Principal Product Manager, AI Infrastructure

Equinix • Redwood City, CA

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About The Position

Equinix is hiring a Principal Product Manager for AI Infrastructure. The role designs, develops, and manages products throughout their lifecycle, translating market opportunities and customer demand into differentiated, customer-centric products and services. It sets product vision and strategy, maintains roadmaps, and partners across user experience, engineering, operations, solution architecture, marketing, and other functions to build and launch products and features.

The position leads product managers and senior managers, with accountability for team performance, talent development, succession planning, performance management, and hiring and disciplinary recommendations or decisions. It develops scalable product approaches, manages product P&L, aligns product strategy with senior stakeholders, mentors product teams, and represents the product portfolio to customers and internal teams.

The role also oversees resources and budgets for portfolio projects, identifies and escalates budget or execution issues, contributes to annual budget planning, and optimizes budget allocations. It sets and improves departmental processes, policies, standards, goals, and measurement practices to support compliance, quality, productivity, and consistency.

Requirements

• 20+ years of experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Nice To Haves

• 20+ years of experience.
• Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead product managers and senior managers, providing direction through senior managers and overseeing teams focused on execution of area or sub-function plans.
• Manage team performance and results, including succession planning, talent development, performance management, and hiring or disciplinary decisions and recommendations.
• Support GPS assessments and Total Rewards allocations, review manager recommendations, and conduct talent, career-pathway, and individual development conversations.
• Model Equinix culture and values.
• Coordinate with cross-functional leadership to ensure effective Product Management.
• Develop innovative approaches to scale product offerings.
• Manage product P&L.
• Engage Director- and VP-level stakeholders to align product management strategies with product lifecycle objectives.
• Mentor the team in developing products that resonate with customers and evangelize products and product lines.
• Act as a product and domain advisor and thought leader, explaining the portfolio and product strategy to customers and internal teams.
• Allocate resources according to organizational priorities and work with cross-functional leads and project managers to track resource allocation and utilization.
• Identify potential budget shortfalls and escalate proactively; manage or escalate issues as needed.
• Contribute to annual budget planning for projects, support, software maintenance, renewals, and purchases in areas of responsibility.
• Review and optimize budget allocation.
• Align departmental processes, policies, and standards with product priorities; define process goals and measurement standards.
• Optimize processes for continuous improvement, quality, and productivity, while ensuring consistency and efficiency across standards and policies.

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program
• Health or healthcare insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Voluntary or optional benefit plans
• Retirement or savings plans
• Paid time off, vacation, and personal time
• Paid holidays
• Bonus eligibility
• Equity may be offered depending on the position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed