Product Owner - Data Center Orchestration Platform

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. 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 clo