and prioritization, think analytically, and solve complex issues and challenges in a way

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