Who are we?Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, operating over 250 data centersacross the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.Joining our operations team means that you will be at the forefront of all we do, maintaining critical facilities infrastructure as part of a close-knit team delivering best-in-class service to our data center customers. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providingan equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.Innovation Director, Global Design and ConstructionJob SummaryThe Equinix Global Design & Construction (GDC) Design Innovation Director is an industry-recognized figurehead representing Equinix's ideals and thinking at the highest levels across the data center industry, in public forum and in private with customers, direct vendors and IT hardware partners.The Innovation Director will incubate new ideas and approaches, taking guidance from across the Design organization, working collaboratively with customers, vendors and industry partners to co-ordinate the Equinix GDC Innovation Roadmap. The Innovation Director will be responsible for driving the Roadmap in terms of studies, whitepapers, industry collaborations, pilots, and in-service improvements. They take a global view to apply best practice from wider industry to the field of data center design.The Innovation Director will curate and maintain relationships with customers, vendors and partners to deliver Equinix's vision of future data center development, adapted for customer trends, forthcoming data center electrical/mechanical plant developments and IT hardware development. The Innovation Director will lobby customers, vendors and partners for development aligned with Equinix's vision of future data center development.The Innovation Director has a key role advocating for sustainability in design, and will be a representative of the company in public and private with customers, vendors and industry partners in conjunction with other in-house expertise. They will work to build consensus across internal stakeholders.The Innovation Director will maintain interpersonal relationships with internal design staff, construction, commercial & procurement teams, wider Equinix partners to GDC, external design consulting partners, customers, vendors and industry partners so as to understand industry news, trends and issues and cultivate a culture of collaboration to solve industry issues.The Innovation Director is a seasoned data center professional with proven experience across data center civil/structural/architectural design, mechanical/electrical (and sub-trades) design, M&E equipment design & selection, and IT hardware development.We would particularly value experience in matching and influencing hardware development to data center design, and vice-versa.The Innovation Director is responsible for design decisions related to a large and/or complex portfolio of datacenter projects which can include: new construction, phased expansion, retrofits and upgrades, acquisition conversions, mechanical and electrical equipment selections, and standards upgrades in either a specific region or globally. They are an industry recognized expert on datacenter design. The Design Director critically assesses design decisions across disciplines and applies required Equinix standards and country specific regulations to make the best design choices. They manage and provide guidance to more