Senior Manager, Corporate Development & Strategy

Equinix, Inc.•Ashburn, VA

41d

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy & Development drives and supports Americas' strategic planning, portfolio strategy, location strategy, asset management, strategic initiatives, and new business development. They are expected to build strong collaborative partnerships with many major, internal functions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree preferred; MBA a plus
7+ years of relevant business experience, preferably in Top tier Management consulting/Corporate Strategy/Corporate Development at a leading technology company preferred
Strong preference for significant, relevant data center experience

Responsibilities

Portfolio Strategy & Asset Management
Develops asset management optimization and prioritization strategies, including expansion, contraction, disposition, and reconfiguration of sites
Develops relative prioritization for both further investment in current footprints and for new potential geographic expansions
Helps develop metro and regional capacity strategies and support capex forecasts on planned development
Identifies and prioritizes development of new business cases for expansion
Alongside internal business partners, prioritizes and ensures the timely investment roadmap for investment to refresh/upgrade sites, mindful of end-of-life infrastructure and mitigation of single points of failure
Develop points of view and proposed action plans regarding metro- and site-level performance, include prioritization and roadmap of site closures and divestments; partnering with the PMO Office to onboard identified site migrations and exits into such processes
Supports near- and long-term capacity plans and maintain inventory roadmaps
Oversees the financial modeling and development of presentations
Develops and presents investment proposals to executive management
Reviews ad hoc financial analysis and supports investment analysis for other business units including M&A, Commercial Finance Business Development, and others
Strategic Planning and Development
Manages the annual strategic planning process in conjunction with the Regional and Corporate teams; leading key initiatives during the annual strategy planning process
Develops strategy/business cases for strategic initiatives, sells into organization, leads and manages cross-functional program teams, and raises/resolves issues
Drives competitive and market research to track and synthesize competitors'/partners' initiatives, key trends, and disruptions across the ecosystem (e.g., data centers, connectivity providers, independent power providers, hyperscalers, neo-clouds) to deliver insights that inform strategy and action-planning; partnering with global Market Intelligence team for research
Evaluates and (in some cases) spearheads corporate development opportunities, partnering with Finance, Marketing and other operating areas
Develops strategies to capture significant benefit from the proliferation of AI inference
Takes on a wide variety of roles, depending on the project
Delivers presentations to senior management on key initiatives
Project and Program Management
Works with leadership to identify business issues requiring project management
Develops Executive staff and Board-level presentation materials
Identifies, designs, prioritizes, manages and reports on complex strategic initiatives across the business
Leads efforts on internal consulting projects focused on new markets/products, growth initiatives and profitability improvements
Runs interdepartmental working group meetings with little or no supervision
Helps kick-off meetings and hosts sections of cross-departmental meetings as needed
Works with working group team members to identify, catalogue, document, and make recommendations to more senior team members
Provides summary notes and follow-up emails to working teams
Joint Ventures and M&A
Supports and, often, drives development of JV investment opportunities for growth
Supports buyside and sellside M&A processes, as needed
Actively follows and analyzes deal activity in areas of interest to Equinix
Supports development of operational models and synergy forecasts for targets

Benefits

Employee Assistance Program: An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees.
US Benefits: - Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members. - Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future. - Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific plan or program terms.

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