Director, Global Executive Talent Acquisition

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet. A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future.

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 As Director, Global Executive Talent Acquisition, you will lead our Global Executive Talent Acquisition (GETA) team and the day-to-day delivery of executive search for VP, SVP and selected C-suite appointments around the world. From search strategy through offer close, you will set a consistent standard for rigor, pace, candidate care and stakeholder confidence. This is a visible global people leadership role for someone who combines the craft of executive search with the discipline of building a high-performing program.

You will coach experienced recruiters, orchestrate complex multi-stakeholder searches, create durable executive talent pipelines in partnership with succession planning and use insight to help senior leaders make better-informed hiring decisions. You will report to the Senior Director, Talent Marketplace, who retains accountability for executive hiring strategy. You will translate that strategy into exceptional execution, leading through a collaborative, multi-stakeholder model and ensuring the team can deliver consistently without dependence on any single executive relationship.

Why this role matters

Shape leadership:
Help Equinix identify and engage the executives who can deliver critical business priorities

Build lasting capability:
Create a global executive search engine that becomes stronger, faster and more insightful with every mandate

Lead through influence:
Partner with senior executives, HR leaders and specialist teams across a complex global organisation

Build the capability engine:
Equinix is scaling its leadership bench at the very moment digital infrastructure is being redefined. Executive hiring is moving from reactive search to a genuine capability engine - one that weighs internal succession, mobility and external hire as equal routes to strength. You are joining at the point of inflection, with a mandate to build that engine, not inherit one Responsibilities

Lead and develop a global team. Develop, coach and performance-manage the GETA team, creating clear expectations, strong operating rhythms, thoughtful capacity planning and meaningful career pathways for senior practitioners

Deliver executive search with excellence. Lead day-to-day delivery for VP, SVP and selected C-suite searches globally, from intake and success profile through assessment, selection and offer close

Raise the bar on search quality. Coach recruiters hands-on in market mapping, outreach, assessment, candidate care and senior stakeholder management, while embedding consistent standards across active searches

Partner at the highest levels. Engage senior hiring executives, people business partners and hiring managers to align on outcomes, interview plans, decisions and risks, and provide clear reporting on the executive hiring portfolio

Build the talent pipeline before it is needed. Maintain a current view of executive talent pools across priority capabilities, competitors and adjacent sectors, and convert intelligence into repeatable pipeline and outreach plans

Turn market insight into better decisions. Partner with Talent Intelligence and Total Rewards…