Senior Manager, Corporate Development & Strategy

Overview

Leads strategy, portfolio, asset management and corporate development for Americas.

Key Responsibilities

• financial modeling
• market research
• capacity planning
• strategic planning
• investment proposals
• presentation development

Tasks

-Develops asset management optimization and prioritization strategies, including expansion, contraction, disposition, and reconfiguration of sites -Helps kick-off meetings and hosts sections of cross-departmental meetings as needed -Leads efforts on internal consulting projects focused on new markets/products, growth initiatives and profitability improvements -Supports near- and long-term capacity plans and maintain inventory roadmaps -Runs interdepartmental working group meetings with little or no supervision -Oversees the financial modeling and development of presentations -Supports development of operational models and synergy forecasts for targets -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 -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 -Provides summary notes and follow-up emails to working teams -Actively follows and analyzes deal activity in areas of interest to Equinix -Develops Executive staff and Board-level presentation materials -Works with working group team members to identify, catalogue, document, and make recommendations to more senior team members -Develops relative prioritization for both further investment in current footprints and for new potential geographic expansions -Identifies, designs, prioritizes, manages and reports on complex strategic initiatives across the business -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 -Works with leadership to identify business issues requiring project management -Supports buyside and sellside M&A processes, as needed -Identifies and prioritizes development of new business cases for expansion -Manages the annual strategic planning process in conjunction with the Regional and Corporate teams; leading key initiatives during the annual strategy planning process -Reviews ad hoc financial analysis and supports investment analysis for other business units including M&A, Commercial Finance Business Development, and others -Delivers presentations to senior management on key initiatives -Develops and presents investment proposals to executive management -Develops strategies to capture significant benefit from the proliferation of AI inference -Evaluates and (in some cases) spearheads corporate development opportunities, partnering with Finance, Marketing and other operating areas -Supports and, often, drives development of JV investment opportunities for growth -Helps develop metro and regional capacity strategies and support capex forecasts on planned development -Develops strategy/business cases for strategic initiatives, sells into organization, leads and manages cross-functional program teams, and raises/resolves issues

Requirements

• data center
• 7+ years
• management consulting
• corporate strategy
• bachelor's
• mba

What You Bring

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

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About Equinix

-World’s largest provider of data center and interconnection services. -Offers cutting-edge solutions that enable businesses to scale and adapt to the digital age. -Facilitates high-performance connections for industries like cloud computing, telecommunications, and finance. -Provides services including hybrid cloud solutions, network and application performance optimization, and interconnection for business ecosystems. -At the forefront of advancing global digital transformation through strategic partnerships with leading companies. -Innovative business models drive enterprise infrastructure modernization, ensuring security and compliance.

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