Senior Portfolio & Program Manager, Operational Technology & Engineering

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Job Summary

Responsibilities

• Maintain a single, current view of all OT&E initiatives, including scope, funding, dependencies, risk, and expected value
• Run intake, scoring, and prioritization of new work against strategy, architectural standards, and capacity
• Lead quarterly and annual planning, roadmap development, and investment cases, partnering with Finance on forecasting and variance reporting
• Lead multi-team programs end to end, including integrated plans, critical paths, and phased global rollouts to site teams
• Define and enforce stage gates and readiness criteria (design, security review, pilot, production)
• Ensure programs conform to approved architecture and engineering standards, working closely with architecture and review boards
• Run program governance, including steering committees, status cadences, RAID logs, and decision records
• Creates clarity from complexity by turning strategy, competing priorities, and incomplete information into an executable roadmap
• Balances pace, cost, technical quality, cybersecurity, and long-term supportability in program decisions
• Translate technical detail into executive-ready narratives, dashboards, and decision requests
• Manage vendor and integrator engagements, including SOWs, deliverables, and performance
• Track benefits realization and report whether delivered programs achieved their intended outcomes.

Qualifications

• Typically, 10+ years in program or portfolio management, including 5+ years leading complex technical programs
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology, or a related field is desired.
• Nice to Have: PMP or PMI certification, P.Eng., Lean, or Agile certification; ITIL Foundation or ServiceNow experience
• Experience managing concurrent programs with shared dependencies and constrained resources
• Proven, hands-on expertise in industrial controls and operational technology within data centre or critical facilities environments
• Brings solid controls and OT expertise to engage engineers as a credible peer, challenge plans, and recognize material technical dependencies, while respecting engineering as the technical authority
• Technical knowledge of Building Management Systems (BMS), power monitoring, SCADA, telemetry, and OT/IT network segmentation, including how these systems integrate, sufficient to challenge estimates and technical plans and spot risk
• Strong financial acumen, including budget ownership and business case development
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive decisions without direct authority
• Experience with both stage-gate and agile delivery approaches
• Excellent facilitation, negotiation, written communication, and executive presentation skills, able to influence in a global, matrixed environment without direct authority
• The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:
• Canada - Toronto Office TRO : 133,000 - 183,000 CAD / Annual
• United States - Dallas Infomart Office DAI : 138,000 - 208,000 USD / Annual
• Our pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and location. 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. Individual pay is based on additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training.
• 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.

Equinix Benefits

• As an employee, you become important to Equinix’s success. We ensure all your benefits are in line with our core values: competitive, inclusive, sustainable, connected and efficient. We keep them competitive within the current marketplace to ensure we’re providing you with the best package possible. So, wherever you are in your career and life, you’ll be able to enhance your experience and bring your whole self to work.
• Employee Assistance Program : An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees.
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