Senior Manager, Capacity Management, APAC East

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: APAC capacity management is a critical and complex function that optimises available space, power and cooling across data centers in the region. The Senior Manager, Capacity Management, APAC East provides strategic leadership to a team of senior members and utilises expertise to recommend and develop solutions, policies and procedures to optimise our data center capacity across Australia, Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and the Philippines. This is a strategic role that involves managing teams across different countries in APAC East and directly contributing to supporting our sales pipeline, while balancing technical considerations to secure Availability. Key responsibilities: People Management Leads and manages a team of senior Capacity engineers across Australia and Japan A strategic leader who directs the activities of a broad functional area and recommends implementing changes to methods Builds a high performing team that delivers operational excellence in the day to day while also focusing on longer term, strategic initiatives around improving systems and processes in Data Center Capacity Management Driving Strategic Programs Plays a pivotal role in shaping the development of a unified, regional system for capacity management that delivers a single pane of glass visualisation for all key decision-making parameters and eventually drives greater automation in Capacity management Leads and drives specific work streams related to the development of this capability, works cross functionally with development teams and technical program management functions to build and execute on a clear roadmap Problem Solving Provides direction to staff as required to analyse and resolve critical technical problems Recommends methods and approaches for finding solutions to problems that deviate from established processes or operational policies Identifies opportunities for process efficiency improvements and implements as appropriate Makes high judgement calls by triangulating diverse sets of data and analytics Works with cross-regional/global departments to identify and resolve any problems related to data center capacity Supports the development of business cases that shape further investment and expansion plans by delivering capacity and load growth forecasts to inform decision making …