Senior Portfolio & Program Manager, Operational Technology & Engineering
About The Position
The Senior Portfolio & Program Manager, Operational Technology & Engineering (OT&E) is responsible for the integrated portfolio of OT&E initiatives across controls, central monitoring, OT infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and automation. The role ensures programs are sequenced, governed, funded, and transitioned to operations as one connected roadmap rather than as separate projects. The position combines portfolio and program management with hands-on expertise in industrial controls and operational technology, including how controls systems integrate across critical facilities. Engineering retains responsibility for design, architecture, and engineering acceptance; this role owns portfolio governance, integration, and transition to operations, and recommends sequencing, funding, and prioritization decisions to leadership. The role works with engineering, operations, cybersecurity, IT, network, architecture, finance, procurement, vendors, system integrators, and regional teams across Global Operations Excellence. It supports initiatives such as GMCC and central SCADA and helps strengthen the reliability, security, and supportability of Equinix’s critical facilities.
Requirements
- Typically, 10+ years in program or portfolio management, including 5+ years leading complex technical programs.
- Experience managing concurrent programs with shared dependencies and constrained resources.
- Hands-on expertise in industrial controls and operational technology within data centre or critical facilities environments.
- Controls and OT expertise sufficient to engage engineers as a credible peer, challenge plans, and recognize material technical dependencies, while respecting engineering as the technical authority.
- Technical knowledge of Building Management Systems (BMS), power monitoring, SCADA, telemetry, and OT/IT network segmentation, including how these systems integrate, sufficient to challenge estimates and technical plans and spot risk.
- Strong financial acumen, including budget ownership and business case development.
- Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive decisions without direct authority.
- Experience with both stage-gate and agile delivery approaches.
- Excellent facilitation, negotiation, written communication, and executive presentation skills, with the ability to influence in a global, matrixed environment without direct authority.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology, or a related field is desired.
- PMP or PMI certification, P.Eng., Lean, or Agile certification.
- ITIL Foundation or ServiceNow experience.
Responsibilities
- Maintain a single, current view of OT&E initiatives, including scope, funding, dependencies, risk, and expected value.
- Run intake, scoring, and prioritization of new work against strategy, architectural standards, and capacity.
- Lead quarterly and annual planning, roadmap development, and investment cases; partner with Finance on forecasting and variance reporting.
- Lead multi-team programs end to end, including integrated plans, critical paths, and phased global rollouts to site teams.
- Define and enforce stage gates and readiness criteria for design, security review, pilot, and production.
- Ensure programs conform to approved architecture and engineering standards, working with architecture and review boards.
- Run program governance, including steering committees, status cadences, RAID logs, and decision records.
- Turn strategy, competing priorities, and incomplete information into an executable roadmap.
- Balance pace, cost, technical quality, cybersecurity, and long-term supportability in program decisions.
- Translate technical detail into executive-ready narratives, dashboards, and decision requests.
- Manage vendor and integrator engagements, including SOWs, deliverables, and performance.
- Track benefits realization and report whether delivered programs achieved their intended outcomes.
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Health or healthcare coverage, life insurance, disability coverage, and voluntary or optional benefit plans, depending on location and eligibility.
- Retirement or savings plans, including US retirement plan and Canadian DCPP, RRSP, and TFSA options.
- Paid time off, vacation or personal time, and paid holidays, depending on location and eligibility.
- Employees are eligible for a bonus; equity may be offered depending on the position.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
