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Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.
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A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact. You’ll work across teams, influence key decisions, and help shape the path forward. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.
Job Summary
Vice President, Energy Innovation, is responsible for leading a global team of energy experts focused on the cutting edge of securing cost effective, reliable, and innovative power solutions. This role encompasses oversight of all commercial aspects of structuring innovative commercial, technical, and novel energy solutions addressing the power challenges faced by data centers and communities across the Equinix portfolio. This role will be responsible for leading onsite, co-siting, and clean energy program development and implementation with strong ties to our regional energy leaders that will be implementing solutions. This role will drive front end initiatives to secure innovative, reliable, and cost-effective power solutions to serve our data center customers reliably and sustainably into the future.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement novel and innovative approaches to securing energy and capacity to serve new and operational data centers. Specific focus on developing and piloting energy solutions that are sustainable, reliable, and focused on delivering benefits to both Equinix and the communities where we operate
Wholesale Structured Transactions: Oversee the development of the Equinix global energy “playbook”, including leading our clean energy programs, development of onsite and co-siting strategies, and initial implementation of those strategies globally. This role will be responsible for Identify and leverage strategic partnerships with energy suppliers, utilities, and renewable energy developers to support the company’s growth
Co-Siting, Onsite Power Generation: Lead a team that will commercially evaluate the business need for co-siting or on-site power generation in applicable global markets; ensuring the lowest cost of service that will ensure long term reliability and cost certainty for Equinix Customers
Renewable, Carbon Free Energy and Sustainability: Integrate renewable and carbon free energy programs into energy solutions across the global data center portfolio and drive initiatives to enhance the company’s energy resilience. Lead commercial engagements with next generation energy technology providers to create long term energy supply solutions
Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with external stakeholders, including energy suppliers, regulators, and sustainability organizations, to promote the company’s energy initiatives and commitments
Spokesperson: Serve as a recognized external voice for the company on energy innovation trends and policy, representing the company at industry or regulatory events, advisory councils, standards bodies or media engagements
Team Leadership: As a senior member of the Global Energy team, this leader will work with other senior leaders to inspire a global team, fostering a high-performance culture with a focus on accountability, agility and innovation. Collaborate with leaders cross-functionally to deliver Equinix's vision
Qualifications
Strategic Vision: Strategic visionary with a deep understanding of energy markets, regulatory environments, and sustainability practices. Intense focus on meaningful innovations in the space that have helped drive modernizing the grid and the way we procure power
Technical Skills: Strong understanding of energy systems, carbon free and renewable technologies, conventional generation…