Director of Global Executive Talent Acquisition

Join Equinix, a global leader in digital infrastructure, as the Director of Global Executive Talent Acquisition. In this role, you will lead the Global Executive Talent Acquisition (GETA) team, overseeing executive search for VP, SVP, and selected C-suite appointments worldwide. You will set a consistent standard for rigor, pace, candidate care, and stakeholder confidence, while coaching experienced recruiters and creating durable executive talent pipelines. This is a visible global people leadership role that requires a combination of executive search expertise and the discipline of building a high-performing program.

• Lead the Global Executive Talent Acquisition (GETA) team in delivering executive search for VP, SVP, and selected C-suite appointments globally.
• Set a consistent standard for rigor, pace, candidate care, and stakeholder confidence throughout the executive search process.
• Coach experienced recruiters, orchestrate complex multi-stakeholder searches, and create durable executive talent pipelines in partnership with succession planning.

• Confidence using data, dashboards and quality signals to improve delivery, expose risk and inform senior-level decisions
• Significant experience leading executive search, executive talent acquisition or comparable global talent programmes in a complex, matrixed organisation – ideally combined with experience at a global external search firm
• Deep expertise in executive search delivery, including search strategy and qualification, market mapping, pipeline cultivation, assessment, selection, offer management and executive candidate care
• 15+ years of experience in talent acquistion
• A leadership style grounded in care, excellence, accountability, inclusion, candor, and adaptability
• The judgement and presence to partner credibly with VP, SVP and C-suite stakeholders while creating alignment across business leaders, People team partners, and specialist teams
• A strong record of leading, coaching and developing experienced executive recruiters or senior talent practitioners across multiple markets (AMERs, EMEA, APAC)
• Commercial discipline in managing search partners, programme budgets, cost-per-hire and build-versus-buy decisions
• Experience building executive talent pipelines across multiple functions and converting market intelligence into practical sourcing / supply and hiring strategies
• You are both a leader of people and a practitioner of the craft. You can move comfortably from coaching a recruiter through a difficult search to helping a senior executive define what success truly requires
• You bring structure without bureaucracy, pace without compromising judgement, and confidence without losing curiosity
• Most importantly, you believe executive hiring should leave the organisation stronger, not simply the vacancy filled
• This is not a role for someone who wants a settled machine. You will build standards where some don't yet exist, influence senior leaders who won't always agree, and hold pace and quality together under real pressure