Vice President, Product Architecture & Security Platforms

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. Role Summary / Opportunity Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, the Vice President, Product Architecture & Security Platformserves as a critical catalyst for technology transformation, platform modernization, and strategic differentiation. The VP is a key member of the Global Product senior leadership team responsible for defining and driving the architecture, security, and advanced software platform strategy that enables the company's next generation of digital products and services. The VP will oversee three strategic areas: architectural leadership and incubation of Network and Security Platform capabilities creation and scaling of an AI-native Product Security and Application Security engineering organization development of Layer 7 networking applications and agentic AI capabilities that create new customer-facing software and platform opportunities. Combining deep technical expertise with strong business and organizational leadership, this executive will establish architecture standards, build critical security talent and capabilities, and partner across Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and Information Security teams to accelerate innovation, strengthen the company's security posture, and unlock higher-value software growth opportunities. Key responsibilities and accountabilities AI software incubation for Security Applications Lead incubation of AI-powered security applications and services across L7 and application security domains. Build agile engineering capabilities that rapidly assess, prototype, and scale emerging AI market opportunities. Drive innovation in intelligent traffic management, endpoint routing, and secure application connectivity. Develop revenue-generating adjacencies with Fabric and security platform offerings. Identify and accelerate new AI-driven product opportunities that strengthen Equinix's competitive differentiation. Sovereign security platforms Own the strategy and roadmap for sovereign security platforms supporting trusted AI, data sovereignty, and regulated workloads. Build security-attested automation, certification, and compliance capabilities that enable enterprise AI training, fine-tuning, and inference deployments. Drive industry partnerships and standards participation to position Equinix as a leader in trusted AI and sovereign infrastructure ecosystems. Identify and scale new market opportunities in secure AI, confidential computing, and sovereign cloud services. Architecture leader for Global Products Establish and govern architecture standards, frameworks, and engineering practices across product areas. Drive engineering maturity through capability assessments, coaching, and continuous improvement. Lead adoption of cloud-native, agile, DevSecOps, and quality engineering practices while ensuring security and compliance. Define long-term technology strategy and platform roadmaps aligned to business priorities. Govern architectural risk, technical debt, and platform sustainability across the portfolio. Engineering performance, governance and continuous improvement Drive engineering performance through measurable outcomes, operational metrics, and delivery excellence. Establish governance frameworks for technology investments, risk mitigation, and architectural compliance. Lead continuous improvement initiatives that increase engineering productivity