Director, Talent Planning And Performance

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

We are a fast-growing global company with 20 years of continuous growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of 10,000+ companies, including 2,100 networks and 3,000+ cloud and IT service providers in 32 countries spanning six continents.  

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. 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.

We are looking for a Talent leader to evolve our foundation around planning and performance programs to address the needs of a rapidly growing and diverse organization. In this role, you will design and deliver vision and philosophy related to evaluation and enablement of individual and team performance, high potential identification and succession planning for all employees at Equinix. You will develop simple and scalable approaches with measurable impact.

You will work with key stakeholders to align on strategic business outcomes, set mechanisms for seamless execution, be a continuous voice of the customer, and engage in ongoing process improvement. You will also ensure strategic enablement of managers and employees through developing practices in these areas that drive growth mindsets and leading with transparency. In addition, you will partner with key stakeholders around training, change management, UAT and drive performance of ongoing process analytics and reporting of process effectiveness and efficiency.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Execution

• Evolve our talent planning and performance management frameworks to drive strategic and objective talent dialogues
• Leverage best-in-class practices to develop, implement and track key process performance indicators
• Apply analytical acumen to gain insights on process impact on human & business performance.
• Drive continuous process improvement to maximize business value of the process.
• Build depth in business acumen to develop the vision and value proposition around talent programs through the lens of key business stakeholders

Talent & Performance Programs

• Ensures that these programs are implemented successfully across the enterprise using defined success measures
• Partner with Experience Delivery Product Management to constantly evolve, improve and further simplify programs to ensure full adoption
• Formulate philosophies underlying talent processes such as HIPO identification, talent pools, succession planning promotions.
• Design processes to ensure they drive leadership excellence and objectively identify top talent and talent pools
• Build strategies that enable recognition of performance in partnership with Total Rewards

Leadership

• Bring practical recommendations based on data and research to inform strategic decisions in a fast-moving environment
• Lead a team of direct and indirect reports who build, manage and scale complex programs that involve significant change management, high-profile outcomes and multiple organizational partners
• Provide leadership, growth and mentoring to direct and indirect team members
• Manage consistency of demand prioritization, product quality, and project delivery

Consulting & Stakeholder collaboration

• Work closely with our Experience Product Management team to translate stakeholder business needs into process, technology, or enablement improvements and drive execution with feedback loop to the stakeholders
• Act as a key liaison to the HR Business Partners and business leaders on performance & career progression topics
• Ensures that the talent management solutions achieve the desired business outcome
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with key business and HR stakeholders.
• Partner with key internal stakeholders to develop and identify change management and enablement efforts

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience with 5+ years of domain experience in conceiving and implementing effective talent programs related to performance evaluation, career development, high potential identification, succession planning, and executive development
• Proven experience in building and leading a people team
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• An agile & growth-oriented mindset
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal skills and ability to adapt communication style and content to the audience; ability to influence without authority; experience working with different executive and leadership levels

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

• Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $139,000 to $237,000
• San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $160,000 to $273,000
• California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $153,000 to $261,000

Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.

As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:

USA Benefits eBook

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

• Colorado, Nevada, Rhode Island: $139,000 to $237,000
• San Francisco, CA / Bay Area: $160,000 to $273,000
• California (Non-SF/Bay Area), Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Washington state: $153,000 to $261,000

Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.

This position may be offered in other locations. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

The targeted pay range listed reflects the base pay only and does not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Employees are eligible for bonus, and equity may be offered depending on the position.

As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. Details about our company benefits can be found at the following link:

USA Benefits eBook