Product Owner – Data Center Orchestration Platform

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About the Role

We are seeking a highly strategic and execution-focused Product Owner to lead the vision, roadmap, and delivery of a mission-critical platform that orchestrates and manages complex workflows across our global data center operations.

This platform is central to ensuring operational excellence—enabling real-time visibility, seamless coordination of activities, and optimized delivery of customer outcomes. You will work closely with senior engineering leaders to shape a next-generation, distributed workflow orchestration system built for scale, resilience, and efficiency.

As the Product Owner, you will bridge business, operations, and engineering—translating complex operational needs into scalable product capabilities while driving measurable impact across the organization.

What You’ll Do

• Product Strategy & Vision
• Define and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the data center orchestration platform.
• Translate business and operational goals into clear product capabilities and outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, visibility, and automation across data center workflows.

Backlog & Delivery Management

• Own and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business priorities and technical strategy.
• Break down complex workflows and system requirements into well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with engineering to deliver features end-to-end—from concept through production.

Workflow & Platform Design

• Collaborate with engineering teams to define workflow orchestration models and capabilities.
• Drive product requirements for distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and real-time processing.
• Ensure the platform supports scalability, reliability, and operational resilience.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with engineering, infrastructure, and operations teams to define and refine product requirements.
• Act as the voice of customers (internal and external) and operational stakeholders.
• Facilitate alignment across technical and non-technical teams on priorities and trade-offs.

Data-Driven Decision Making

• Define KPIs and success metrics (e.g., workflow efficiency, SLA adherence, system reliability).
• Leverage telemetry, operational data, and user feedback to continuously improve the platform.
• Drive decisions based on measurable outcomes and insights.

Execution & Stakeholder Communication

• Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release planning in an Agile environment.
• Communicate product updates, risks, and progress to stakeholders and leadership.
• Ensure clarity and transparency in priorities and delivery timelines.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management or product ownership experience in enterprise or platform environments.

• 2+ years of experience with workflow orchestration platforms (e.g., Temporal, Camunda, Airflow)

• 2+ years of experience with distributed system concepts (scalability, fault tolerance, consistency)
• 2+ years of experience working on platforms supporting real-time operations or mission-critical workflows.

• Proven experience delivering complex, distributed systems or platform-based products.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and backlog management practices.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business and operational requirements into technical solutions.
• Experience partnering closely with engineering teams on highly technical products.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with:

• Event-driven systems and streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka)
• Cloud-native architectures (preferably AWS)
• Infrastructure, logistics, or operations platforms

Strong understanding of:

• Microservices architecture
• Observability and operational monitoring concepts

What We’re Building

You will help shape a next-generation orchestration platform that:

• Coordinates complex operational workflows across data centers
• Provides real-time visibility and tracking of work execution
• Optimizes resource utilization and operational efficiency
• Ensures reliability and scalability across global infrastructure
• This is a high-impact initiative that directly supports business-critical operations and offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of data center execution platforms.

What Success Looks Like

• Clear, prioritized roadmap aligned with business outcomes
• High-quality backlog enabling predictable engineering delivery
• Measurable improvements in workflow efficiency and operational visibility
• Strong alignment between product, engineering, and operations teams
• Successful delivery of scalable, resilient platform capabilities

The targeted pay range for this position in the following location is / locations are:

United States - Dallas Infomart Office DAI : 155,000 - 233,000 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.

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. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific plan or program terms.

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.  If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer.  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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