The Head of Digital

**Who are we?**

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.

Our culture is based on collaboration and the growth and development of our teams. We hire hardworking people who thrive on solving challenging problems 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 Head of Digital - Corporate Functions is a forward-thinking, enterprise-oriented Product Executive responsible for leading the digital transformation of corporate functions, including Finance, People, Legal, and Business Operations. This executive will serve as the strategic partner to function leaders, with full accountability for delivering modern, user-centric digital capabilities that streamline operations, enhance compliance, elevate employee and stakeholder experiences, and enable business agility.

This leader will oversee a portfolio of enterprise products and platforms, driving the modernization and integration of core systems while introducing innovative solutions that future-proof the company's corporate foundation.

**Responsibilities**

Strategic Leadership
- Partner with corporate function leaders to co-create and deliver a unified digital strategy that supports strategic, operational, and regulatory priorities across Finance, People, Legal, and Business Operations as well as End User Support and Digital Workplace in support of the employee experience
- Shape the long-term vision for enterprise platforms, employee experience, automation, data governance, and risk/compliance enablement.
- Ensure technology investments align with broader enterprise architecture, data, and innovation strategies.

Product Ownership & Execution
- Build and lead a high-impact product team responsible for designing, delivering, and optimizing capabilities that improve accuracy, compliance, efficiency, and experience.
- Prioritize investments based on business value, strategic impact, and stakeholder input, ensuring cross-functional transparency and alignment.

Stakeholder Engagement & Value Realization
- Serve as the digital thought partner and liaison between corporate function leaders and the Digital & Innovation team.
- Understand user needs across business units, functions, and geographies to ensure digital products drive measurable improvements in service delivery and operational effectiveness.
- Lead change management and user adoption strategies to ensure successful implementation and business value realization.

Innovation / Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities for automation, intelligent workflows, predictive analytics, and self-service capabilities to simplify processes and enhance decision-making.
- Foster innovation in areas such as workforce planning, financial forecasting, compliance tracking, and operational service delivery.
- Keep pace with emerging enterprise technologies and regulatory trends to ensure platforms remain compliant, modern, and resilient.

People Leadership
- Build coach and expand the customer enablement teams to support business success.

Leadership Characteristics of the role
- Is a transformational leader who excels at driving bold and meaningful change at scale and across multiple dimensions.
- Leads with a global mindset, across cultures, in a highly matrixed, relationship and consensus-driven environment.
- Cultivates Innovation - Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful. Fosters a climate where innovation can thrive. Encourages innovative risk taking and embraces failure as a part of innovation

**Qualifications**

Essential skills, knowledge and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- 15+ years of experience in product management, digital transformation or technology leadership with at least 5 yrs in a senior leadership role
- Deep understanding of global infrastructure operations, data center environments, and related operational systems and tools
- Proven experience delivering digital solutions for mission-critical environments with high demands on uptime, security, and compliance
- Familiarity with infrastructure management platforms, DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management), CMDB, automation tools, and real-time telemetry