Partners with executive leaders and their leadership teams to define the talent strategy, shape business objectives, build high performing teams, and optimize the organization. Leads business change and global people initiatives, and drives engagement across the organization. Leads transformational work that improves organizational effectiveness, organization design, organizational capability, and talent management The People Business Partner challenges conventional thinking, cultivates a values-driven culture, and champions innovation by integrating technology, people, and process

Develops deep operational and strategic business insight, and turns business issues and goals into a talent strategy aligned to the business strategy

Builds an annual talent plan that forecasts the organizational and people changes required to deliver the strategy, and executes agreed solutions

Partners with COEs and across the People Team to deliver meaningful People solutions

Identifies and leads organizational change initiatives

Advises on the people aspects of organizational change and transition

Applies structured program and change management practice, accounting for cross-functional and downstream implications, employee engagement, etc

Workforce Insights and Analytics

Partners with workforce insights function to sense and scan internal and external factors to maintain a pulse on current state, review trends, and anticipate future needs

Brings the right people and data together to shape insight and complete root cause diagnostics on people and organizational dynamics





Translates complex data into actionable insight and uses storytelling to influence leadership decisions

Facilitates leader-led action planning on areas of focus such as engagement, organization health, and workforce metrics

Promotes adoption of digital tools and data-informed decision-making across the business

Works with senior leaders to optimize organization design and drive business performance, partnering with Org & Talent Partners for OD and OE expertise while providing business context; may also lead organizational design or transformation initiatives

Partners with business leaders to maximize organizational effectiveness across team development, workforce planning, and change management

Supports leaders through talent motions, flagging talent risks and opportunities, guiding succession planning, and ensuring agreed actions are followed through

Advises on the design and implementation of people programs so they remain relevant to business strategy and goals, and owns or enables the implementation plan in region or function

Owns the relationship with executive leaders in region or function and serves as trusted advisor on talent strategy, talent management, inclusion, and retention

Coaches and develops senior leaders, providing feedback in support of leader and team effectiveness





Challenges leaders to question established practice and the status quo, using data and insight to test assumptions and influencing with empathy, credibility, and emotional intelligence

Coaches leaders on the cultural and mindset required to execute the enterprise strategy, and build high performance teams

Influences leadership decisions on organizational effectiveness and employee engagement

Drive adoption of People Team programs and initiatives

Develops forward-thinking solutions grounded in an understanding of business operations and strategy

Role models Equinix values and the attributes of the desired culture, and drives culture transformation through leadership

Fosters inclusion, trust, and cross-functional collaboration, and demonstrates resilience and adaptability through ambiguity

Encourages learning, growth mindset, and continuous improvement across the organization

Ensures the effectiveness of the People Team by championing the service delivery model and collaboration across all People Team functions

Partners with and brings in resources from across the People Team to implement solutions that meet the challenges of the business

Brings deep HR and business expertise with a strong focus on delivering business value, designing agile people-centric solutions, enabling new ways of working, and creating meaningful enterprise impactDomain experience preferred: Supporting Data Center Operations environment or similar12+ years of progressive HR experience preferred, including partnership with executive leaders in a global, matrixed workplace

📌 Director HRBP (Toronto)
🏢 Equinix
📍 Toronto