Head of Technical Recruitment

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.

Joining our operations team means being at the center of everything – maintaining and evolving critical infrastructure that powers the digital world and delivers real impact for our customers, communities and society. This role is a highly technical people manager responsible for leading Technical Deployment teams that deliver complex, large-scale data center customer implementations. The position combines people leadership, technical project management, and operational execution, with accountability for delivery outcomes, standards, and continuous improvement.

The role holds primary accountability for the North Americian Western region and actively partners with North American East and LATAM regional leaders to ensure consistent and scalable deployment practices.

Team Management & Leadership

Leads a highly technical organization through subordinate managers, supervisors, and professionals

Acts as a very technical people manager, capable of asking the right questions and guiding complex execution

Ensures operational and deployment standards are defined and followed

Recommends policy and procedural improvements across disciplines

Manages and advises teams on gathering and validating customer order requirements

Project Planning

Oversees development of customer project implementation plans

Leads continuous improvement and risk mitigation

Customer Order: Project Implementation & Delivery

Manages successful on-time, high-quality deployment delivery

Drives performance analysis and corrective improvements

Cross-Functional & Customer Support

Leads resolution of customer and cross-functional issues

Partners with Operations, Finance, Commercial, and Regional teams

Leads cross‑functional process design and improvement initiatives

Systems, Data & Financial Acumen

Oversees data center operations systems impacts and improvements

Leads data issue investigation and resolution

Applies financial and business planning knowledge to operations decisions

Vendor Management

Manages vendor engagement related to deployments, construction, and EIS

Partners with data center operations support to ensure performance standards

Data center, real estate, or IT infrastructure project management background

Field experience such as construction or site delivery

Real estate space planning and build readiness experience

Strong communication, people leadership, and financial literacy

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

United States - Dallas Infomart Office DAI : 103,000 - 155,000 USD / Annual

The pay range shown is based on our compensation structure in place at the time of posting and may be updated periodically based on business needs.

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.

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. Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability. 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.

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